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I don't know how to feel about the introduction of splash screens for all apps. I imagine they were needed to disguise some initial rendering of the app, but a

• gerash 5y ago
  It used to be against UX guidelines in Android but if the app startup cannot be any faster I don't mind a splash screen. Basically anything that indicates the phone has not frozen up even if it ends up taking a quarter second longer. What I find truly jarring is when I tap on a UI element and it responds after 2 seconds. I'd take splash screen and slow animation over that anyday.
• jeroenhd 5y ago
  My theory is that this is because of Flutter apps that sometimes struggle to initialize quickly from a cold start. They had (have?) this issue on iOS and I've seen some of them have the problem on Android too, something to do with shaders if I recall correctly. I hate seeing splash screens. When I encounter them, I see that as a sign that the developers weren't capable enough or didn't care enough to make their app start up quickly. I'm fine with games showing splash screens as they unpack resources and load shaders, but a chat app or a calendar shouldn't have to show me a "look at me I'm loading" screen.
  • MonaroVXR 5y ago
    I hate this when in visiting "Outlook.com" and especially when I go from mail to calendar.