Framework: pages placeholder glitch when offline

[rickybanister]

To reproduce:

1. Visit http://calypso.localhost:3000/ or load the Desktop app
2. Lose your internet connection (or turn off your wifi)
3. Visit http://calypso.localhost:3000/pages/example.wordpress.com (click on the Pages sidebar link)
4. Note the crazy flashing between the Pages placeholder and the EmptyContent message

https://cloudup.com/c0B4gJZHOxI

Note that /posts simply displays the EmptyContent message when there is no connectivity. We should standardize how we handle situations when we can't fetch data (no connection) as opposed to having no data to fetch. It could be disconcerting to see the EmptyContent message when using the Desktop app—a user could assume their posts or pages were deleted.

[rralian]

You can reproduce this in production too. Go to the posts page for one of your sites... wordpress.com/posts/example.wordpress.com, turn off your internet, then click on pages.

This is pretty lame. We should fix it very soon. But I don't think it's blocker level.

[gwwar]

@rralian @rickybanister is this still an issue? I wasn't able to reproduce the issue on production.
I think it would be nice to also add a disconnected notice somewhere on the page, I'm currently seeing loading placeholders pulsing forever when disconnected.

[rralian]

Yep, definitely still an issue. See video: https://cloudup.com/cbX1saGeMDt

[gwwar]

Thanks for the vid! Oddly enough I wasn't able to see the flickering until I turned my connection off, then on.