Inkscape startup time heavily depends on the number of fonts installed in system. On clean OS with only default font set, Inkscape starts in about 2 seconds, but then I had about 600 fonts installed, its startup time becomes 20-30 seconds. In that situation, I think it is a must to have some notification that Inkscape really starts up (I once forgot that I started it, and started it again, for example).
Inkscape startup time heavily depends on the number of fonts installed in system. On clean OS with only default font set, Inkscape starts in about 2 seconds, but then I had about 600 fonts installed, its startup time becomes 20-30 seconds. In that situation, I think it is a must to have some notification that Inkscape really starts up (I once forgot that I started it, and started it again, for example).