r0zeclawz:

i really think that by now any program that does the predicted time of download/install thing should wait a little bit before showing a predicted time, to make it more accurate and stuff. but at the same time i hope they dont because starting a download and seeing the software freak out like “oh my fucking god this is going to finish in 300 years we are FUCKED” is a wonderful joy that everyone should get to experience

I think the program should show you the whole 3D view of the loading bar.

Animated gif of a software loading bar, from two views. One view of the familiar horizontal bar being gradually filled with color. Then viewed from slightly above, to portray it as a folding strip-like shape that bends at right angles, travels into the background, perpendicular to its prior path, turns again, returns to the original path of the bar and then diverges again, multiple times. This is implied to illustrate why the bar seems to move at irregular speeds, when viewed "head-on" at the angle that makes it look like a simple line.

And should ride a little Lightcycle along it.