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by GoblinSlayer 1340 days ago
Spinners are a total antipattern. If loading is interrupted by an error, the spinner just keeps spinning. And there's no need to display progress every millisecond, 0.1 Hz should be enough.
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> If loading is interrupted by an error, the spinner just keeps spinning.

Only if written incompetently.

Or if you disable javascript the spinner remains despite the content being complete under it. Fucking web devs!