TermCraft conventionFoundational
Skeleton Screen
Grey blocks showing where content will appear.
Definition
A placeholder representation of incoming content, shaped like the final layout.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Grey blocks showing where content will appear.
Example
Three grey lines and a circle where an avatar and text will load.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.