diff -ur clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_draw.c clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.c
--- clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_draw.c	2005-10-29 00:03:08.000000000 +0200
+++ clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.c	2005-10-29 00:53:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -643,11 +643,12 @@
                                   const ClearlooksColors *colors,
                                   const WidgetParameters *params,
                                   const ProgressBarParameters *progressbar,
-                                  int x, int y, int width, int height)
+                                  int x, int y, int width, int height, gint offset)
 {
 	boolean          is_horizontal = progressbar->orientation < 2;
 	double           tile_pos = 0;
 	double           stroke_width;
+	 int			x_step;
 	cairo_pattern_t *pattern;
 	
 	cairo_rectangle (cr, x, y, width, height);
@@ -674,7 +675,8 @@
 	}
 	
 	stroke_width = height*2;
-
+	x_step = (((float)stroke_width/10)*offset);
+	
 	cairo_set_line_width (cr, 1.0);
 	
 	cairo_save (cr);
@@ -698,10 +700,10 @@
 	/* Draw strokes */
 	while (tile_pos <= width)
 	{
-		cairo_move_to (cr, stroke_width/2, 0);
-		cairo_line_to (cr, stroke_width,   0);
-		cairo_line_to (cr, stroke_width/2, height);
-		cairo_line_to (cr, 0, height);
+		cairo_move_to (cr, stroke_width/2-x_step, 0);
+		cairo_line_to (cr, stroke_width-x_step,   0);
+		cairo_line_to (cr, stroke_width/2-x_step, height);
+		cairo_line_to (cr, -x_step, height);
 		
 		cairo_translate (cr, stroke_width, 0);
 		tile_pos += stroke_width;
diff -ur clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_draw.h clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.h
--- clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_draw.h	2005-10-29 00:03:08.000000000 +0200
+++ clearlooks/src/clearlooks_draw.h	2005-10-28 23:14:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                                        const ClearlooksColors      *colors,
                                        const WidgetParameters      *widget,
                                        const ProgressBarParameters *progressbar,
-                                       int x, int y, int width, int height);
+                                       int x, int y, int width, int height, gint offset);
 
 void clearlooks_draw_slider_button    (cairo_t *cr,
                                        const ClearlooksColors     *colors,
diff -ur clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_style.c clearlooks/src/clearlooks_style.c
--- clearlooks.old/src/clearlooks_style.c	2005-10-29 00:03:09.000000000 +0200
+++ clearlooks/src/clearlooks_style.c	2005-10-29 00:44:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
                      gint            width, \
                      gint            height
 
+static GList *progressbars = NULL;
+static gint8 pboffset = 10;
+static int timer_id = 0;
+
 static GtkStyleClass *parent_class;
 
 static cairo_t *
@@ -50,6 +54,63 @@
     return cr;
 }
 
+static void cl_progressbar_remove (gpointer data)
+{
+        if (g_list_find (progressbars, data) == NULL)
+                return;
+
+        progressbars = g_list_remove (progressbars, data);
+        g_object_unref (data);
+
+        if (g_list_first(progressbars) == NULL) {
+                g_source_remove(timer_id);
+                timer_id = 0;
+        }
+}
+
+static void update_progressbar (gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
+{
+        gfloat fraction;
+
+        if (data == NULL)
+                return;
+
+        fraction = gtk_progress_bar_get_fraction (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (data));
+
+        /* update only if not filled */
+        if (fraction < 1.0)
+                gtk_widget_queue_resize ((GtkWidget*)data);
+
+        if (fraction >= 1.0 || GTK_PROGRESS (data)->activity_mode)
+                cl_progressbar_remove (data);
+}
+
+static gboolean timer_func (gpointer data)
+{
+        g_list_foreach (progressbars, update_progressbar, NULL);
+        if (--pboffset < 0) pboffset = 9;
+        return (g_list_first(progressbars) != NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean cl_progressbar_known(gconstpointer data)
+{
+        return (g_list_find (progressbars, data) != NULL);
+}
+
+static void cl_progressbar_add (gpointer data)
+{
+        if (!GTK_IS_PROGRESS_BAR (data))
+                return;
+
+        progressbars = g_list_append (progressbars, data);
+
+        g_object_ref (data);
+        g_signal_connect ((GObject*)data, "unrealize", G_CALLBACK (cl_progressbar_remove), data);
+
+        if (timer_id == 0)
+                timer_id = g_timeout_add (100, timer_func, NULL);
+}
+
 static void
 clearlooks_set_widget_parameters (const GtkWidget      *widget,
                                   const GtkStyle       *style,
@@ -571,6 +632,14 @@
 		WidgetParameters      params;
 		ProgressBarParameters progressbar;
 		
+		gboolean activity_mode = GTK_PROGRESS (widget)->activity_mode;
+		
+		 if (!activity_mode && gtk_progress_bar_get_fraction (widget) != 1.0 &&
+                        !cl_progressbar_known((gconstpointer)widget))
+                {
+                        cl_progressbar_add ((gpointer)widget);
+                }
+		
 		clearlooks_set_widget_parameters (widget, style, state_type, &params);
 
 		if (widget && GTK_IS_PROGRESS_BAR (widget))
@@ -581,7 +650,7 @@
 		cairo_reset_clip (cr);
 				
 		clearlooks_draw_progressbar_fill (cr, colors, &params, &progressbar,
-		                                  x, y, width, height);
+		                                  x, y, width, height, pboffset);
 		
 	}
 	else if (DETAIL ("hscale") || DETAIL ("vscale"))