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## Improved

- **Placeholder rows while a list loads.** The first time a list opens, it shows grey placeholder
  rows in the shape of its table instead of a spinner, so you can see where your records will
  appear. Screen readers skip the placeholders and hear "Loading" instead.
- **Rows stay put while a list refreshes.** When you search, filter, sort or change page, the rows
  you were looking at stay on screen, dimmed, until the new ones arrive.