[openbeos] Re: AW: Re: Haiku Bootscreen

On 2007-06-20 at 18:07:59 [+0200], Ronny Wisor <RonnyWisor@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > Wouldn´t it be cool to have "Copyright Haiku Inc" on the Bootscreen.
> 
> > No?
> 
> Why no with a question mark?

Consider it a rethorical question, and also to make up for the question mark 
missing in your question. :-)

> And why not exactly?

I just can't help not finding it "cool" to have a copyright notice on the 
boot screen.

> > > And
> > > something that shows what happens during the boot procedure like a
> > status
> > > indicator. It should be simple.
> > 
> > Maybe. Though it's hardly a priority ATM. And I'm not even sure if it's
> > worth it in the long run, since you shouldn't see the screen for more
> > than
> > one or two seconds anyway, till the app server greets you with your
> > desktop
> > background.
> 
> I see the bootscreen 3-4 seconds (on a Pentium III M 1,13 GHz and 512MB
> RAM). I thought if you don´t see a status indicator and a problem occurs you
> don´t know when it happens. In BeOS you can see what the problem is. (If
> know what problem could occur on which symbol) On older hardware, where the
> boot up takes more time, you don´t know if it´s freezed.

You have a point there, of course. The boot loader itself (which displays the 
boot screen) should be through after a fraction of a second (even on old 
hardware). I also don't think the kernel initialization takes that long. I 
have not measured it, but most of the time should be spent in the Bootscript, 
where it is no longer trivial to print anything on screen.

CU, Ingo

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