[rfc][icedtea-web] plugin splash screen

[Jiri Vanek]

On 02/17/2012 06:21 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> On 2/13/12 4:38 PM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
>> Hi!
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>> This is plugin's spalsh screen based on Deepak's old code.
>> You can see imaged  spalshscreen here: http://download.eng.brq.redhat.com/scratch/jvanek/pluginLoading.gif
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> URL doesn't work for me.

Doh! Scratch is no longer public:-/

http://www.ulozto.cz/xzjEVWK/pluginloading-gif

(you must download before check, but at least works.)

Thanx for voting! :)
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> cheers,
> dalibor topic
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>> Before JVM actually starts, there is just gray box. Currently I have no idea how to get rid of it. But I'm also not sure if it is possible or if it have some value to solve it.
>> The grey box AFTER the splash-screen is correctly loaded empty applet (sorry for providing such a dummy one:-/). In case 3.5mb  animated gif is too big for you  just check this stalled one -  http://download.eng.brq.redhat.com/scratch/jvanek/screen55.gif ;)
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>> The diff in atachement is code of spalsh creen nearly identical with original Deepak's one - just adapted for head.  I had just noticed that t is not at actual head - the diff of file b/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/Launcher.java is just "hardcoded" Danesh's fix for recent applet regression and have nothing to do with splash screen.
>> The changes in testengine are just funny ones - for observering the spalsh screen, but I think they are worthy to be inside. In case that some test of splash screen will be in, they will be necessary.
>> If you want to see the splash screen in work, make install and configure firefox, then check any applet;). If you want to see more of cycling sphere, you can start tests/netx/jnlp_testsengine/net/sourceforge/jnlp/ServerAccess.java class with -Dtest.server.dir setted correctly as tests do, add attached html file into this jnlp_server and lunch it... (It is how this gif was created).
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>> Any comments to current approach are more then welcomed!
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>> Things for future I'm thinking about
>> - when applet will fail to load, something happens  - eg text with exception, just sad emoticon with information about debuging console....
>> - javaws splash screen - I think that when plugin have spalsh screen, then javaws should have it too, to be unified - My ideas are  - at first use gif image for "java -splash" and then "quickly" replace him ASAP with true vector graphic. Both vorthy? Just vector graphics? Just animated gif? (not animated version of luncher is attached)
>> - remake the loadng logo - I like Deepaks aproach, and I'm considering it as nice one.  But my sense for art is Zero-one. If you would like to suggest different one, please keep in mind it msut be vector one. A can also visit few frends oriented to computer graphic (I mean art, no pure programming)  and maybe we can find and create something better. But currently I consider it as waste of time.
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>> Thanx for any thoughts!
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>>    J.
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