Preloaders

We have ceased to notice that majority of components that need a little time in order to fully load or perform can be a time-consuming action accompanied by small, pleasant indicators that visualize the process. You can stumble upon these tiny assistants everywhere — apps in cellphones or tablets, personal websites, online services are highly populated with such animated control elements that try to make the user experience more pleasant and more enjoyable.

Usually it is a simple throbber that for a long time was a gif animation, and only recently has become a code-based solution that involves utilization of either JS or/and CSS, thereby opening up almost endless possibilities to developers.