The splash screen

[Aaron Lehmann]

I liked the behavior of the splash screen since a few weeks ago. It
would be immediately covered up once the abiword window came up, and
would no longer be an annoyance. Now it hovers above the window and
you have to chase it with the mouse and click or sit back and wait to
get rid of it. Who made this change and why?

The code base is full of other brain damages, for example requiring
confirmation if you want to exit with multiple open unchanged
documents (oh, the horror!).