Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen

[Philip K.]

"Nicolas P. Rougier" <nicolas.rougier@inria.fr> writes:

> Philip K. <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>
>> Why www.gnu.org and not https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/?
>
> I think it's much easier to remember www.gnu.org rather than 
> www.gnu.org/software/emacs/. Once on www.gnu.org, it is easy to 
> find emacs.
> Also, from a purely aesthetic point of view, www.gnu.org fits 
> better.

So how about "www.gnu.org/s/emacs" or "gnu.org/s/emacs"?

>>> Any key but <escape>, <space>, <return>, "q", "x" will open
>>> the about-emacs page.
>> Shouldn't that be mentioned? Or at least how to close the splash 
>> screen?
>> Wouldn't it make more sense that most keys kill or bury the 
>> buffer?
>
> The default behavior is to fall back to the about-emacs page since 
> we can suspect a more experienced user would disable this 
> splash-screen anyway. There's also an idle timer (5 seconds) that 
> open the about-emacs buffer.

So what's the point then? As far as I understand, this is supposed to be
an ELPA package, but my understanding of splash screens is that they are
displayed while an application is loading, to ensure the user that
something is being done, or the computer didn't freeze. A spash-screen
for the sake of it seems counter-intuitive, or am I missing something?

-- 
        Philip K.