1149678 - Replace splash screen with an empty UI state for speed perception

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for iOS :: Theme & Visual Design, defect)

Description

[Darrin Henein [:darrin]]

We should replace the orange splash screen with a representation of an empty tab. How we generate these pngs (or use a xib) is in need of discussion.

Comment 1

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Is this going to be done before shipping? If not, we may want to fix the white margin on the bottom of the screen on the iPhone 6 while the splash screen is displayed.

Comment 2

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Presumably because it is tracking: +. There is also bug 1151490.

Comment 3

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

I have an idea that would alleviate the need to generate empty tab splash screen assets for every change in UI without too much change to the existing UI code. I can take this bug for later.

Comment 4

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

Unfortunately we won't be able to run any code during the launch screen process so my idea of reusing the custom view components we make in code like the URLBarView won't be possible. If we want to go with the empty UI approach, we'll need an image asset instead.

Comment 5

[Darrin Henein [:darrin]]

The app is launching much quicker now and I think the current white/grey splash screen is far less offensive. Proposing we leave it as is. Steph, can you just ensure what we have now works fine on all devices/resolutions? It's now using a LaunchScreen.xib I created, just let me know if we need any other verions of the png. You can mark this closed:wontfix when you're ready :)

Comment 6

[Stephan Leroux [:sleroux]]

Looks good on all the devices and orientations.