Re: Splash Screen
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Matěj Laitl wrote: > On 13. 6. 2013 Mark Kretschmann wrote: >> Splash screens are a bit 90s, and application startup time has become so >> fast (except for Gimp or OpenOffice maybe) that they no longer make sense. > > +1 for removing the splash screen. Instead we will try to maintain Amarok > startup quick (needs to be tested with non-SSD disk). > In that case, anecdotally, Amarok takes about eight seconds to start on my machine. It's an i7. Is this "fast enough" to remove startup feedback? Cheers, Wyatt ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: Splash Screen
On 13. 6. 2013 Mark Kretschmann wrote: > Splash screens are a bit 90s, and application startup time has become so > fast (except for Gimp or OpenOffice maybe) that they no longer make sense. +1 for removing the splash screen. Instead we will try to maintain Amarok startup quick (needs to be tested with non-SSD disk). Matěj ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: Splash Screen
2013/6/13 Mark Kretschmann : > Heya, > > it appears that the splash screen is no longer working. Noone seems to > have noticed except for Myriam, who noticed it by coincidence. As I > was about to start debugging this, I was asking myself if we shouldn't > remove it entirely. Splash screens are a bit 90s, and application > startup time has become so fast (except for Gimp or OpenOffice maybe) > that they no longer make sense. > > > Thoughts? The issue was with gray rectangle, right? I think I may have noticed that, but have written it off as a result of Amarok loading too fast for the splash screen to load completely (it's normally just a flash). I can't think of any other application loading as fast as Amarok does and having a splash screen; much like you say, it seems to make sense only for slow loading applications, so that a user is given any notion of progress. So I for one won't miss the splash screen at all, I barely ever see it. Konrad ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Splash Screen
Heya, it appears that the splash screen is no longer working. Noone seems to have noticed except for Myriam, who noticed it by coincidence. As I was about to start debugging this, I was asking myself if we shouldn't remove it entirely. Splash screens are a bit 90s, and application startup time has become so fast (except for Gimp or OpenOffice maybe) that they no longer make sense. Thoughts? -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: > > Nikhil, could you please put the original PNG image in Git Master too? > > It's good to have access to the original. Also, I would like to resize > it a bit, the image is very huge. > done. ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Nikhil Marathe wrote: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: >>> Its a PNG, the earlier was a JPG, so is >>> that an issue >>> or can I modify App.cpp to simply use a PNG? >> >> Yes, you could do that. Or, if the PNG is very large in size, convert >> it to JPEG (but with good quality), and then put both in Git Master, >> so that we still have the original file available. > > Converted to JPEG >> >>> I suppose I also add Tomasz to the contributors/thanks to list as >>> splash screen artist right? >> > As Nightrose suggested, this will be done after the tagging so as not > to cause i18n issues. Nikhil, could you please put the original PNG image in Git Master too? It's good to have access to the original. Also, I would like to resize it a bit, the image is very huge. -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, CEO of Kretschmann Software Consulting Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kde.org ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: >> Its a PNG, the earlier was a JPG, so is >> that an issue >> or can I modify App.cpp to simply use a PNG? > > Yes, you could do that. Or, if the PNG is very large in size, convert > it to JPEG (but with good quality), and then put both in Git Master, > so that we still have the original file available. Converted to JPEG > >> I suppose I also add Tomasz to the contributors/thanks to list as >> splash screen artist right? > As Nightrose suggested, this will be done after the tagging so as not to cause i18n issues. Nikhil ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Nikhil Marathe wrote: > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Mark Kretschmann >> wrote: >>> Hey Amarok Team, >>> >>> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >>> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >>> >>> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >>> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >>> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >>> >>> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >>> >>> >>> I would suggest, let's all just pick our favorites, and then we can >>> see what people like best? No need for starting some huge official >>> voting, unless we can't really get a consensus on one image. >>> >>> Which one do you like best? >> >> Reminder: >> >> Release is getting closer, and we should really place a new splash in >> Git Master now. Looking over the replies to this thread, there seems >> to be a consensus that this image is well suited: >> >> The one on the top-left here: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png >> >> If no-one objects, can we please contact the author (I think it's the >> same guy who made the splash for 2.3.0 or so), get the original PNG, >> and put it in Git Master? Volunteers welcome, myself I am still on >> travels. >> > I have the original splash. Great, Nikihl :) > Its a PNG, the earlier was a JPG, so is > that an issue > or can I modify App.cpp to simply use a PNG? Yes, you could do that. Or, if the PNG is very large in size, convert it to JPEG (but with good quality), and then put both in Git Master, so that we still have the original file available. > I suppose I also add Tomasz to the contributors/thanks to list as > splash screen artist right? Sure, just be careful not to introduce string changes. You could perhaps re-use existing strings. -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, CEO of Kretschmann Software Consulting Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kde.org ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Mark Kretschmann > wrote: >> Hey Amarok Team, >> >> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >> >> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >> >> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >> >> >> I would suggest, let's all just pick our favorites, and then we can >> see what people like best? No need for starting some huge official >> voting, unless we can't really get a consensus on one image. >> >> Which one do you like best? > > Reminder: > > Release is getting closer, and we should really place a new splash in > Git Master now. Looking over the replies to this thread, there seems > to be a consensus that this image is well suited: > > The one on the top-left here: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png > > If no-one objects, can we please contact the author (I think it's the > same guy who made the splash for 2.3.0 or so), get the original PNG, > and put it in Git Master? Volunteers welcome, myself I am still on > travels. > I have the original splash. Its a PNG, the earlier was a JPG, so is that an issue or can I modify App.cpp to simply use a PNG? I suppose I also add Tomasz to the contributors/thanks to list as splash screen artist right? Nikhil ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Splash Screen for Amarok 2.4
