diff --git a/wizpym.py b/wizpym.py
index bdcbe47..e5f90b6 100644
--- a/wizpym.py
+++ b/wizpym.py
@@ -212,8 +212,43 @@ class ActivePane(Pane):
         """Constructor."""
         Pane.__init__(self, frame)
 
+        self._progress_box = gtk.VBox()
+        self.pack_end(self._progress_box, False)
+
         self._thread = None
 
+    def update_progress_bar(self, fraction=None, text=None):
+        """Update this pane's progress bar.
+
+        The progress bar, when used, shows up at the bottom of the
+        pane. When this method is called, it is first displayed is
+        absent, and the updated with the given fraction, between 0.0
+        and 1.0, and the given text if any. In the special case where
+        the fraction is not provided, the ProgressBar.pulse method is
+        invoked.
+
+        Returns True, so that it can be used in a GObject timer.
+
+        This method is non-GTK thread safe, which means that any
+        thread can call it.
+        """
+        gobject.idle_add(self._do_update_progress_bar, fraction, text)
+        return True
+
+    def hide_progress_bar(self):
+        """Hide this pane's progress bar.
+
+        The progress bar is in fact destroyed, so its state is lost.
+
+        This method is non-GTK thread safe, which means that any
+        thread can call it. If no progress bar is currently displayed,
+        it does nothing.
+        """
+        if len(self._progress_box.get_children()):
+            print '#Hide'
+            gobject.idle_add(self._progress_box.remove,
+                             self._progress_box.get_children()[0])
+
     def enter(self):
         """Proceed to this pane initialization.
 
@@ -246,6 +281,20 @@ class ActivePane(Pane):
         self._runner()
         gobject.idle_add(self._frame.unlock)
 
+    def _do_update_progress_bar(self, fraction, text):
+        """An internal facility to update the progress bar.
+
+        This private method is intended to be called in the GTK main
+        thread.
+        """
+        if not len(self._progress_box.get_children()):
+            self._progress_box.pack_start(gtk.ProgressBar())
+            self._progress_box.show_all()
+        bar = self._progress_box.get_children()[0]
+        if text:
+            bar.set_text(text)
+        bar.pulse() if fraction is None else bar.set_fraction(fraction)
+
 
 class Frame(gtk.Dialog):
     """The Wizard window.
@@ -435,29 +484,30 @@ class ActiveTestPane(ActivePane):
 
         self.remove(self._inner_pane)
         self._inner_pane = gtk.VBox(False, 5)
-        self._inner_pane.pack_start(gtk.ProgressBar(), True, False)
         self.pack_start(self._inner_pane, True, True)
 
         # Start thread
         ActivePane.enter(self)
 
     def _runner(self):
-        # The True value below is here so that the timer is maintained.
-        timer = gobject.timeout_add(
-            100, lambda: self._inner_pane.get_children()[0].pulse() or True)
-        gobject.idle_add(self._inner_pane.get_children()[0].set_text, 'Connecting...')
+        timer = gobject.timeout_add(100, lambda: self.update_progress_bar())
+
+        self.update_progress_bar(text='Connecting...')
         c = httplib.HTTPSConnection('www.google.com')
 
-        gobject.idle_add(self._inner_pane.get_children()[0].set_text, 'Searching...')
+        self.update_progress_bar(text='Searching...')
         c.request(
             'GET', self.PATH + urllib.urlencode({'q': self.subject}),
             None, {'GData-Version': '2'})
 
         # Simulate a longer task.
-        gobject.idle_add(self._inner_pane.get_children()[0].set_text, 'Computing...')
-        time.sleep(3)
-
         gobject.source_remove(timer)
+        self.update_progress_bar(0, 'Computing...')
+        for i in range(100):
+            self.update_progress_bar(i / 100.)
+            time.sleep(.02)
+
+        self.hide_progress_bar()
         gobject.idle_add(self._show_response, c.getresponse())
 
     def _show_response(self, r):