Colour scheme for the site?

[ThE_JacO]

Hello all,

In first place thanks for the effort to pull this together, I'm curious to see where it will go and hopeful it will be somewhere nice.

There's a thought though I have to share, as -every-single-person, and I mean that literally, who saw the site had a thought at first glance that was "WTF?!"...

Is the colour scheme staying as it is?
A colleague here first commented it as "diarreah brown headers on drab gray with rotten green text. Charming", and I can't but somewhat share his opinion.

It's bad enough that the main site had a visually very strong set of colours stripped away from it, and that every time I start xsi I have to look at unabomber with love handles (WTF is that supposed to be for branding?), but do I also have to suffer such a bad colour scheme on the new site? :)

Cheers
Raff

P.S.
If you use emoticon gif libraries from somewhere, and they were thought for a different colour scheme, you have to rework the edge pixels, or they come up with an odd aliased border like they do now :p

[Leonard]

The smilies are my fault btw. I'll fix when I get back from GDC.

As for the color scheme, I'll make sure this gets read by the designers. Suggestions, or more feedback from others who share similar sentiments would be great.

L.

[uccimaru]

I couldnt have said it better myself. huahuahua! I really dont like the unabomber as splash and this forum reminds me of Lightwave 5 or infini-D 4.5

Where's the minimalist white/red combo with round one corners and thin elegant types?

This raytraced back alley graffiti wall has got to go right now!

cheerios muchachos!

Mario

[StuManFu]

It doesn't make me feel good looking at this site. If I am using it at work people will think I'm on some wierd anarchist web-site. The "back alley" look doesn't float my boat.

Please find a better Softimage branding.

[paulrus]

Funny - I have an ad agency in my building. Some of the designers were here when I fired up XSI and they all ooh'd and aah'd over the splash screen.

I think this new site looks great. I guess it depends on your market. This seems to appeal more to the artist/designer community whereas something a little more boring and bland would appeal more to the programmer/TD types.

[ThE_JacO]

Funny - I have an ad agency in my building. Some of the designers were here when I fired up XSI and they all ooh'd and aah'd over the splash screen.

I think this new site looks great. I guess it depends on your market. This seems to appeal more to the artist/designer community whereas something a little more boring and bland would appeal more to the programmer/TD types.

Not one person of the ones around here who thought it was terrible are the least bit technically inclined :)

I think it's more down to colour blindness or good eyesight rather then designer vs techie :p

To each his own tho.

[skyphyr]

Ok - I've finally been roped into expressing my opinion even though I prefer complaining about XSI on the mailing list. I am concerned about the image XSI projects, because to some degree it affects the type of users the software will attract and the perception of those users from others.

XSI is a highly capable application aimed at professionals. It's not aimed at the MTV demographic, but the ridiculous hoody (which I have had numerous artists laugh about - both XSI and other packages) would be appropriate if it were.

Version 7 (and the spectacular new features it provides) is a chance for Softimage to rebrand and show that it is a serious package, not afraid of having a professional image. Hoodies and graffiti is not cute, or fun - it's demeaning.

You've probably noticed by now I've not even gotten to the colour scheme. It doesn't work. I'm sorry to say this as I appreciate the devs have put serious time into this, but it's time for an overhall. Let's see some consistency and poise. Softimage.com looks radically different from the wiki which again varies from the community site. Who is(n't?) ensuring the consistency of Softimage branding? Many XSI artists I've worked with do the best work I've ever seen. It's time for Softimage to present an image with the level of polish these artists achieve with Softimage's software.

I would also like to note that I very nearly did not post on here as I feel Softimage could have better served the community be reinforcing existing community infrastructure (XSIBase) and use their portal to provide additional value to the product. Things like a centralized repository fully integrated into XSI which allowed simple publishing of custom tools for the community. Integrated tutorial publication software which could record an XSI session with audio commentary and allow users to browse to it through XSI and work through the tutorial with hands on modification of the scene as the tutorial progressed. The wiki is a good example of Softimage providing additional value. This forum is duplicate effort leaving the community uncertain of where to go for an XSI forum.

I hope this finds the right ears at Softimage.

Cheers,

Alan.

