Gimmie project is an elegant way to think about how you use your desktop computer.

Gimmie project is an elegant way to think about how you use your desktop computer.

High Bandwidth
· Images, snippets, new app notification
· Rich DND

Integrated Search

Friendly Advice
· Bigger icons for commonly used items
· Keep around items you use all the time

Open Door Web
· GMail, Friendster, Amazon are applications too!

What Gimmie Can Do

Integrated display of:
· Applications from the system menu
· Recently used documents, applications, printers, network shares, etc
· People you've recently chatted with
· People currently logged in for IM
· Your Gaim buddy list's group organization
· All devices, printers, mapped network shares, and system settings

· Show open conversations, opened documents, and running applications (both new and legacy) in the Gimmie Bar
· Bookmark apps, documents, and people in the Gimmie Bar for quick access
· Allow log out, shutdown, or switching to another user
· Shows the current time, a desktop switcher, and a trashcan
· Search for items with instantly displayed results
· Zoom in and out on recently used items, from today, to this month and beyond

Requirements:

· gcc
· make
· python 2.4
· python-devel 2.4
· gtk -2.0 >= 2.6
· pygtk-2.0 >= 2.6
· pygobject-2.0 >= 2.6
· gnome-python-2.0 >= 2.10
· gnome-python-desktop-2.0 >= 2.10
· libgnomecups-1.0 >= 0.2.2