Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 12:18:59 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit Message-ID: <199705131918.MAA10641@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199705131607.SAA27604@ocean.campus.luth.se> from "Mikael Karpberg" at May 13, 97 06:07:02 pm
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> "Those two ideas suck, but my impossible fantasy would be just wonderful". :) > That is, don't make it stick after booting. (bad idea number one) > Also, don't make it come back as a screen saver. (bad idea number two) > Reason: It should be something to have there while booting, like a nice > "Please wait while I boot thing thing" text. After you've booted, it wont fit. > A screensaver (as a suggested later in my mail) should use a picture of its > own (which COULD be the same, if you had a fitting boot picture). > Making it dissapear after botting is done, and then never come back is not > impossible at all. Actually, if the intent is to make the machine "look pretty", then covering up the boot crap is only half the battle. The other half is a graphical login. Barring a graphical login, you're back to being ugly again when the login pops up. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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