> These so-called skeleton screens are a common technique and not inherently bad. The technique may not be bad by itself, but it's so common mostly among super

> These so-called skeleton screens are a common technique and not inherently bad. The technique may not be bad by itself, but it's so common mostly among super bloated website behemoths that every time I see those skeleton screens I automatically prepare myself for another 5 second of loading. It's the modern web equivalent of seeing an hourglass cursor on an underpowered Vista machine - not inherently bad but usually a bad omen.