[GNC] Splash Screen disabled?

[Michael or Penny Novack]

> I don't agree. If the message, window, or whatever is worth seeing, it
> should persist until the user dismisses it. A fixed display time is
> going to annoy some (who just want to get on with their work) but its
> information will be lost to others (who take their eyes off the screen
> to pull papers from a file or pour a cup of coffee).
>
> And of course if it's not worth seeing, it shouldn't be displayed for
> any amount of time, but rather written to the log file o perhaps the
> trace file.

Windows that do not close without user action obviously do not need a 
delay in order to be seen. Nor do ones that do not need to be seen 
EXCEPT to prevent user questions like we have been seeing "why don't I 
see this anymore?"

Keep in mind that we want "machine independence". The program might want 
to display something to indicate "process running" when on machine X 
(where tales noticeable time) but that message would flash by on machine 
Y where took a fraction of a second. Remember, the program doesn't know 
if it will be run on a machine where the external drive is HDD or SSD, 
for example.

Personally what I find abominable is something that flashes by so fast I 
can't read and so don't know if significant.

Michael