Yes. I'm a programmer, and I take a "janky" progressbar that I can feel/see is directly tied into the operation before some "fancy" artificial smoothness where I have no way to judge whether it's not just an animation completely unrelated to what's happening (or even to the fact whether something is happening or not).,(reply>), @Edwin If you understand what it's doing it helps you identify problems. If it's stuck on a certain part you might be able to rectify the problem. Or if you see it doing something it shouldn't do you can stop it.<br><br>I agree that most of the time it's not necessary but the rest of the time it really does help.,(reply>), Many programs display some textual status. You get used to it moving slower when "downloading new plugins" than when "reindexing project" (or the other way around).,(reply>), i love you,(reply>), @Edwin Reticulating Splines...,(reply>), Put a fancy animation and add a console below to show if it's really doing something