[sliverstorm]

Who still thinks that's acceptable behavior

Adobe still does, and of all apps, GIMP is going to be one of the most likely to emulate them.

[MikeCapone]

Photoshop's splash screen doesn't stay on top of all other windows and steal focus, at least not in the version that I have.

If anyone from GIMP is reading this, I strongly recommend that you fix that or at least allow us to disable the splash screen. Thank you.

[w1ntermute]

Have you tried this: http://kuoi.com/~kamikaze/read.php?id=129

Looks kind of old, but it might still work.

[graue]

Off-topic rant: "Someone with spare time on their hands feel like adding a 'Disable splash screen' checkbox to the preferences panel?" That suggestion illustrates a common anti-pattern in open source software. Broken behavior should simply be fixed, not receive an extra option to turn it off. No one wants to have to check an "unbreak my software" checkbox.

[w1ntermute]

I don't think this is necessarily broken behavior. Photoshop has a splash screen too, and from what I understand, it's there because of the long loading time.

[wtallis]

A splash screen that can't be minimized, hidden, or covered up with a useful window is definitely broken behavior. I think it can only be implemented by abusing APIs meant for screensavers and full-screen games.

[sliverstorm]

Are you kidding? All you need is always-on-top behavior, which is usually offered in some form by most window managers.

[tincholio]

Thank you kindly, sir, that worked! The current wrapper script is a bit different, but the same switch does the trick.