[Bf-funboard] Re: Why not a new default scene

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

I tend to agree with GSR. One of our nice features is its quick start.  
When you see the interface, it's ready for work.
ALL new users, and ALL users that upgrade see the splash. I think  
that's sufficient from a marketing point of view.

For people who really like to see splash at startup, you can use the  
workaround to save the user-settings with an older release... I doubt  
this is interesting enough to have another user-preference for.

BTW: pressing the blender logo in the header also pops up the splash! :)

-Ton-


On Sunday, Sep 21, 2003, at 23:30 Europe/Amsterdam, Guillermo S. Romero  
/ Familia Romero wrote:

> landis@landisfields.com (2003-09-21 at 2024.48 -0000):
>> their friend using. Anyways, if this doesnt happen with you guys as  
>> much then
>> atleast consider the fact that it is very proffessional and almost the
>> standard if you ask me, to have a splash announcing the name of the
>> application, its release number (version 2.28), and perhaps thier  
>> slogan with
>> some nice graphic (refer to adobe photoshop).
>
> On the other side, splash screens are the way to hide the program has
> a slooooooow startup and at the same time screw multi tasking. You can
> bet people will be happier if they just issue the order, and the app
> appears, no waits. Or at least if you can keep doing something else,
> instead of just staring. Computer systems are full of this kind of
> decissions, company over user: order launch menu by company instead of
> order by function, cluter desktop with icons "our product is the most
> important", free (not shareware) apps remembering you can buy the full
> version every time, etc, etc.
>
> GSR
>
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