Notification Area

Gnome RSS Notifier is a RSS feed reader for the Gnome desktop environment. It displays an icon in the notification area, allowing to quickly see the number of unread items, and renders feed in a simple HTML layout.

Programmer's Tool is a utility to run common tasks using global hotkeys. It stays in the notification area (commonly referred to as the system tray) of Windows desktop. For example, when working on Notepad, you can hit the Shortcut key Ctrl + Shift + N. If the Notepad window is already open,...

GetColor! allows you to retrieve the color of any pixel on your desktop easily: just move the eyedropper tool into any place of your desktop and GetColor! will show you the color value! This handy color-picker tool helps you to know the exact value of any color on your desktop. The color value...


Platforms: Windows

Dinner Timer Lite is an easy to use timer for the kitchen PC, choose from different built in alarm sounds including Cow moo, air horn, buzzers, a chainsaw as well as many other or use your own sounds.Dinner Time Lite has a unique after burn timer, where it keeps track of how long over the set...


Platforms: Windows

If your PC has an ATI graphics card, without doubt have a look at this program. ATI Tray Tools is a collection of configuration utilities for ATI graphics cards, which can be accessed directly from the notification area.ATI Tray Tools, in addition to being compatible with an immense number of...


Platforms: Windows

TimePanic is a time tracking application for anyone who works on a computer. It tracks your hours on a per project basis, distinguishes between billable and non-billable tasks, lets you enter comments, manages your absences, calculates overtime and prints reports. Unlike most other time tracking...


Platforms: Windows

Gtk2::TrayIcon is a Perl interface to the EggTrayIcon library. SYNOPSIS use Gtk2::TrayIcon; Gtk2->init; my $icon= Gtk2::TrayIcon->new("test"); my $label= Gtk2::Label->new("test"); $icon->add($label); $icon->show_all; Gtk2->main; ABSTRACT This module allows a Perl developer to...


Platforms: *nix

Gtk2::TrayManager is a Perl bindings for EggTrayManager. SYNOPSIS use Gtk2 -init; use Gtk2::TrayManager; my $screen = Gtk2::Gdk::Screen->get_default; if (Gtk2::TrayManager->check_running($screen)) { print STDERR "A tray manager is already running, sorry!n"; exit 256; } my $tray =...


Platforms: *nix

Monopod project is a simple Podcast client. Monopod is for people who want to select a few channels, come back later, and find that the Podcast MP3s turn up on the hard disk. Since falling in love with the little stick of goodness that is the iPod Shuffle, I decided to get into this podcast...


Platforms: *nix

Decibel Audio Player project is a GTK+ open-source (GPL license) audio player designed for GNU/Linux, which aims at being very straightforward to use by mean of a very clean and user friendly interface. It aims also at being a real audio player and, as such, it does not include features that...


Platforms: *nix

xmms-status-plugin is a general plugin for the xmms mp3 player. It provides a docklet for the GNOME Status applet and the KDE panel. Under GNOME 2.0 XMMS Status Plugin uses the freedesktop.org Notification Area specification. To use this you must add the Notification Area applet to your panel....


Platforms: *nix

GLASHCtl is a simple applet for controlling the LASH Audio Session Handler. When you run it it will appear as a small LASH icon in your "notification area" or "system tray" (if your desktop manager is compatible with freedesktop.orgs "System tray" standard,...


Platforms: *nix

Yet Another RSS Reader provides a RSS aggregator and reader that displays its results in the system tray. Yet Another RSS Reader is an RSS aggregator and reader that displays its results in the GNOME notification area. To view the contents of the feed just click the menu-item and it will launch...


Platforms: *nix

Xystray is a simple implementation of the freedesktop.org systray specification (a.k.a. notification area) for the X Window system. It is meant for use in simple desktop environments which do not provide such facility by default, such as FVWM. Xystray project may also run under GNOME or KDE if...


Platforms: *nix

Inkblot project reports on the remaining ink levels in a wide variety of USB and Parallel connected printers. Inkblot provides an ink status notification, and can provide a more detailed dialog showing the level of ink remaining to your printer. Inkblot uses libinklevel to detect your printer...


Platforms: *nix

Cankiri is a single file screen recorder for Linux and other systems that run GStreamer 0.10 and PyGTK 2.8. It was inspired by Zaheer Abbas Meralis Istanbul, and aims to have lighter weight deployment than Istanbul. Usage: Running Cankiri will add an icon to your notification area. If you do...


Platforms: *nix

Taskbar is a small taskbar utility for X11 with advanced features. It supports a program launcher menu, task list, and tray notification area. It will work with any EWMH window manager (Sawfish, Metacity, KWM, etc.). It is designed to be lightweight yet fully functional..


Platforms: *nix

GNOME Word of the Day is a GNOME applet that displays a new vocabulary word each day. No one likes to be lost in a sea of unknown words. With GNOME Word of the Day Applet, your vocabulary will evince perennial growth. Its a must when preparing for the SAT or GRE tests and for improving both...


Platforms: *nix

XtraPaster is a software application that offers 36 data slots for text storage, organized into four different colors (9 spaces per color). Therefore, XtraPaster offers 36 independent "text clipboards" that you can organize and control completely. XtraPaster does not stay resident, occupying your...


Platforms: Windows

Actual Window Minimizer was created to bring more convenience in window management, offering new ways for optimizing your workspace that standard Windows functions don't provide. It lets you minimize any window to the system tray, thus leaving the taskbar empty and your workspace more organized....


Platforms: Windows