everything sounds great universe. one comment/question about the shortcuts though. since everyone will want different shortcuts, how about setting up a place with four available shortcut spots, which will automatically use the destination file's icon as the shortcut icon? instead of having you guys set up a web shortcut icon, an e-mail shortcut icon, a file manager shorcut icon, etc, and people using the shortcuts for Counter-Strike, Quake3, and Trillian. And of course, having the entire shortcut box/panel/whatever be toggable (able to be turned off or on). if you need a better explanation, feel free to icq me (my number's in my profile), or find me on #litestep, and I'll try to describe it better.