Does anyone else finding the 'inspirational' quote loading spinner super frustrating? Is there a technical reason we need a loading spinner?
Hopefully this doesn't come across as passive aggressive as that isn't my goal, as someone who uses this site quite a lot having to wait 1/2 seconds all the time is very frustrating.
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cc @csallen
No, it's really annoying. I don't really get why it's there. Vapid, contextless, "inspirational" quotes is exactly the thing the "startup scene" should move away from. Also, it makes the site slow to use.
I hate the quotes, too. I think they're there to mask the slow page loading speeds.
It's because IH is a single-page app, similar to Facebook/Gmail/Asana/etc. The loading screen would be there anyway, but imo it's better with a quote rather than a loading icon.
In hindsight, I wish I had not built IH as a single-page app. But rebuilding it from scratch is not an option any time soon. More realistic options:
Working on #1 at the moment.
cc @tnolet
I totally get that path dependence thing.
One tip for Gmail:
You can use a plugin to toggle the enabling of JavaScript on a per-page basis. For just a quick check of your inbox, that's an easy way past their loading screen.
I guess it's a bit of "between a rock and a hard place" situation. I get that just a spinner is also boring. I also get that the quotes are teasers for the full articles, totally fine. It's just being greeted by the dude that is doing $133M every time is sort of demotivating. Might be just me.
Long story short: let's improve the loading speed! Happy to help!