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

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