# 3kb to big for a preloader?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3kb-to-big-for-a-preloader/103240>\
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**Created:** [March 3, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3kb-to-big-for-a-preloader/103240 "2004-03-03T08:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![mindfriction](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mindfriction/32/172_2.png) [@mindfriction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mindfriction)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3kb-to-big-for-a-preloader/103240/1 "2004-03-03T08:01:43Z")

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Just quickly, I recently made my own preloader component. It’s about 3kb in size, there is slight delay over a 56k modem, 2-4 secs. Is that not good from a user point of view or am I being too anal about this ?