Not sure if we still need this, but if so I found this the other day http://projects.o-hand.com/psplash

I don't have a strong opinion on whether we need a boot progress indicator.

Nifty.  Let's see how long the boot time is with the new kernel.

I think that we're now just on the edge of needing a progress bar.  If it gets much longer, we'll want one.

Timing this:

0 seconds  - power on
5 seconds - logitech logo
20 seconds - Free Your Music
42 seconds - Home menu

Compared to my cell phone:

5 seconds - t-mobile logo
15 seconds - windows mobile logo
34 seconds - t-mobile animation and sound
63 seconds - home menu starts to draw
104 seconds - home menu finishes drawing

Ok, so we're better than a crappy windows mobile phone.  

I think that this time is probably acceptable for ship, but if it goes up significantly, we'll need to revisit.  Reducing it would be the best solution, of course.

Created attachment 2799 [details]
Splash Screen progress bar proposal

reference screen 1

Created attachment 2800 [details]
Splash Screen progress bar proposal [con't]

reference screen 2

Created attachment 2801 [details]
Splash Screen progress bar proposal [con't]

reference screen 3 when at 0%

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We will be reducing the boot time (not adding a progress bar), currently planned for 8.0. This will work on all SqueezeOS platforms.

*** Bug 13340 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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