I remember this coming up before (though I can't find the link – maybe it was Kumar who mentioned this previously?) I opened a ticket with a proposal that I think would address this case: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805845
I don't believe there's any feature that would help you right now. As a simple hack you could try to simulate the first load screen in your own app. I.e., make your first page look like: <img style="position: fixed; top: 50; left: 50%; margin-top: -128px; margin-left: -128px;" src="/icons/icon_256.png"> and also throw a throbber gif in there somewhere. You can use a launch_path that isn't "/" so that app users get this custom loading page, while people accessing your app through a browser get a more normal load screen. Kumar's suggestion of creating a quick-to-initialize not-entirely-functional first screen is of course even better. On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Felix E. Klee <felix.k...@inka.de> wrote: > I test installed an [early preview][1] of a web app on an Android device > with Firefox Aurora. What the user sees during startup: > > 1. Load screen 1: App's icon plus loader animation (green circle). > > 2. Load screen 2: App's own load screen (spinner on black background), > indicating initialization. > > 3. The app, ready to use. > > Is it possible to get rid of the second load screen? > > In other words: Can I somehow control how long the first load screen > appears? > > *Note*: Naturally, I do not want to entirely get rid of the app's own > load screen. It is necessary on normal browsers, since otherwise users > may see the app in an uninitialized state. > > This question has also been [posted on StackOverflow][2], though so far > without answer. It seems that there are not many Open Web App developers > out there, yet. > > [1]: http://sq.rotogame.com/install-webapp > [2]: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13070767/firefox-web-app-control-duration-of-load-screen > _______________________________________________ > dev-webapps mailing list > dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps > _______________________________________________ dev-webapps mailing list dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps
