Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[Leo]

On 2007-09-20 00:46 +0100, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> My mind is made up that we must arrange that beginners who always
>> specify a file name argument mostly do see the splash screen
>> information.  I'm willing to consider other ways of doing that
>> as long as I think they are effective.
>
> The least obtrusive way to show the important information for beginners is
> using the echo area message.  It is quite reliable channel if we take
> precautions against overriding it with other messages (e.g. displaying it
> at the final stage of startup).  A large message, as Kim suggested,
> can't go unnoticed.  And clicking on it would display the full startup
> screen.

Back in the days when I was using proprietary software, I usually needed
to purchase a license to stop it from popping up a startup screen. It
would be helpful if we can do the same.

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