It's great that there's a progress bar for when someone joins a server, but if you have a dialog window open (research/inventory) then it almost completely obscures it from view. See screenshot.
http://imgur.com/h4koAJu
Steps to reproduce:
1. Person A on server opens inventory/research.
2. Person B tries to connect.
[0.12.26] MP - Progress bar blocks server joining progress
Re: [0.12.26] MP - Progress bar blocks server joining progress
Thank you for the report, this can be confusing, I agree.
I solved this for 0.12.29 release.
I solved this for 0.12.29 release.