Need a way to tell activity is happening in (Gwibber) Lens

[Jason Warner]

When I use the gwibber lens, I don't know that anything is happening. When the lens starts, there is no data. The little spinner in the search spins, then stops and there is still no indication if anything is happening. Quite confusing. I would like some way to know that the lens is actually doing something still.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Tue Oct 23 13:06:27 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-23 (30 days ago)

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

It would be nice to have a generic way to show activity besides the search spinner in the text entry, which stops after a timeout.