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Fake Progress Bar. A funski bit of freeware that lets you create authentic looking progress bars so you can kick back and relax when you feel like it. Who’s to know you’re not really installing that relational database core refractor stub like it says on-screen?
A Fake Progress dialog for your desktop. Ever wanted your computer to look busy so that you could do something else? Read the paper perhaps? Stare into space? Features include fully cutomizable titles, icons, buttons, speed and progress messages. It can also disable your screensaver.
About the Author:
Nigel is the managing editor of the Red Ferret, as well as a freelance columnist for the Sunday Times newspaper in London. Loves tech and fancies himself as a bit of a futurist, but then don't we all?
Nigel – who has written 5163 posts on The Red Ferret Journal.
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