194610 - [gtk2] mozilla should have startup feedback

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 223492

(Core Graveyard :: GFX: Gtk, defect)

Description

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

It would be nice if Mozilla, since it takes so long to start up, would use the
splash screen by default and make use of startup feedback, which is now available.

I think that the software in question is available here:

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/

Comment 1

[Havoc Pennington]

Using libstartup-notification shouldn't be needed, the built-in GTK2 support 
should be enough. i.e. basically mozilla with GTK 2.2 should already have 
startup notification support. The one exception to that statement is that 
if the launched moz process opens a new window in an existing process, then exits, 
right now you would probably get stuck startup notification.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Isn't there a _reason_ we don't use the splash on Linux by default?  Something
like "people hate splash screens that sit on top of other windows and just get
in the way while the app is starting"?

Comment 3

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

I think that people are just religious about the splash screen.  I might just
make an executive decision and turn it on in the rhat builds.

Havoc, do I need something special on the command line to activate it?  I'll
whip up a gtk2 build and try it in my beta box.

Comment 4

[Havoc Pennington]

startup notification support has nothing to do with the splash screen,
so this bug is perhaps two bugs in one, someone might want to split them.

To activate gtk2 startup notification support you would put 
StartupNotify=true in the .desktop file and then launch the .desktop 
file from an app that supports startup notification such as GNOME 2.2 
panel and nautilus.

Comment 5

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

I'm just whining about the splash screen here.  This bug is about using startup
notification.

Comment 6

[Julien Olivier]

I think Mozilla (if GTK is used) should have something like

if (mozilla_is_already_running)
  {
    gdk_notify_startup_complete ();
  }

To prevent having a hourglass icon forever after launching a new Mozilla window
while Mozilla is already running.

Comment 7

[Logan Rathbone]

Julien is _exactly_ right.  However, it's almost a year after he made that
comment and there has been no activity in this bug.  Can someone please advise?

Comment 8

[Jose M Rodriguez]

As I post to Bug 223492, the problem seems realted to xremote-client.

I think that both mozilla-bin and mozilla-xremote-client may close the startup
notification process after remote works end.

This is not related to mozilla direct invocations, that works, at last, with gtk2

The implied sources are under widget/src/xremoteclient.

If possible, we may use freedesktop startup notification lib, but what is needed
may only add dependecies on libSM and libICE

Comment 9

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

I think this was fixed by bug 223492.