tim Rowledge wrote:
> A splash screen should be configurable in some way. Ideally it ought to 
> be generated by the image! The *real* problem here is the whole " if the 
> time to show something interesting is a couple of seconds" part. There 
> really isn't much of  an excuse for such a delay.

You mean loading the image and relocating pointers is no excuse? Running 
the startup code, redrawing the screen? No excuses either? Even a basic 
image takes about a second to start (the delay between launching it and 
seeing something is noticeable); if you actually do anything when you 
start the image or if you simply have larger images it easily takes longer.

> I don't think it would be appropriate to have a window of any sort 
> display when you are starting a Seaside server for example. Or running 
> on an IBM 3090. Or a signet ring.

And which part of "optional" splash screen is so hard to understand? 
Remove splash.bmp and it's gone.

Cheers,
   - Andreas