[jira] [Comment Edited] (NETBEANS-67) Replace Java SplashScreen with a custom window.

["Laszlo Kishalmi (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Laszlo Kishalmi edited comment on NETBEANS-67 at 9/29/17 10:26 PM:
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SplashScreen is not even a Swing component, it is in AWT. It is displaying even before the main method of the main class and can be accessed later using https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/awt/SplashScreen.html

As of flickering: It is not happening on a fresh install, as the updated picture is the same.

[~Chrizzly] This is happening before anything would happen in / with the IDE, so there is nothing can be dome with HTML/CSS here.


was (Author: lkishalmi):
SplashScreen is not even a Swing component, it is in AWT. It is displaying even before the main method of the main class and can be accessed later using https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/awt/SplashScreen.html

As of flickering: It is not happening on a fresh install, as the updated picture is the same.

[~Chrizzly] This is happening before anything would happen in / with the IDE, so there nothing can be dome with HTML/CSS here.

> Replace Java SplashScreen with a custom window.
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: NETBEANS-67
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-67
>             Project: NetBeans
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: platform - Other
>            Reporter: Laszlo Kishalmi
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: NetBeans_SplashScreen.png
>
>
> Unfortunately the Java SplashScreen feature is not well maintained. It looks really odd on Linux multi-monitor displays trying to arrange the screen on the middle of the two monitors. I think the intention of this Java feature was to create prompt response to the user on opening a Java application. Well  disk and hardware get quicker and Java get leaner on load (with Java 9). This feature could be replaced by using a custom window instead.
> This would improve on two things:
> - Placement of the Splash Screen could be really multi-monitor aware
> - There is a flicker on startup for those who are upgrading from dev/release candidate to final release. The first image says developer version then it updates to release
> I'm trying to work something out. Though there is some chance to have some interference with the platform branding.



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