Darktable 4.9 +780 - Splash Screen - A nice touch

With the latest version of Darktable 7.9.0 + 780, the introduced splash screen is a nice touch. Earlier, DT would open one window after another before fully loading the software, now it opens the splash screen and other windows open in the background. A very nice touch and greatly appreciated.

Only one comment, can the developers remove the grey/white border. for me, it is spoiling the UI. A more minimalistic would be better

I am on Windows 11 platform

It’s not a big deal, but is there an option to turn it off? I would chose to do that. When the version including it reaches me.

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Yes please, allow to disable it.
Darktable loads fast, faster than gmip. Within 2 seconds of clicking the icon it is ready to use. I do not feel like I wanted it to waste cycles on showing a pointless splash screen during that time.

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I like the splash screen, with it DT looks more professional. Though I’d remove not only the grey border, but also the 2 horizontal white lines.

I haven’t seen this yet, because Im presently in hospital. I can understand not wanting it for those with a rapid startup. Mine is not dreadfully slow, but certainly more than 2 seconds. Seeing the status updates at the bottom of the splash I would also count as useful.

I believe that there are already some UI options for startup. For example, the previous option to disable Easter eggs.

So I suggest an option to have a minimal splash screen at most, or potentially none, would be helpful.

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In darktablerc:
show_splash_screen=FALSE

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Super :slight_smile:

Actually, I just realised that I am getting something like a splash screen. I’m on 4.9.0. It is a window of the right size and shape, but empty. It is there for barely a second or so. Life is long enough for an extra second or so :smiley:

I must have it turned off because I don’t see it. But to be honest I don’t care as long as DT opens.

As soon as the darktable window is created the splash screen is put in the background - if you don’t have a quite slow computer, you won’t see much of the splash screen :wink:

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Recent changes in git made the screen quite polished, thank you!

Encountered a little problem with the splash screen. After updating source code and rebuilding DT I started it. Got the splash screen that was just sitting there and not going away. Eventually I noticed that behind it there is another screen asking to updated DT database. I managed to move it from behind the splash screen, clicked Upgrade and after that everything was fine.

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