# Show a loader starting page for slow connections?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-loader-starting-page-for-slow-connections/42981>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [22. April 2016 um 11:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-loader-starting-page-for-slow-connections/42981 "2016-04-22T11:00:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [2. März 2017 um 15:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-loader-starting-page-for-slow-connections/42981/6 "2017-03-02T15:54:29Z")

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I like the idea of using a “skeleton screen” also for a starting page that’s loading. We actually have a concept of this already, but strictly for topics. You can find a really long topic and test it yourself:

[https://erlend-sh.github.io/erlend-new/d15-placeholderscrolling.mp4](https://erlend-sh.github.io/erlend-new/d15-placeholderscrolling.mp4)

@eviltrout do you think there’s a way we could reuse that for an initial page load?

> [@designbygio](#):
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> We should anyway keep in mind that long wait time should go along with a progress loader indicator

Hmmm, maybe we could sneak a loader animation into the placeholders themselves somehow? Like one of the mock text bars going from left to right as if to finish the paragraph. Ideally you’d never notice it until you run into a longer page load.

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