On 19-Mar-2003, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > MArk Finlay <sisob@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 1. Everyone loves a good splash screen, but now Gnome has > > startup-notification which kinda makes them superflous. Startup > > notification lets you know that your applications is starting but it > > is not as intrusive as a splash. I have edited my Gimp Launcher to > > add the line 'StartupNotify=true' and to change it to run 'gimp-1.3 > > -s'. To me this feels much snappier than before. And eventually when > > nautilus has integrated support for startup notification it would > > make sense to do the same for the gnome mime-type. > > huh? I doubt that most of our users use Nautilus or even GNOME. The > current CVS version of The GIMP now properly supports startup > notification and there's a command-line option to disable the splash. > What more could you possibly ask for? I use openbox by itself, with no desktop environment at all. I guess I represent the majority? -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || unknown@xxxxxxxxx "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
