Jul 15
The loading state might be the most important part of an AI image tool.
Running three edits at once sounds impressive. But if I cannot tell which edit is still working or whether the canvas is safe to touch, it stops feeling like a workspace and starts feeling like a waiting room.
One trick when browsing Awesome Generative UI: ignore the finished screen for a minute and look at the waiting. Tiny progress indicators reveal a lot about whether the product actually trusts you to keep working.
Explore the open-source Awesome Generative UI catalog: Google Research papers, PAGEN dataset links, Gemini Dynamic View examples, Vercel AI
Background AI needs foreground manners.
