Progress bars still lie
Lying progress bars are one of those ubiquitous anti-features which make me suspect the people who write the apps that have it or who decide what features they are to have never actually use their own software, or they'd realize in a heartbeat how incredibly annoying and frustrating lying progress bars are.<p>I'd love to hear an HN reader who is brave enough to own up to implementing one of these explain the rationale behind them.