Given the ongoing thread on a friendler Emacs, maybe this is not 
the best time to propose this new package that aims at providing 
an alternative splash-screen
I've no idea if it's ok to propose such a package for inclusion in 
ELPA.

Here is a mockup:

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- No logo (not even in graphical mode)
- Vertical and horizontal scroll bars are hidden
- Modeline is hidden
- " ", "x", "q", <esc>, <return> or <mouse-1> kills the splash 
  screen
- "C-h" shows the regular startup screen
- Splash screen is automatically killed after 3 seconds
- With emacs-mac (Mituharu), splash screen is faded out after 3 
  seconds

Usage:
 (require 'splash-screen)

Nicolas

splash-screen.el: