Wow, Brad that's so cool that SD is looking to see if there's a possible alternative method of changing the bootscreen without replacing the kernal!
Bootscreens for me aren't a big deal since it's just a few seconds on the screen, but I'd be more inclined to consider changing them if SD had an app that I regarded as safer than the existing methods (either manual or the other proggies). Also with the current bootscreen programs and the bootscreen libraries, from a PC security standpoint I'd not be that keen on downloading someone else's unknown .exe files. Although of course one could make one's own but that would still involve messing with the MS file.
Leave it to SD to see if there's a way that avoids the concerns and issues previously discussed. Even if the results turn out to be not quite what some would hope for, kudos for pursuing the possibilities.
KG: I find it interesting if not a bit frustrating that more people responded to the favorite season poll than the new library poll to date. Given the numbers of requests and threads over time about new libraries and wish lists one would have thought that people would jump on the opportunity to provide input when asked.