splash screen by image viewer?

[rocketpcguy]

in a slow harddisk (laptop), it takes a long time for apps like firefox or other stuff to load. i wanted a splash screen while the user is waiting. mozilla has a "-splash" option, but firefox doesnt, and i wanted something that will work with any program.

so i will make a simple bash script that has the program, and launches an image viewer with my splash image displayed.

my question is what image viewer can display a borderless image in the center of the screen, and how do i close it after 3-4 seconds?

[Captain_K]

Seems that if you have a slow hard drive adding a spash screen is just going to slow you down more. I cant imagine why you would want that...:confused:

[psi42]

Originally posted by Captain_K
Seems that if you have a slow hard drive adding a spash screen is just going to slow you down more. I cant imagine why you would want that...:confused:

It's purely psychological... it lets you know "something is happening" and you just have to wait...

I know xmms can display a borderless window on compliant window managers, so I know this is possible...

[rocketpcguy]

It's purely psychological... it lets you know "something is happening" and you just have to wait...

exactly.

meanwhile, i came across xview which doesnt do borderless pics, but can be a temporary solution. but how do i close it after a few seconds?

[timothykaine]

Please let me know when this is working, or partially working. Id like to see how you did it. :)

[AdamZ]

This is kind of a kludge, but
mozilla-firefox &
xview splash.png
sleep 5
killall xview
Would this work?

[rocketpcguy]

thats it blargety! kludge or not, it works! but i'm still looking for borderless windows...


mozilla-firefox &
xview -title loading splash.jpg &
sleep 5
killall xview


thanks again!