[Bf-funboard] Why not a new default scene

[Tomas Golembiovsky]

What about to make the option to enable/disable the splash screen? I 
want to see it. Sometimes its little bit confussing when blender is 
starting very long and I don't know whether it is still starting or not.

Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is default behaviour for the splash. If you don't want to see it,  
> you only have to press CTRL+U after startup.
> 
> We choose this behaviour so that each current user will always see the  
> splash once at least. Marketing you know! We can add an advertisement  
> to it! :)
> 
> -Ton-
> 
> 
> On Saturday, Sep 20, 2003, at 16:52 Europe/Amsterdam, Tomas  
> Golembiovsky wrote:
> 
>> Stephane SOPPERA wrote:
>>
>>> If you still want to see the splash screen at Blender startup, use 
>>> an  older version of blender to build your default scene.
>>
>>
>> I noticed that something is missing when I saved my user defaults, but
>> couldn't find out what ;-). Can somebody tell me a good reason why  
>> it's missing?
>>
>>
>> Matt Ebb wrote:
>>
>>>> And furthermore:
>>>>
>>>> * Useful screen names
>>>> * One modelling scene and one  sequencer scene
>>>
>>> I agree with this. The default .b.blend should have a bunch of  
>>> different
>>> layouts, *with meaningful names*. Experienced users can modify their  
>>> own,
>>> but it would be nice for newbies to explore the different  functionality
>>> provided without getting into the details. I don't think having  
>>> pre-built
>>> animations etc. in the .b.blend is a good idea - that can be done in  
>>> more
>>> depth with good demo files. A nice basic cube/plane, light, 
>>> material,  world
>>> is good though so at least there's some sort of result when they press
>>> render for the first time.
>>> You could have things like
>>> Fullscreen (horizontal)
>>> Fullscreen (vertical)
>>> 4-view
>>> Modelling
>>> Animation
>>> Sequencing
>>> Logic Editing
>>> UV Editing
>>> screens all set up and tweaked nicely already.
>>> Anything but the "Screen.001" naming would be an improvement, and  
>>> having
>>> more descriptive names would make it more likely for the user to  
>>> explore the
>>> different layouts and see what Blender has to offer.
>>> "Hmm, this combo box says Modelling. I wonder what else you can do in
>>> Blender besides modelling?" *click*
>>
>>
>> Good ideas boys. And maybe there can be small text window (on the  screen
>> that will be displayad as first - probably Modeling), which would
>> contain some "Starting tips" and small help, some kays or anything that
>> would help newbies to start.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Tomas Golembiovsky
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Rule of Accuracy

When working toward the solution of a problem, it always
helps if you know the answer. Corollary - Provided, of
course, that you know there is a problem.