Chemical plant animation hidden by detailed info

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sillyfly
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Chemical plant animation hidden by detailed info

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I was thinking about posting this as a bug, but I am not sure if it qualifies as one, so I'm posting here to get your opinions :)
When detailed info is on is is almost impossible to discern the working animation of a chemical plant (green bubbling liquid in one of the corners). This is in contrast to every other machine, for which it is very easy to see if it is working or not at a glance, even with detailed info on - furnaces light up, refineries have flames going up and assembly machines have moving parts that extend beyond the detailed info overlay.

Since I almost always play with detailed info on and I like to see at a glance if my machines are working or not (i.e. - without having to open them :) ), I would be happy if the animation could be changed so it is more noticeable with detailed info on.
Anyone else thinks the same? Should this be a bug-report, or is this a valid artistic design choice?

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I'd say it's more like a feature request :)

Though, I agree - some better way of seeing if it's working would be nice. Perhaps something lights up on one of the sides?

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I agree that is more suggestion than bug report.
And nice dirty smoke will be good sign of working chemical plant :D .

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I think this calls for the fuel/progress bars to be displayed on the detailed info.

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I personally dislike how the detailed info covers up so much of the machines. I would like a smaller graphic that is maybe transparent around the edges so the machine under it shows through.

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