[Fabian]

I totally agree with Raf on this one, ever since 6 the juicy arty feeling I got in my belly when starting up xsi has gone the way of the dodo and was replaced with a view of the I-am-a-cool-hoddy-dude. Simple elegance replaced by clonky-coolness. And in marketeer speak: if xsi was a person then I think it would not be a hoody-wearing-has-to-hide-his-face-personality. Anyway, finally had a chance to get this off my chest. Other than that, as Raf said, thank you for putting this site together looking forward to what will happen with it.

Fabian

[Nightwalker]

I also agree, the gangsta rapper must go... some people in indecision possitions would probably not hire that guy if he showed up like that in an interview, and will probably not buy anithing branded for teenagers.

[mattmos]

Can't help but echo what's been said here about the colour scheme, and the hoodie.

[macarbon]

What about having a Splash screen contest?

Those 10 winners would get their image displayed randomly when we start XSI with proper credit somewhere in the corner of the image.

Of course everybody should be able to provide proof that their image was done with XSI and no other 3D software...

That would get us rid of the unabomber splash screen...that seems to scare so many people!

I'm sure the forum colors will get fixed easily...

[gent]

Agree about the color scheme, already commented about it at cgtalk. The ugly brown header must go.

Congratulations anyway. Great gallery, and more importantly, downloads section. This was badly needed, as the resource section at xsibase is full of broken links hosted out of the site. I hope you guys have planned the downloads section to be a longer-term thing to store all the scripts and stuff for a long period, and not get dead links 2-3 years after submission.

[Teresa Manley]

Thanks for your open & honest feedback on the overall design of Softimage|Net and the current Softimage|XSI branding...we are listening!

It looks like Mr. Hoodie is not sitting well with some people, but what do you think about the lightwriting?

Just curious to find out...Alan Jones commented that XSI is a "serious" package that should not be afraid to have a "professional" image. What exactly does that mean? What should a "serious" package look like?

What do you guys think are the qualities that the Softimage\XSI brand should portray? What does Softimage|XSI mean to you?

By the way...I really like the idea of a splash screen contest.

[scaron]

the work me company did for the xsi flower was good stuff. while cgtalk and nvidia had their nvart - amazing creations... all i could think about was potential softimage splash screens!

http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/01/winners.php

now check out tim's work which was chosen as a signature image for this part of the nvart contest
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4330

i think a contest, user work, or softimage contracting a company again would all be good ideas

s

p.s. more of tim's work... http://bt3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/

[ThE_JacO]

It looks like Mr. Hoodie is not sitting well with some people, but what do you think about the lightwriting?
I thought on video it was great, well done, and the offbeat quality of it was interesting.
It's also relatively (and suprisingly) easy to read.
I can't say I can see it replacing the original softimage font entirely for two reasons, it doesn't scale well, and the changing the original font would be like spoiling the typeset Ford has been using for the last 70 years, some things you just don't do, and you'd be losing something that is very well etched into people's minds as related to quality and having a company philosophy.

Just curious to find out...Alan Jones commented that XSI is a "serious" package that should not be afraid to have a "professional" image. What exactly does that mean? What should a "serious" package look like?I can't speak for Alan, but afaic, the hoodie spells trend. It says "hoodies are cool this year, we got one".
A software company serving creative and technical people alike needs a strong and lasting image, a philosophy not a trend. You build on what you have by refinement, not by scrapping everything done in the past 20 years and going for whatever Avril Lavigne wears that year; leave trends for pop culture phenomenas, those don't have a need to last :)

What do you guys think are the qualities that the Softimage\XSI brand should portray? What does Softimage|XSI mean to you?Simplicity, stability, fruibility and elegance are what I look for in a content creation platform, the old site and logo, while messy in contents organization, quantity and quality, offered all of them visually.
It was fruible because easy to read, simple in how it used a tight palette to achieve a very good spacing and framing, Stable as it had been there that way for a bit and could have been the same even if contents changed and elegant, as it was pleasing to look at in its simplicity.
It also didn't waste much space with a ton of useless images plastered around. Yes, we all have broadband, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't prefer a site to load in 1s instead of having the same loading time for a site of 8 years ago for no additional content but a lot of dressing.

No need to reinvent a wheel that was rolling just fine imo. If anybody ever complained about the old site it wasn't because of the colour palette or the layout, it was because of everything else :)

The longest standing fashion style in the world is considered Armani. Ironically his is also the style that got revisited the least because it was so essential and yet well presented since day 1.

