Task: Add a splash screen to the application

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This page documents a task in the Qt UI scaffold story. It captures the goal, current status, acceptance, and any notes or results.

Goal

Surface the project's identity from the first moment a user runs the application: a short splash screen with the logo while the main window is being constructed.

Status

Field Value
State DONE
Parent story Qt UI scaffold
Now Completed 2024-06-23.
Waiting on None.
Next None.
Last touched 2024-06-23

Acceptance

  • A QSplashScreen appears at startup, ahead of the main window.
  • The splash dismisses cleanly once the main window is shown.

Notes

  • Total time spent in v0: ~0:41.
  • Followed Qt's standard QSplashScreen pattern; no custom timer needed.

Result

  • Splash code integrated into the ores.qt startup path.

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