replaces the spinner GIF with CSS

[bashir2]

Description of what I changed

Fixes #420

Measuring approximate CPU usage (the controller UI was on a remote machine, connected through Chrome Remote Desktop; these are based on CPU usage on the local machine):

• Before the change, i.e., with the animated gif, CPU usage increased by 15-20% while showing index.html.
• After the change, i.e., with the CSS version, CPU usage increased by ~3%. while showing index.html.

E2E test

TESTED:

Ran the controller locally, also checked the static index.html with spinners turned on and the CPU usage
was much lower than the old animated GIF.

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[chandrashekar-s]

Thanks @bashir2 for the changes, they look fine.

[chandrashekar-s]

@bashir2 Can you also please add the difference in the CPU utilization in the description?

[bashir2]

Thanks for the review @chandrashekar-s

[bashir2]

@bashir2 Can you also please add the difference in the CPU utilization in the description?

Updated PR description with CPU usage changes.