As a last note:
Having a new promo, claim, testimonial, icon etc every new year or version is perfectly fine with me.
Manta for v2, the hoodie for v6, something else for v7... It's all good, just leave the brand alone :) The yearly stuff is supposed to be dressing not changing the core imho.

Thanks for listening, it's appreciated.

[Fabian]

Thank you Raf, I couldn't have summed it up any better than that.

[wurp]

Good to hear back from softimage about this, thank you for that

What does a professional/serious package look like? well i think for sure it was pro looking in v4, the flower was a great logo, and so was the splashscreen you had in v2 and v3.
Perhaps bringing back the original xsi logo in a new and fresh looking rendering would be a good idea? I think that logo is still the one most people associate with xsi. The v6 splashscreen might sound like a small thing compared to the rest of the package but I've had both clients and co-workers laugh at the splashscreen when launching xsi so I really think both the splashscreen and websites design should be reworked. As for the website it's a lot easier to find stuff and navigate on there than before but the design itself is not pro looking at all in my opinion, nor is this forum right now.

the splash-screen contest sounds like a good idea, if i have a chance i will try to come up with something.




Thanks for your open & honest feedback on the overall design of Softimage|Net and the current Softimage|XSI branding...we are listening!

It looks like Mr. Hoodie is not sitting well with some people, but what do you think about the lightwriting?

Just curious to find out...Alan Jones commented that XSI is a "serious" package that should not be afraid to have a "professional" image. What exactly does that mean? What should a "serious" package look like?

What do you guys think are the qualities that the Softimage\XSI brand should portray? What does Softimage|XSI mean to you?

By the way...I really like the idea of a splash screen contest.

[LePetitNick]

I definitely agree with the Jaco. The background looks straight out of teenage mutant ninja turtles... great for kids 8 and up, but past 14 it starts having the opposite effect... I don't think you re-invigorate a brand and change its image to make it cooler/fresher by swapping its corporate identity for some streetwear fashionista all of a sudden... I also think you might not be aiming for the right target audience. Softimage XSI has always shown great design (by far one of the most intuitive UIs out there) and has always stood out for its simplicity and consistency. Why isn't this being represented in the way it markets itself? Strong brands stand the test of time because they stick to their well defined identity, you don't see Nike or Coke change their logos, fonts and colour schemes every couple of years. If anything, all this says is that Softimage don't really know who they are and what they stand for.

[Tekano]

mud mud glorious mud

I believe the brown is attempting to embrace the new games 'modding' crowd, What with classic 'crate' texture, stenciled lettering mixed with the brick wall grafiti look - its all very 'street' & 'grime' certainly a way to make those that are making their own 'mod' feel right at home. This games orientated look is old hat now anyway - really it should be bright neon pinks, greens & yellows, stupid oversized newrave sunglasses and your younger sisters skin tight black jeans... (think Vince Noir from Mighty Boosh)

which of course leaves us TV & Film folk (the ones I see complaining) at odds with this choice of design & colour scheme. Perhaps we are just getting too old? jaded?

I also think its a good idea to open up the splash screen to a competition - with voting here on the site perhaps? good old democracy in action .

[fabrice]

brown, why brown ?

[ndog]

Split decision for me, hoody guy must go. But I like the forum color scheme and I think this forum is way overdue. I hope it will be a useful resource for ALL XSI users.

I hope that new users can ask newb questions without the super elite pro users screaming RTFM. XSI needs new users and needs them to stick around, regardless of what a perfect world would be like sometimes you need to handhold new users through the early learning process. Softimage has been doing an excellent job of providing learning materials and this forum should be an extension of that philosophy.

[thiago]

Yeah definitely Mr. Hoodie must go... Softimage need to bring back a more elegant/clean look to the software.
I remember even the installation of V4 or V5... the red flower was already in there, was quite cool... looked clean, kinda pricey too :D

I think the splash screen in the XSI ModTool looks exactly what ModTool stands for...
But XSI isn't supposed to be used by the same type of user that gets Modtool (even if Modtool is called "XSI" in the task manager)... And right now the Modtool and XSI have both very similar approach when it comes to marketing, advertise campaign, splash screen...
Everybody can like games, dark things and dirty walls... but when you come to a US$5k software you can't address it in the same way you address the a free game modding tool.
XSI need to stand as a professional, modern and solid package... if this is just in the splash screen... No, I'm totally with The Jaco comments. I think work with dark colors is nice and bring the "human touch" is good as well but it don't need to be in a Hoodie dude.
So it can still look sophisticated and have the human approach, but not

I don't see the logo being made out of light as a bad thing.. but it depends on what is around.

