The biggest problem with splash screens is on desktop: the first time an application is launched Unity8 has no idea of its window constraints (minimum, maximum and preferred sizes) so that it can choose an adequate size for the splash screen.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670442 Title: Improve splash screen behaviour Status in Ubuntu UX: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Related to bug #1577641, we may want to improve the way the splash screen logic is implemented. The shell-managed splash screens serve as a way to provide immediate feedback for an application being launched, so that the user doesn't need to find out whether they failed to launch the app or the app's just slow to launch (or maybe even crashed on startup). My proposal is that: - we delay showing the splash screen for a very short interval (50ms to start with?) - *if* the splash screen is shown, it has to be shown for at least a certain time (500ms?) to avoid "flicker" between the splash screen and the app surface - if possible, let the user know that the app crashed/exited with an error and give the user an option to restart or close (long-term maybe also report the issue?) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: unity8 8.15+17.04.20170303.1-0ubuntu1 [origin: LP-PPA-ci-train-ppa-service-2481] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-9.11-generic 4.10.0 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Mon Mar 6 18:33:05 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-06 (303 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) SourcePackage: unity8 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2016-11-22 (104 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1670442/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
