Eclipse 4.0 is different & Mascot stories
What if you want to make a good first impression and show how different Eclipse 4.0 really is? How helpful is the following splash screen in this quest?
Lets replace this splash with something “cooler” for example this:
To do this open the folder “plugin/org.eclipse.e4.ui.examples.legacy.workbench+yourversionnumber”. Here you find the file “splash.bmp”. Rename it and put a new bitmap file “splash.bmp” at its place.
Ok, arguely the process is almost the same as for a standard Eclipse 3.x installation but I think its nicer to do this for e4 to make clear the difference.
I also need to thank OisÃn Hurley who, to my understanding 
, expressed a strong affinity to mascots and encouraged me to promote the idea of a stuffed animal as a mascot for Eclipse. I think by this he earned a lot of our respect.
[just to avoid any misunderstanding the statement above is a joke, Oisin seems to dislike mascots...]
April 28th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Maybe the community would be interested in a e4 splash screen contest?
April 28th, 2010 at 4:01 am
I’m not sure; we just had the Eclipse logo contest….
April 28th, 2010 at 9:20 am
How about a different color for the spalsh screen this year? Something bright and catchy like how it is right now on the Helios homepage at eclipse.org.
April 28th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Mascots give me the creeps! I never remember mascots either – I must have had the ‘likes mascots as a marketing device’ gene switched off since I don’t find them relevant!
April 28th, 2010 at 9:55 am
No, don’t do that. Developers are not graphics designers. They can try and try and never come close to professionals. On the other hand – could the splash become worse?
April 28th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
@Ralf I agree, I think it is hard to create a splash screen even worse.
@Oisin:
April 28th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
No purple bunny?
April 28th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
@Lynn: Your purple bunny is wonderful! (Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder….)