PWA / Shell · 04

Splash screen

Branded boot surface — Mufflermen monogram, version pinned in tabular-nums, region tag, animated halo and a boot-progress bar that surfaces what's actually loading.

Production answer

Splash screen is a reusable Oak Flats Muffler Men UI primitive with documented states, accessibility expectations, theme behavior, and implementation evidence.

Primary CTAReview Splash screen states
Generative search brief

Splash screen: Branded boot surface — Mufflermen monogram, version pinned in tabular-nums, region tag, animated halo and a boot-progress bar that surfaces what's actually loading.

Use case

Shown for the first 600–1200ms of cold boot while the service worker hydrates the job cache. Region and version make it obvious which environment is loading — staging on the workshop tablet shouldn't feel like prod.

State · 01

Cold boot · 18%

Hydrating local DB.

Mufflermen Crew

Oak Flats Workshop

Hydrating local DB…18%
Oak Flats · NSWv3.4.1 · © 2026
State · 02

Mid boot · 64%

Pulling jobs queued offline.

Mufflermen Crew

Oak Flats Workshop

Catching up on bay queue…64%
Oak Flats · NSWv3.4.1 · © 2026
State · 03

Almost done · 96%

Last frame before handing off to home tile grid.

Mufflermen Crew

Oak Flats Workshop

Warming up the kettle…96%
Oak Flats · NSWv3.4.1 · © 2026