Browser-laptop: Loading spinner sometimes doesn't stop

[ClarLabs]

Hello

This issue effects all versions of Brave I have tried on Linux and Windows

Basically when a page is loading nothing is happening until the page is displayed, this is a huge pitfall of Brave as it looks like nothing is happening, this could lead to multiple refreshes thinking nothing is happening.

I would say this is a bug and not a feature request as every browser has some form of progress bar and I think as part of a UI it is a vital aspect of any browser.

I will hope this gets resolved as so far I love brave and using it to replace Firefox

With Regards

[bsclifton]

@ClarLabs we should be having a spinner which shows in the tab... are you not seeing it? (or maybe it's not obvious enough)

We did have a version (possibly two) of Brave where this functionality unintentionally broke (so no spinner would be shown). It should work great- here's a demo:

[luixxiul]

Add progress bar of page load

I assume a progress bar like one which Vivaldi has.

[srirambv]

I assume a progress bar like one which Vivaldi has.

Vivaldi has the progress indicator in the URL bar.

I would suggest add the progress indicator to the tab itself rather than anywhere else. With an option to disable it in settings similar to page theme color option under tabs.
cc: @bradleyrichter on thoughts

[ClarLabs]

Hello

Sorry for the late response, there is an indication of page loading, which is fine, however, in some circumstances, it does not show up, I cannot find a way to replicate the issue, other times it is delayed which can lead to thinking nothing is happening.

I hope this helps

With Regards
Chris Russell

June 11, 2017 8:53 AM, "Sriram Bellur Venkataram" wrote:
I assume a progress bar like one which Vivaldi has.

Vivaldi has the progress indicator in the URL bar. 

I would suggest add the progress indicator to the tab itself rather than anywhere else. With an option to disable it in settings similar to page theme color option under tabs.

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[bsclifton]

+1 from @bradleyrichter; He noticed it spinning and never stopping

[bradleyrichter]

I will add to this issue and state that we are also seeing an increase in tabs that show as loading but they are indeed finished loading so the icon state change is somehow missed.

[NejcZdovc]

I also see this quite often with Youtube tabs.

[bsclifton]

+1 from https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9893 via Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Music_Journeys/status/882809848445927424

_another bug i've noticed that still exists in the latest Brave is i get a spinner in the tab even when a tab has fully loaded from Soundcloud. an example is the following: https://t.co/zVgGE9E4gy_

[cezaraugusto]

one STR:

1. load a page
2. while loading, drag tab to another index
3. loading keeps forever

[cezaraugusto]

so for me, there are three main issues that may lead to this:

• adblocker issue, where some ad/tracker keeps trying to pop out and never finish loading
• browser rendering problem, where due to animation timing the browser never stops rendering the animation
• react rendering problem, when at a given point React should update, it never does

I have a hard time reproducing it and now even after my above comment, it is still hard to repro.

[cezaraugusto]

ok found a new one. 100% reproducible.

1. Open a page
2. While still loading, detach from window
3. loading forever

[cezaraugusto]

another good str:

1. open http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w126-s-se-sec-sel-sd/

[cezaraugusto]

^^ props to @bsclifton 🚗

[srirambv]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/loading-icon-persists-on-google-sheets/9556/2

[bbondy]

I have this in progress and nearly done, but it is pretty big so I think I won't put it in a hotfix and put it in 0.20.x instead.

[petemill]

With google sheets, the loading finishes, and the spinner switches to a normal favicon, after which loading starts again and never finishes. With shields turned off, this does not replicate.

With the benzworld link ^, the same thing happens in chrome, so probably an issue with that site.

Cannot reproduce with soundcloud. So I can look at the google sheets with shields issue, and the detached loading tabs issue.

[petemill]

Going to move this to a later milestone, so it is done in parallel with the single-webview work, which will require a lot of events (not only the loading start / end events) to move to the browser process from the renderer process (it is currently attached to the webview in the renderer process)

[modusops]

Was about to contribute a ticket related to this issue for tab spinner and found this thread open. Wanted to add that while using Google Sheets, I'm...:

• unable to refresh w/o 'stopping' the page first by clicking on X.
• unable to remove spinner issue by turning shields off.

Hope this helps.

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