[jessriedel]

First, no, as the other comments here attest, the end result of constant lying is that nobody trusts progress bars at all; if things reliably finished at 75%, progress bars would be easy, but they don't so they aren't. Second, that people soon get used to being lied to does not make lying OK.

[gpvos]

I don't think you are in disagreement.

[jessriedel]

Neither of Jeremy Bank's sentences are relevant to my first comment if you try to contort their interpretation so they do not conflict with me.

[gpvos]

To me, JeremyBanks' second sentence clearly implied that users don;'t trust progress bars anymore, and your comment was unnecessary. He is also certainly implying that lying is not OK. Interpreting them otherwise seems like a strange kind of contortion to me.

[jessriedel]

I think you're clearly misinterpreting, but it's not worth discussing. JeremyBanks can clarify for himself if he wants.