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[Giorgio Venturi <giorgio.venturi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Daniel,

This is great. I was wondering, is it possible to use embed an animated
element in option 2? E.g. a video object or animated GIF

Thanks,

Giorgio

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Daniel d'Andrada <
daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, it's already available in utopic-proposed (aka devel-proposed)
> images, although no application is using it yet.
>
> On 29/09/14 11:35, Roman Zonov wrote:
> > Good idea. Two questions: does it works now? Can somebody share a
> > video with splash screens?
> >
> > 29.09.2014, 18:34, "Daniel d'Andrada" <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >> The idea of the image is not to fake the looks of the running
> >> application (like a screenshot) but to be more like a traditional splash
> >> screen image such as a big application logo or something.
> >>
> >> Faking the running application with an image would require a more
> >> sophisticated (complex!) approach as it would have to consider not only
> >> the orientation (landscape vs. portrait) but also the screen aspect
> >> ratio and maybe even its resolution. So we left this option out for now.
> >> Should probably have made it more clear in the X-Ubuntu-Splash-Image
> >> documentation.
> >>
> >> On 29/09/14 11:26, Jelmer Prins wrote:
> >>
> >>      So do you also need to provide different image sizes like landscape
> >>      and portait for option 3 ?
> >>
> >>      Sent from Blue Mail <http://r.bluemailapp.com
> >>     <http://r.bluemailapp.com/>>
> >>
> >>      On 29 Sep 2014, at 16:07, Daniel d'Andrada
> >>      <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
> >>      wrote:
> >>
> >>          We now offer 3 kinds of splash screens for applications:
> >>          1. A splash with a gradient background, the application icon
> and
> >>          application name (default)
> >>          2. A splash with a gradient background and an image
> >>          3. A splash faking a MainView with header text set giving
> >>     the illusion
> >>          that the
> >>             application has started instantly but with its contents
> >>     being shown
> >>          later on.
> >>
> >>          Apps by default get option 1 and the gradient background is
> >>     all black by
> >>          default as well.
> >>          So nothing changes until you start adding the new entries to
> >>     the desktop
> >>          file of your application.
> >>          Those entries are the following:
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header (boolean)
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>          Whether an application header should be shown on the splash
> >>     screen. It
> >>          turns on splash
> >>          screen mode 3 (as described above)
> >>
> >>          The header will display the text in X-Ubuntu-Splash-Title,
> >>     if defined,
> >>          or the application
> >>          name otherwise.
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Title (text, to be
> >>          localizable soon)
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>          See X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Image (file name)
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>          File name of an image present in the directory stated in the
> >>     Path entry.
> >>
> >>          The splash image is centered on the splash screen and
> >>     displayed in
> >>          its actual size (ie, it's not stretched or shrinked and
> >>     aspect ratio
> >>          is kept).
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (color)
> >>          -----------------------------
> >>
> >>          Background color of the splash screen.
> >>
> >>          It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of
> >>     a text string.
> >>          The see its documentation for valid string formats and values.
> >>
> >>          If X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header is true, it defaults to the
> >>     theme's
> >>          background color,
> >>          otherwise it defaults to black.
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Header (color)
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>          Background color used in the upper area of the splash screen
> >>     (ie, its
> >>          header area)
> >>
> >>          It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of
> >>     a text string.
> >>
> >>          There will be a
> >>          vertical gradient between X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Header
> >>          and X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color in the upper half of the splash
> >>     background.
> >>
> >>          By default it uses X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (or its default
> >>     value, if not set).
> >>
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Footer (color)
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>          Background color used in the bottom area of the splash
> >>     screen (ie, its
> >>          footer area)
> >>
> >>          It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of
> >>     a text string.
> >>
> >>          There will be a vertical gradient between
> >>     X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color and
> >>          X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Footer in the lower half of the splash
> >>     background.
> >>
> >>          By default it uses X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (or its default
> >>     value, if not set).
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Roman Zonov.
> >
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> >
>
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