Might I suggest a compromise? It seems to me that it would be fairly simple to add "Show splash screen at startup" entry under LO's general options. Better yet, there could be a "Startup behavior" entry with "Splash screen", "NotifyOSD", and "Do Nothing" radio buttons.
To me, the always-on-top splash screen seems a sub-optimal approach, when the OS has a much less obtrusive notification method built in. But maybe it's asking too much to request that level of interaction with the OS on a cross-platform suite. I seriously doubt that the state of the splash screen is due to a copyright clause. Everything in LibreOffice is either under Creative Commons or GPL. And the user *can* disable the splash screen by manually altering a settings file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711035 Title: Splash screens for applications inconsistent with Ubuntu Desktop Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: When launched, LibreOffice (default application) and GIMP (featured application) are showing a splash screen which is very inconsistent with every other Ubuntu application. Simplest solution is to just remove splash screens (which are basically impossible to remove for the end user). (This is my first bug report, so I apologize if I didn't file it correctly.) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/711035/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
