On Apr 22, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Benjamin Dobson wrote:
On 22 Apr 2009, at 17:06:10, Chris Williams wrote:
So you'd rather the user sits there wondering if this huge, highly
complex
application (like any Office or Adobe app) that takes 10-15 seconds
to load,
even longer on a slow laptop, is actually starting up, or should I
click it
again, or is my computer dead, or "what the heck is going on
here"...?
Splash screens serve a purpose other than advertising. No program
I know of
actually delays the load to show the splash screen. Rather, they
are a
prettier way of saying "loading...".
I have an application that connects to a SQL server. The app
itself isn't a
slow loader, but the connection to the SQL server (often on another
computer
or on hard drives that may be asleep) can take 5, 10, or more
seconds to
establish. The splash screen shows that progress and let's the
user know
what things are being done. Far better than a spinning beach ball.
Yes, but the vast majority of applications do not take that long to
load. It may be a prettier way of saying "Loading...", but unless
it's got an actual progress bar on it it's just aggravating. I'll
also throw in here that I have seen splash screens that have a
higher window level than normal. This is just wrong. If you're app
takes long enough to load to warrant a splash screen, it takes long
enough to load for the user to get impatient and try to do something
else.
I hate to bring this up, but I believe that defending your copyright
means that it must be visible at launch of your app. It doesn't have
to be there long, just long enough to possibly see it.
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