The dots in the splash were previously hard-coded (v1). This PR makes progress towards making them be based on current theme colors.
Note that this is an improvement and not the "final" version. We're going to dynamically generate the splash file and the base64 URL later on.
We previously used the window load event as a target to remove the splash. The issue with that is that it means we wait for images to download before we remove the splash.
Ember has a better method that we can use ready(). This PR triggers a custom discourse-ready when that happens and uses that as the baseline for removing the splash.
This PR also adds three new performance marks. discourse-ready, discourse-splash-visible, and discourse-splash-removed
These will help us keep track of performance.
Internal topic /t/65378/81
We previously relied on CSS animation-delay for the splash. This means that we can get inconsistent results based on device/network conditions.
This PR moves us to a more consistent timing based on {request time + 2 seconds}
Internal topic: /t/65378/65
We currently remove the splash screen once Discourse starts booting.
This can be an issue on very slow devices, which can take up to 6 seconds. This PR ensures that we don't remove the splash until the browser has finished parsing all of the site's assets. It won't impact fast devices.
Internal topic /t/65378/60
We use javascript to remove the splash screen when the site boots up. If the user has js disabled, they get stuck on the splash screen.
If the user has js disabled. We don't show the splash screen at all.
We use javascript to remove the splash screen when the site boots up. If the user has js disabled, they get stuck on the splash screen.
If the user has js disabled. We don't show the splash screen at all.
This commit does six things
* changes the animation for the splash screen. To a more subtle animation.
* defers displaying the splash by 1.5 seconds
* defers displaying the splash "loading" text by 2.5 seconds
* defers removing the splash until all Discourse initializers have run
* fixes a display issue in Firefox
* Inlines the SVG as a base64 and inlines the required CSS.
The encoded SVG is hard coded for now, but we will use a helper to generate that based on the file after some testing.
This PR introduces a new hidden site setting that allows admins to display a splash screen while site assets load.
The splash screen can be enabled via the `splash_screen` hidden site setting.
This is what the splash screen currently looks like
5ceb72f085.mp4
Once site assets load, the splash screen is automatically removed.
To control the loading text that shows in the splash screen, you can change the preloader_text translation string in admin > customize > text
