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Pure JavaScript spinner
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Pure JS spinner</title>
<style>
#spinner { font-size: 6em; }
</style>
<script>
var chars = '┤┘┴└├┌┬┐'.split('');
var chars = '⣾⣽⣻⢿⡿⣟⣯⣷'.split('');
var chars = '⠁⠂⠄⡀⢀⠠⠐⠈'.split('');
var chars = '▖▘▝▗'.split('');
function spin() {
var char = chars.shift();
document.querySelector('#spinner').innerHTML = char;
chars.push(char);
setTimeout(spin, 150);
}
spin();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="spinner"></div>
</body>
</html>
@luckylooke
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move script to body, because #spinner div is not created yet, so it throws error ;)

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