Splash screen contest would be nice, but you need to offer some prizes and of course give some direction. As Steven pointed out, the Nvidia contest is a good reference for that.

*** If you do a contest, you MUST make people know about it... advertise it everywhere... call your family... go creative!
I'm tired of talk to people that don't know that XSI exists, or people that never tried it.
The contest would be a good chance to bring more people to try XSI.

About this website... as Fabrice said... Brown, why brown? hehe

[guillaume]

Same feeling for me. The brown color is not fantastic but less disturbing than the brick wall
with all those Mr Houdie ! Strange idea, but at least, the Softimage community website design is unique...

[Adrian Lazar]

I really liked the "flower" splash screen, I was surprised with the new splash screen, wasn't expected Softimage to take that direction... and what the other guys said, about the professional look, i totally agree!
On the other hand, SideFX that was in my opinion the most professionally looking 3d software company took a similar turn... who know, maybe this is what their market research is dictating.

[Zac-Donald]

I really dislike the banner tbh, looks like a quickly thrown together photoshop job by a thirteen-year-old, the rest of the site isn't that bad, but still, I'm not a fan of the s*** colors.

[skyphyr]

Hi Teresa,

Raff pretty much hit it on the head, but I'll cover more inline.


It looks like Mr. Hoodie is not sitting well with some people, but what do you think about the lightwriting?
It's ok, but it's pretty much the standard font with streaks. It requires large amounts of screen/print real estate to use and, as Raff mentioned, scales down poorly.

Just curious to find out...Alan Jones commented that XSI is a "serious" package that should not be afraid to have a "professional" image. What exactly does that mean? What should a "serious" package look like?
There are a few things I find a professional logo involves. As Raff mentioned not following a trend is important. Possibly the most important as it will quickly date your branding.

Successful logos are generally abstract - usually to the point that anything they sought to convey is unknown to all but those involved in it's creation. I feel the importance of this goes back to the dating aspect mentioned about. Take a look at the Commonwealth Bank logo (an Australian bank) http://www.commbank.com.au/ While it's not the prettiest thing ever, it is quickly identifiable after you've first made the association. It was actually inspired by the southern cross, a constellation historically used for navigation in the southern hemisphere.

Another important factor of the logo is how easily it can be recognized at small sizes. I would have said the 5 cent coin test in Australia, but seeing we're on a computer let's go for the icon in the title bar of the application.

The short of it is that you want something easily recognizable to build a strong affinity with your product, abstract enough that it explicitly does not tend to draw strong concepts or relationships when viewed(even if this association is positive today there is no guarantee it will be relevant in the future, it may even become detrimental) and remain recognizable at small scales. This usually involved limiting the colour palette, it also can't hurt to ensure it remains recognizable in black and white.

What do you guys think are the qualities that the Softimage\XSI brand should portray? What does Softimage|XSI mean to you?

By the way...I really like the idea of a splash screen contest.

For me it's about constant evolution and flexibility as the key qualities, but as I'd mentioned taking any of these concepts as a starting point is great, but it should be an abstract representation by the time you've hit the logo.

The splash screen idea appeals to me too.

Cheers,

Alan.

[macarbon]

Wow, I didn't think so many people would like my contest idea. ;) but what's little different about it is that there would be more than just one winner...and that the splash screen would randomly change on each startup. Someone mentionned the NVidia contest...great idea but I'd let it to the contestant to decide if they want to go abstract or figurative.(can you say that in english?)

Teresa, Alan: About the logo, personnally I like the big circled X logo of XSI. When I look at my taskbar to start XSi I see it instantly. I don't think Softimage should opt for a more "conventional" logo, our industry is artistic, professionnal but artistic, don't bring us too many straight lines! :D


Cheers!

