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GIMP 2.2 Splash Screen Contest Revisited
As reported here earlier, the GIMP team asked artists to submit their artwork to be used as the official splash screen for GIMP 2.2. The reaction was overwhelming. More than 666 splash screens have been submitted. You can look at the submissions in
the gallery or download the movies, grab some popcorn and enjoy...
Once you've seen all splashes, you may want to help the judges to pick the best splash by voting for your favorites.
Personally, I really would prefer some status indicator in the users menu or in some kind of applet (KDE already does that, blinking mouse cursors and similar), but please, PLEASE do not use splash screens.
Screw the FSM - Real geeks believe in the Invisible Pink Unicorn
I really like the default one that you see when clicking the article link : a splashscreen that looks like slashdot, but with this funy little spinning cursor.
luvley !
When will I end this grieving ? When will my future begin ?
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Is that a good way to do it?
"You might as well not bother voting for your favorite, since it only has 13 votes."
Interesting contest, however, why is there a need for a splash screen? Would not it be better to change the application, so the startup sequence will be very short and the application will be immediately useable?
What about lazy initialisation/lazy loading of modules? I doubt that for common tasks you are going to use all modules/scripts/filters whatever. I think that it would be sufficient just to load list of modules and necessary information (such as icons or descriptions...). Then load module on first use.
Same can be used for other applications (OpenOffice?).
I do not believe that a modular application with good design can not be changed to use lazy initialisation/lazy loading. Perhaps I am wrong...
What do others think?
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
What a troll this post is. Adding a different splash screen is almost zero effort from the programmer and this kind of competition is just made for two purposes:
1) Promote Gimp and get publicity
2) Make the non-programming community feel involved, by letting them make a splash screen.
What is so freaking wrong about this? 16-bit support will come eventually, but could be really hard work that none of the volunteers that make it, have gotten around to yet.
So many posts criticising the use of the number 666... Looks like noone on slashdot has a sense of humour. The only acceptable jokes are old, unoriginal, non-innovative, stereotypical ones like "netcraft confirms it" and "in korea only old people...".
The HTML: 150KB
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:p
Images: around 700*around 5KB each
So, they're trying to serve 3.5MB big webpage (plus the overhead for every transfer) to the Slashdot horde. As the latter is pretty good at knocking down about any servers,
It smells like the contest will teach them that splash screens _do_ suck resources after all
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Youch, I think we broke that one.
I really like Gimp however splash screens are lovely but shouldn't they be concentrating on making it an effective commercial alternative to Photoshop.
This is just retarded. Do the GIMP developers actually want their software to gain wider acceptance? It does not need a new splash screen, it needs a NEW NAME! Imagine trying to get someone to try the GIMP:
User: Can you get me a copy of Photoshop?
Advocate: No, but I can give you a copy of The GIMP, its a free alternative to Photoshop, and its really good!
User: The GIMP? What kind of a name is that? I'll get hold of Photoshop thanks!
I mean come on, GIMP developers - we all know its a great piece of software but you have to admit that marketing matters. Look at FilmGIMP - they changed their name to CinePaint. Why? "This change will present a more professional name", it says on their site.
The GIMP team would be much better off holding a new name contest than a splash screen contest.
Someone should demand a recount, citing insufficient hardware at the voting site...
Actually, I think the reason for a contest for designing the splash screen was so that the programmers didn't have to spend their time designing one.
The Gimp team was forced to file for bankruptcy and cease development after its main supporters decided to cause a DDoS attack on their web site by simultaneously downloading a massive number of pictures and movies from their site.
SCO commented: "This attack is further proof that the Open Source community is largely a terrorist organization that cannot be trusted. They seem to be even as we speak cannabalizing their own allies. This behavior proves that we own linux."
666 clearly means the contest is readable and writable by the Gimp's owner, people in the Gimp's group and everybody.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Let me guess... a free copy of The Gimp! :)
Jiggity
In other news, following GIMP tradition, all 666 splash screens were accepted by the developers and will appear in 666 separate splash windows when GIMP is started.