hacking the splash screen:) 3

[carpeliam]

has anybody managed to hack the splash screen? I'm sure it's been done, I'm just not sure where the image resides (in which jar, directory, whichever).. if it matters, I'm running winxp. thanks Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."

 

[petey]

Google revealed this:

http://themes.mozdev.org/splash.html

-petey

 

[carpeliam]

thanks petey. I had actually been following the mozilla "bug" involving a new splash screen (), but didn't see this website. The answer wasn't listed there (as far as I could see), but I was able to find a themes mailing list; one of the questions posed within the last few days was indeed the same question I posed here. I'll post the answer that I found (it's rather simple, really). Find whatever image you want, and save it as "mozilla.bmp" in the mozilla directory (same directory that mozilla.exe is found). The next time you restart mozilla, you'll see your new splash. I'm not sure of a solution for linux or other OS's. Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."

 

[petey]

Cool tip, thanks.

petey

 

[mithrilhall]

In order to install a new splash screen, you need to save an image called "mozilla.bmp" to the same directory in which you have mozilla.exe. Mozilla directory, usually found in the following directory on Windows computers:

C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\

 

[carpeliam]

thanks mithrilhall, but you'll notice I just said that Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."

 

[mithrilhall]

Lol, I should have read your whole post.

 

[Guest_imported]

I saved one of the many available nifty splash screens as mozilla.bmp into my program files/mozilla.org/mozilla folder, and mozilla.exe is in there, and I'm still getting the old splash screen when I start Mozilla. Even after shutdown/startup.

I used acdsee to look at the saved mozilla.bmp and it looks good.

Win98 machine.

clevelandgamer

 

[Guest_imported]

Mever mind. User error.

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

hi there
you can find mor splash screens at several places listed in my mozilla bookmarks:

http://sandbox.pixelpoems.com/til/mozfavs/