[wurp]

hmm, in my opinion the actual contest idea sounds good, but not having random ones show up every time you start the package, one is enough for sure ;)

anyway, softimage has come up with good splash-screens before so im sure you guys can do it again


Wow, I didn't think so many people would like my contest idea. ;) but what's little different about it is that there would be more than just one winner...and that the splash screen would randomly change on each startup. Someone mentionned the NVidia contest...great idea but I'd let it to the contestant to decide if they want to go abstract or figurative.(can you say that in english?)

Teresa, Alan: About the logo, personnally I like the big circled X logo of XSI. When I look at my taskbar to start XSi I see it instantly. I don't think Softimage should opt for a more "conventional" logo, our industry is artistic, professionnal but artistic, don't bring us too many straight lines! :D


Cheers!

[Pat Volpintesta]

It seems like the key words which are repeating over are elegance and simplicity. I think this was successfully conveyed through the 3D abstract flower. Although, how do you see a similar visual approach while maintaining a creatively dark edge?

[Adrian Lazar]

hey! a good place to start would be here (http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4404)

[skyphyr]

Teresa, Alan: About the logo, personnally I like the big circled X logo of XSI. When I look at my taskbar to start XSi I see it instantly. I don't think Softimage should opt for a more "conventional" logo, our industry is artistic, professionnal but artistic, don't bring us too many straight lines! :D
Cheers!

Good point - we hardly see the original X about much now - it definitely hits the main criteria. The Commonwealth Bank logo wasn't a good example for us, but it does do a good job of demonstrating some criteria to use in design.

Perhaps looking at bringing the X into more prominence isn't a bad way to go?

Cheers,

Alan.

[scaron]

the X logo is abstract and could be enhanced many ways with out loosing its original design.

[Zac-Donald]

I love the X, but I agree it could use a bit more work, and it'd be nice if the logo was including within the preset models in XSI, so it'd be easier for people to promote the program ;) .

[Teresa Manley]

Just to clarify things... the hooded guy was originally created as an advertising campaign that was extended onto the website and eventually in XSI 6 as the splash screen. This campaign was never meant to replace the Softimage logo which has remained unchanged since this company was created over 20 years ago. The XSI logo has not changed either as it is still used to identify the program on your screen. Does it need to be refreshed...maybe. I also agree with you guys that it's a good time to move to a new splash screen for XSI. That said, we will be launching a splash screen contest shortly. Stayed tuned for more details!

[mantom]

Just to clarify things... the hooded guy was originally created as an advertising campaign that was extended onto the website and eventually in XSI 6 as the splash screen. This campaign was never meant to replace the Softimage logo which has remained unchanged since this company was created over 20 years ago. The XSI logo has not changed either as it is still used to identify the program on your screen. Does it need to be refreshed...maybe. I also agree with you guys that it's a good time to move to a new splash screen for XSI. That said, we will be launching a splash screen contest shortly. Stayed tuned for more details!

Good to hear.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the current logo created in the mid 1990's when Microsoft bought Softimage and rebranded the flagship product 'Softimage Creative Environment' as 'Softimage|3D'? I distinctly remember the old helvetica-like typeface on purple background. I actually prefer that logo despite it's dated look. The current logo reminds me of a neon sign in a store window.

I'm not too crazy about the logo on the splash screen with the wispy tails on the letters. Fine for marketting propaganda, but not for the splash screen. I have to look at the splash screen all day every day, I'd rather see something that doesn't irk me. Rotating splash screens is a nice idea as long as it doesn't impede the load times or caching.

I'd mostly be interested in seeing a simple cohesive design that bends to artists as opposed to something trendy. XSI deserves something a little more on the elegant side that could one day be considered a timeless look for 3D. I wouldn't mind seeing an overhaul of the Softimage logo. The current logo reminds me of Microsoft and all the foul ups since trying to get Sumatra, er, XSI out the door. Time for a clean slate as Softimage appears to be beginning a new chapter in it's own book. No need to drag the dark history into the new era.

