Glimpse: Design and implement a new welcome screen for Glimpse

Created on 7 Aug 2019 · 3Comments · Source: glimpse-editor/Glimpse

Instead of showing a splash screen, we will instead show a welcome screen displaying:

Recently opened projects
Create new projects
Open from templates

Plus any other functionality that seems sensible but doesn't unnecessarily clutter the UI.

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TrechNex

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This is less for the 0.x series but for the frontend rewrite:

The new welcome screen for Glimpse. Showcases recent projects, opening from files, and creating new projects. You create a new project with the "plus" button, which takes you to the second screen where you choose a quick start action or a template.

BrainBlasted on 21 Aug 2019

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This is less for the 0.x series but for the frontend rewrite:

BrainBlasted on 21 Aug 2019

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Gimp is very slow to load, can some of this loading be done lazily on demand? Or in the background while the user can be preparing their workspace, opening a file and zooming in. E.g. Effect plugins maybe don't need to load until the effects menu is opened.

ntrel on 5 Jul 2020

Possibly @ntrel :)

Once 0.2.0 is released (we just rebased on 2.10.18), lazy loading is something I could potentially take a look at. A balance would need to be struck between faster start times and keeping the application responsive imho.

As for replacing a splash screen with a welcome screen, that’s something the Glimpse NX team is working on for their rewrite.

TrechNex on 5 Jul 2020

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