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Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
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Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?


  • Subject: Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
  • From: Christian Walther <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:09:29 +0200

Scott Ribe wrote:
I wrote a non-document-based app that loaded so quickly that users just
would sit and wait, not noticing that the menu bar had changed an instant
after they double-clicked. So I added a splash with a 1-second delay;
problem solved ;-)

The HIG actually recommend that you open a window when your application is launched (or comes to the front with no windows open). I guess that can be a splash window if there's no other sensible choice of window.


<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/ OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/chapter_17_section_4.html#//apple_ref/doc/ uid/20000961-TPXREF21>

 -Christian
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