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For that modern web feeling (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by bestelbus22@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 months ago* (7 children)

"make the page transparent and show a spinning icon, wait 750ms, then make the page display normally"

it's a fake loading screen

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[–] bestelbus22@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 9 months ago

And perform the action you actually want to do after the delay

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

It's a real loading screen

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[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

It's a real fake loading screen.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Shouldn't it be 750 seconds? Who's going to notice a slowdown that's below one second?

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

To your first question: The arguments to setTimeout and setInterval (and I believe everything else in JavaScript) are in milliseconds.

Second question: Everybody, unless you’re a 90-year old, demented grandma.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago

With most web pages pulling megabytes of crud to display anything, I'm not sure a 0.75 second delay would change anything much.

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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 points 9 months ago

3/4 of a second is quite noticeable. Most UI animations are only 100-200ms, and if you disable them, things feel faster but less "polished". Try it out yourself on your phone UI if you've got an Android.

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