231476 - power to implement splash screen on startup through extension system

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[grant.abraham]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040106 Firebird/0.7+ (aebrahim)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040106 Firebird/0.7+ (aebrahim)

Currently, it is impossible to implement a splash screen in Firebird through use
of an extension.  I am requesting the developers make this ability available, so
that extension writers can work on splash screen extensions.

Though I rated this bug "enhancement", it is a loss of function that should have
been available.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[alanjstr]

Why is it impossible?  -fullscreen was added by an extension.

Comment 2

[Ben Basson]

<< Why is it impossible?  -fullscreen was added by an extension. >>

Because the ability to use extensions most likely requires a fully loaded
browser in the first place. A splash screen is supposed to be a placeholder
while the application loads, not appear afterwards.

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

We need a CANTFIX resolution....  It would be easier to enable support for
-splash again than to try to rearchitect Firebird just to allow custom startup
options.

FYI, bug 198605 just was marked WONTFIX.