JS progress bars also generally show you your progress through the main-content div or whatever, so even if they have a particularly egregious footer (I've seen

JS progress bars also generally show you your progress through the main-content div or whatever, so even if they have a particularly egregious footer (I've seen footers that are over 1000px tall, with embedded youtube videos), the progress through the actual content is still somewhat faithfully reported. Better would be to ditch the absurd footer, but still.