Glad to hear that the rendering got better for you.<p>That animation is our loading indicator introduced in GitLab 8.4. There is no way to disable it. However, it seems to have a lot of fans <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jerbob92&#x2F;status&#x2F;692089402030460929" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jerbob92&#x2F;status&#x2F;692089402030460929</a><p>I hope it is less weird now that you know what it is for.