# Horizontal loading slider

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-loading-slider/177939
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** deprecated
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-loading-slider/177939 "2021-02-01T09:57:32Z")
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### Author: ![hiddenseal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hiddenseal/32/284273_2.png) [@hiddenseal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenseal)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-loading-slider/177939/255 "2023-07-16T02:09:17Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [3.1.0.beta6: Threads in Chat, Image Grid, Export Chat Messages, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-0-beta6-threads-in-chat-image-grid-export-chat-messages-and-more/270337):

> [@3.1.0.beta6: Threads in Chat, Image Grid, Export Chat Messages, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-0-beta6-threads-in-chat-image-grid-export-chat-messages-and-more/270337/1):
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> This new loading indicator is now the default. The old `spinner` is planned to be removed in the near future,

Is there any reason for removing the old `spinner` loading indicator? My users hate the horizontal slider: they say it reminds them that they’re visiting a website, whereas the spinner gave a feeling of being in one single app, which they preferred.

Or I guess will it be possible to create a theme component that will bring back the spinner even when you deprecate it from the core?

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