# 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:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-initial-page-load/17323/8 "2014-12-04T20:08:19Z")

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Slack tend to do this, but they have much longer loading times. I am not sure, its not super common to have these and makes your site feel like a “flash website”

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