Hi, Amarok 2.4 is due to be released soon. A new release deserves a new splash screen. You had submitted a collection of splash screens in this post http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html and the team really likes the one on the top left in http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png So would it be OK for you to have this as Amarok 2.4's splash? If so, please send a nice PNG of that individual image and we will put it in Git so that it is available for the release. Thanks for the great images, Nikhil ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: > Hey Amarok Team, > > first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are > Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! > > Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a > new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we > did, the links are in the comments of this article: > > http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html > > > I would suggest, let's all just pick our favorites, and then we can > see what people like best? No need for starting some huge official > voting, unless we can't really get a consensus on one image. > > Which one do you like best? Reminder: Release is getting closer, and we should really place a new splash in Git Master now. Looking over the replies to this thread, there seems to be a consensus that this image is well suited: The one on the top-left here: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png If no-one objects, can we please contact the author (I think it's the same guy who made the splash for 2.3.0 or so), get the original PNG, and put it in Git Master? Volunteers welcome, myself I am still on travels. -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, CEO of Kretschmann Software Consulting Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kde.org ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Myriam Schweingruber wrote: > Hi all > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann >> wrote: > ... >>> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >>> >> >> The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png > > +1, although I already see the users complaining that we do not have > visualisation and shouldn't "advertise" it in the splash screen... Whatever, 2.4.1 will probably have it. It could motivate contributors to help us... -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, Software Engineer at KO GmbH Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kogmbh.com ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
Hi all On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: ... >> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >> > > The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png +1, although I already see the users complaining that we do not have visualisation and shouldn't "advertise" it in the splash screen... Regards, Myriam. -- Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org Please don't send me proprietary file formats, use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300) ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Bart Cerneels wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: >>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann >>> wrote: >>>> Hey Amarok Team, >>>> >>>> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >>>> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >>>> >>>> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >>>> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >>>> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >>>> >>>> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >>>> >>> >>> The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png >> >> +1 >> >> Bart > > I agree, although I still really love this one: > http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4650/amarok3.png -- maybe we could > use that for a smaller update? This one is rather major. I dunno, that one reminds me a bit of: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F4DR9ll4JU0/TJZQcrV883I/ABs/2DtWVJh2NKY/s1600/The-Texas-Chainsaw-Massacre-2-horror-movies-7096386-1024-768.jpg -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, Software Engineer at KO GmbH Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kogmbh.com ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Bart Cerneels wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann >> wrote: >>> Hey Amarok Team, >>> >>> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >>> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >>> >>> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >>> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >>> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >>> >>> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >>> >> >> The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png > > +1 > > Bart I agree, although I still really love this one: http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4650/amarok3.png -- maybe we could use that for a smaller update? This one is rather major. Valorie -- http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter, Identica, LinkedIn, Delicious: valoriez ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Bart Cerneels wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann >> wrote: >>> Hey Amarok Team, >>> >>> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >>> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >>> >>> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >>> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >>> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >>> >>> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >>> >> >> The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png > > +1 Looks great, yeah. -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, Software Engineer at KO GmbH Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kogmbh.com ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:30, Nikhil Marathe wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: >> Hey Amarok Team, >> >> first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are >> Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! >> >> Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a >> new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we >> did, the links are in the comments of this article: >> >> http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html >> > > The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png +1 Bart ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
Re: This time of the year again: Splash Screen
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Mark Kretschmann wrote: > Hey Amarok Team, > > first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are > Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! > > Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a > new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we > did, the links are in the comments of this article: > > http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html > The one on the top-left here http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png Nikhil ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
This time of the year again: Splash Screen
Hey Amarok Team, first of all, a happy Christmas to all of you (in case your are Christian, otherwise, just a happy holiday)! Our release of Amarok 2.4 is nearing, and I guess we should choose a new splash screen. We still have leftovers from the last contest we did, the links are in the comments of this article: http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1164-Kraut-Sourcing.html I would suggest, let's all just pick our favorites, and then we can see what people like best? No need for starting some huge official voting, unless we can't really get a consensus on one image. Which one do you like best? -- Mark Kretschmann Amarok Developer, Software Engineer at KO GmbH Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe http://amarok.kde.org - http://fsfe.org - http://kogmbh.com ___ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
