You know, while I like the idea of using SVG in bowth Help documents and About dialog, I do hate when I have to wait till it's rendered and shown.
On my 1,6 Centrino + 512 Mbyte RAM laptop the current About dialog renders ~6 secs. This is insane. I would vote for a GIMP-like About box with a smaller SVG inside, if anyone cares to listen :)
There is a strong possibility the gimp will move to the standard dialog too and then see about adding back the eye candy.
The current About screen is quite slow to load which somewhat detracts from its good looks.
interesting. i always found it quite amusing to use a aboring about screen as a demo space of an application... yes it's slow, but with a reason. i like it because it is different from any other app i've used, and thus has a spirit of it's own. there is really no need for so rarely used and in fact useless function as an about screen, to be seuperfast or a subject to any user interface laws. a dialogue with only one button (or even without), that you only use for curiosity, has no need for efficiency.
not that it's a big issue, but i will be sad if it goes away.
regards, bostjan