# The initial page load

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323 "2014-07-08T02:37:18Z")\
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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:** [December 5, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323/10 "2014-12-05T00:32:00Z")

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I can imagine a pretty/cute _welcome_ message could be very effective though.

E.g.  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/b/ab37077f0dc2c07a857d17d88761271290509689.gif)

So instead of a loading animation, it’s more like the beautiful loading screens of AAA games that need to divert your attention to shiny things for a while as they do some background processing.

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