From a user perspective, I don't care what you use as long as I can distinguish a frozen state and tell me what task you are stuck on. (IOW, spinners suck). Se

From a user perspective, I don't care what you use as long as I can distinguish a frozen state and tell me what task you are stuck on. (IOW, spinners suck). Seriously, why is it so bad to tell a user what the hell they are waiting for? Sure, it will be gibberish to some users, but even they will understand that your code is trying to do something. Even better, have a time check with a head's up that something is taking longer than expected.