Thanks for the reply and for the advice of avoiding free listing days. Your idea of a gauge like a thermometer or speedometer is exactly what I meant.
I've only used it for a few months, and Auctiva is a pretty good tool, but if the point is to save time with the one-page lister, then there's a number of things that need to be stream-lined. You would think with ebay offering 12 free pics now, that the Auctiva team would get very focused on retaining users and eliminating the pointless hassles and slow-downs.
Thanks,
I guess I needed to vent a bit.