OSX 10.11.3 running an official 0.12.0 binary.
If you minimise the 'Verifying blocks' window and wait until the GUI has fully loaded, the minimised window is still available, and it will display the same % verified as when you minimised it.

![2 windows](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/863730/13897060/caa7bb10-eddd-11e5-9d1d-ec4bd43caa96.png)
![minimised](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/863730/13897061/cb564928-eddd-11e5-8097-4abfa5dc6433.png)

pixPaint.setPen(QColor(100,100,100));
    
    QRadialGradient gradient(QPoint(0,0), splashSize.width()/devicePixelRatio);
    gradient.setColorAt(0, Qt::white);
    gradient.setColorAt(1, QColor(247,247,247));
    QRect rGradient(QPoint(0,0), splashSize);
    pixPaint.fillRect(rGradient, gradient);
    
    QRect rectIcon(QPoint(-150,-122), QSize(430,430));
    const QSize requiredSize(1024,1024);
    QPixmap icon(networkStyle->getAppIcon().pixmap(requiredSize));
    pixPaint.drawPixmap(rectIcon, icon);
    
    pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 33*fontFactor));
    QFontMetrics fm = pixPaint.fontMetrics();
    int titleTextWidth = fm.width(titleText);
    if (titleTextWidth > 176) {
        fontFactor = fontFactor * 176 / titleTextWidth;
    }
    pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 33*fontFactor));
    fm = pixPaint.fontMetrics();
    titleTextWidth  = fm.width(titleText);
    pixPaint.drawText(pixmap.width()/devicePixelRatio-titleTextWidth-paddingRight,paddingTop,titleText);
    pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 15*fontFactor));
    
    fm = pixPaint.fontMetrics();
    int versionTextWidth  = fm.width(versionText);
    if(versionTextWidth > titleTextWidth+paddingRight-10) {
        pixPaint.setFont(QFont(font, 10*fontFactor));
        titleVersionVSpace -= 5;