86761 - No splash screen in -turbo mode

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, defect)

Description

[Dimitrios]

Perhaps it will become a controversial feature but personally I think it's
needed. There must be an indication that mozilla is preloaded. Particularly if
systray icon becomes optional. Currently, we have no splash either at the time
preloading or later. So there is an inconsistent behaviour : Mozilla without
turbo mode shows a splash screen, while in -turbo mode never does it.

Comment 1

[Alex Bishop]

Most people are going be executing "mozilla.exe -turbo" at system startup. I
don't want a splash screen then. The great thing about the -turbo option at
startup is that it barely increases the system startup time - it just runs
quietly in the background. I think having a dinosaur breathing fire might just
draw attention to it.

I think having a splash screen for the launch of the first Mozilla window is a
good idea. It should also be shown if someone closes all Mozilla windows and
then opens a new one. In that way, it would appear to work the same way as not
having -turbo enabled.

Comment 2

[Jed Brown]

I agree with Alex as I too run mozilla at system startup.
The "Splash creen at launch of first window" sounds like a great solution.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

Confirming.  I don't think the splash screen should appear on startup (ICQ and
OmniHTTPd already give me enough splash screens on startup), but it would make
sense to show it on creation of the first window.

(On the other hand, I currently use the splash screen as an indicator that
Mozilla started from scratch...)

Comment 4

[Cathleen]

I'm intend to say no splash screen is the desired behavior for turbo mode  :-)

Comment 5

[Dimitrios]

The real problem isn't weather the specific command (mozilla.exe -turbo) has a
splash screen or not. The issue lies in the fact that if -turbo mode is used at
startup, there's no splash anywhere during the usage of the product. If splash
is intended as a way to inform user that mozilla is not dead (because of it's
slow startup time), then it's useless when -turbo is used (except for Mail where
startup time is still relatively slow). But I think splash screen has also the
purpose of reminding that a non os application has been loaded. Changing the
summary to a more generic form.
It's not my business to participate in a discussion for non technical aspects of
the bug, so that's all I had to say. Sorry for the spam.

Comment 6

[AriB]

This is one of those bugs I want to vote against. No splash screen please!!! 

Comment 7

[Cathleen]

marking as WONTFIX.
decision determined in performance meeting 6/21.

Comment 8

[Paul Wyskoczka]

Marking Verified