splash screen - cool
Dave Peticolas
dave@krondo.com
Sun, 04 Mar 2001 13:13:45 -0800
Christian Stimming writes:
>
> Wow, now we even have a splash screen to proudly announce the name of the
> program you're running. Good job, Dave.
>
> However, it makes me feel a *little bit* uneasy that the most part of the
> splash screen reads "United States of America" (picture of a greenback).
> What about the rest of the world? And, this application is not at all
> intended to serve only those users who happen to manage US dollars, is it?
>
> I could argue about that a lot, but I just had the idea "Why not
> take a Euro note instead of an US note?". My idea would be to adapt the
> splash screen to the current locale... Well, have a look.
The splash screen currently in place is just a graphic I grabbed
off our webpage so I would have something to test with (I don't
have any gimp skills). I was thinking that we would eventually
find one that isn't specific to a particular locale, but making
specific ones for specific locales is an interesting idea.
dave