Rahul Sundaram wrote: one thing i would like to know is : is there any way, i can play with the position of the side bar or more like can i make the side bar behave like a panel or something. i would definitely like to see that as a panel than a "side-bar". by default, GNOME comes with a top and bottom panel. once i login using the online desktop, i have the bottom panel only. i would definitely like to "move" this "side bar" to the top panel. don't know what ideas are going into the development of this entire project but "moving" the side bar should definitely be a welcome. :-) and yes, i have minimised the side bar for now :-) all in all, a good experience though. regards, amit.