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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
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> >      Hmmm, not sure I understand where you're coming from.  If you're
> > sitting at the text login prompt, why would you want the splash page to
> > stay up?
> 
> If it's a server in a droid-heavy environment, eg., or otherwise needs to 
> look "pretty".

Heh.

What about making the splash page come back up as the "screen saver"
kicks in?  That way, if it's idle, it goes back to the splash and
looks nice (again) for the droids after a logout.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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