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Sounds to me like he's either temporarily enraged, or is trying to get fired.

The spashscreen does 1 thing, it tells the user that the app is loading and you don't need to click the exe/icon again.

His solution to a 5-10 second load time is to provide a fake UI, record phantom mouse clicks, and also give the user a game to play, only makes everything worse.

Some apps have to initialize, and without that you are left with an empty shell of a UI that has no functionality. Or even worse, a slugish UI that initializes in-place or during work... Which then causes the typical user to go online and rant about how his app is broken or unresponsive.

Though I like what he has posted on the rest of his blog... http://asserttrue.blogspot.com/



> The spashscreen does 1 thing, it tells the user that the app is loading and you don't need to click the exe/icon again.

This is the wrong way to notify. Let its dock icon bounce on (or similar), instead of obscuring the center of the working area on the computer.


Excuse me but I don't see that being possible in Windows In kde it was mac I have no idea but your solution only works in some places.


Then that is a problem with the GUI, not a problem with the program. Don't settle for what's possible; change what's possible.


Adobe has been laying people off, he could be trying to draw attention to himself in order to find a new job.

Anyways he's solving the wrong problem. What he really wants is to have the OS log him in, lock the screen, and load his common apps before he gets to work.




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