[Marco_VN]

My 2 cents for this discussion:
I'm glad to hear that softimage will launch a splashscreen contest. For my taste, the actual one adresses more the 18 year old "freestyle artist" (if something like this exists) and is probably good for the mod-version but not for "older, serious 3D artists".
Anyway, the design of the softimage-net-community integrates well to the hoodie-look (backyard, poor people, vandalizing) which I dont't like very much, but hey - I'm 44 years old and probably too oldfashioned for that kind of stuff. ;-)
BUT: When I look at other programs, there is a much worse habit spreading. Look at the splash sceens of Max2008, Maya2008 or every program of Adobe CS3. Only one color, thats it. Shoud this propagate professionality or understatement? Or is it only a sign for growing shareholder capitalism which kills every soul within a product, degrading a software to what it is: a simple tool.

Marco

[Adrian Lazar]

did you say contest? i love contests!

[ThE_JacO]

Good to hear.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the current logo created in the mid 1990's when Microsoft bought Softimage and rebranded the flagship product 'Softimage Creative Environment' as 'Softimage|3D'? I distinctly remember the old helvetica-like typeface on purple background. I actually prefer that logo despite it's dated look. The current logo reminds me of a neon sign in a store window.

To my knowledge the name changed from CE to 3D with v3, which was still under the direction of Langlois.

The milestone version for MS was 3.51 if I remember well, when 3D started running on windowsNT 3.51.

I seem to remember preMS fonts like the current one, but that was a while back and I'm not sure at all.

[Leo]

I agree with most people here about the hoodie fella, branding longevity concept, elegance and simplicity. But at the end of the day, to me, what really counts is that XSI is supposed to enlighten the artist's creativity. So, please, let's get rid of all the darkness and keep an abstract approach, since creativity is subjective by nature.

Thx for listening.

[Shine]

It certainly does seem to be aimed at a younger market. Attracting pre/post uni guys into using XSI, rather than be scared by the corporate, 'hard to use unless your a proffesional' image that it had before.

On the forum here, I'm not a big fan of the color scheme, but it's ok. It is quite easy to read and I hope the narrow centered column stays, and it's not scaled with page width.

[thiago]

It seems like the key words which are repeating over are elegance and simplicity. I think this was successfully conveyed through the 3D abstract flower. Although, how do you see a similar visual approach while maintaining a creatively dark edge?

I don't think it's a problem to keep with a dark edge... I see that it is part of the strategy, but it can be more abstract and strong.

Now how it would look like? It's quite a tough question... better seeing by artists o a contest... By that I would put a lot of effort to bring people from outside the current user base.

[Unaided]

I couldnt have said it better myself. huahuahua! I really dont like the unabomber as splash and this forum reminds me of Lightwave 5 or infini-D 4.5

Where's the minimalist white/red combo with round one corners and thin elegant types?

This raytraced back alley graffiti wall has got to go right now!

Mario

I totally agree with you.

In my opinion, the Softimage people, is fully oriented his star product (XSI) to videogames (big mistake), and this affect on the website-image and all image line.

I don't share their esthetic philosophy. I'm think which actual image-line is vulgar.
Its only represenative for game-players that full day playing with destruction and war videogames,..

Sorry, current Softimage image is not representative for me. :(

[ThE_JacO]

wrong thread and forum I'm afraid.
This is a forum for help/suggestions about THE SITE, not the application in use :)

[Kai]

Hi,
I totally agree with Raf and like to add a point about ergonomics.
When I surf and read through a lot of threads either on the base or here and then look on a wall in my apartment or just another site or software with a white background I still see all these lines of text in front of me. Well I can not read them anymore but it needs a couple of seconds before they vanish. Dark sites may look cool in a way, but I do not feel very comfortable when I have to read a bright text on a dark background.

My 2 euro cents,
Kai

[Zafar Iqbal]

Site is fine. No problems reading on CRT and LCD and tbh I prefer darker BG as I find it easier for the eyes.

My 2 cents.

[Sarford]

heh, I must be the only one, but I like the hoody guy. I think it realy makes XSI stand out from other packages with their boring thirteen-a-dozen splash screens. It conveyes the concept behind XSI beautifuly I think. Everythime I start XSI and I see the splash-screen, it makes me a bit more enthousiastic to work with XSI couse it communicates 'This software is here for you (portrayed by the hoody), it wil help you be more creative in such a way you won't even notice its there'. Yeah, I think the splash screen is quite OK!

But I'm a graphic designer and not a film or TV-guy, so maybe thats the problem :D

[Zac-Donald]

my question is why don't programs have multiple splash screens, have like 20 that it randomly goes though.