I was answering someone on Twitter when this wishlist item came to mind. Right now when Krita loads, the splash image just sits there. I think it would be helpful if the the assets that are being loaded could show in a little label at the bottom (e.g. loading...bristle_brush.kpp). This will help people know that Krita is working on starting up and not locked up. Other programs do this and I think it would be a nice usability improvement. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start Krita 2. Watch the splash image
I have a second approval! Hunty☕Deluxe @AsmTsm @scottpetrovic oh yes this is very helpful mainly cause its hard to tell if its freezing up or not.
That is easier said than done, though! We load all the resources in separate threads, so we're loading everything at the same time.
If something like this were to ever get done, I was thinking it would only need to show one thread of work going on. The idea is that the splash screen shows that it is doing work. There are improvements going on to make startup faster any way, so this suggestion is a very low priority.
WISHGROUP: Small Usability Fixes Should be done now because I made loading resources sequential (and therefore slower)
At least on my Windows 10 box, the splash screen doesn't appear until everything is loaded. The first step in this wishlist item is trying to make sure the splash screen popup is one of the first things that gets loaded. Once that is coded, we can start showing everything else that is getting loaded.
Implemented in commit db1428e893f9efb8ce900bf26a7e2cafe19338d5 Author: Scott Petrovic <scottpetrovic@gmail.com> Date: Wed Mar 30 18:23:21 2016 -0500 add loading notification with different areas on the splash screen