How to use SVG as a Placeholder, and Other Image Loading Techniques I'm passionate about image performance optimisation and making images load fast on the web. One of the most interesting areas of exploration is placeholders: what to show when the image hasn't loaded yet. During the last days I have come across some loading techniques that use SVG, and I would like to describe them in this post. G
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