Instead of disabling the splash screen, I say the devs should eliminate the whole splash screen and not even consider an option to have one! I must ask:

• What purpose does the splash screen (and its audio) serve? Is there one? No, a splash screen serves no purpose for a browser. Opera's splash screen (and especially with its audio) is an annoyance and more likely causes users to migrate to a competing browser.
• Is the splash screen necessary? No, a browser does not need a splash screen.
• Does the splash screen have any practical utility? No.
• Does a browser's splash screen (with or without audio) disrupt productivity or distract? Absolutely!
• Is there anyone begging for the splash screen or its audio, where they just have to have it? — no, only the devs.

Because of my audio recording, I turn off all of my computer's system sounds / alerts, because I don't want any audio playing except for that which I'm working on. I don't want audio coming from any apps unless I have control over it and trigger it, and I don't want to adjust the volume levels.

Opera devs want their browser to be at the forefront of browser tech. A splash screen — especially with audio — is quite a few steps backward. It makes no sense.

@leocg said in [Suggestion]Option to disable splash screen at startup:

@daffysings The purpose is to show that Opera has been updated to a new version or build.

No, it's a splash screen. It always comes up every time Opera restarts, even if Opera has just been updated. If the splash screen's purpose was to show that Opera has been updated, it would say so, and it would provide the new version number. Currently, the splash screen doesn't show any version number.

Even if the splash screen were for providing the version number, it still wouldn't justify having a disruptive splash screen.

@leocg said in [Suggestion]Option to disable splash screen at startup:

@daffysings Because, as said, there is a bug that makes the splash screen to show up every time you open Opera.

@leocg I wouldn't know whether there's a bug related to disabling the splash screen in Opera GX — maybe there is.

In Opera One there isn't a settings option to disable the splash screen. For Opera One (and every app with a splash screen), a splash screen is supposed to show up every time the app starts, unless there's an option to deactivate it. So that's not a bug for Opera One.

Again, as I said for Opera One: its splash always displays when it starts up, regardless of whether it's fully updated or not. And again, as I said before for Opera One: the splash doesn't display a version number, so its purpose can't possibly be to show that Opera (One) has been updated.

I'm done here.

@leocg said in [Suggestion]Option to disable splash screen at startup:

@daffysings The purpose is to show that Opera has been updated to a new version or build.

No, it's a splash screen. It always comes up every time Opera restarts, even if Opera has just been updated. If the splash screen's purpose was to show that Opera has been updated, it would say so, and it would provide the new version number. Currently, the splash screen doesn't show any version number.

Even if the splash screen were for providing the version number, it still wouldn't justify having a disruptive splash screen.

Instead of disabling the splash screen, I say the devs should eliminate the whole splash screen and not even consider an option to have one! I must ask:

• What purpose does the splash screen (and its audio) serve? Is there one? No, a splash screen serves no purpose for a browser. Opera's splash screen (and especially with its audio) is an annoyance and more likely causes users to migrate to a competing browser.
• Is the splash screen necessary? No, a browser does not need a splash screen.
• Does the splash screen have any practical utility? No.
• Does a browser's splash screen (with or without audio) disrupt productivity or distract? Absolutely!
• Is there anyone begging for the splash screen or its audio, where they just have to have it? — no, only the devs.

Because of my audio recording, I turn off all of my computer's system sounds / alerts, because I don't want any audio playing except for that which I'm working on. I don't want audio coming from any apps unless I have control over it and trigger it, and I don't want to adjust the volume levels.

Opera devs want their browser to be at the forefront of browser tech. A splash screen — especially with audio — is quite a few steps backward. It makes no sense.