OK this post is from Ian Cylkowski aka izo.
please please have a look!
http://www.design-by-izo.com/2010/02/27/deconstructing-nautilus-and-rebuilding-it-better/
It shoes some nice mockups
So if someone can link me with a tutorial how to extend the nautlius sidebar I will add the “commonly accessed” functionality within an hour or 2!
PROMISE
OK here is a video…
First the Release Announcement:
GNOME Activity Journal 0.3.3 – “Patrick Star meets Lady Gaga”
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The GAJ & Zeitgeist team, are proud to announce the second development release of GNOME Activity Journal, codenamed “Patrick Star meets Lady Gaga”.
What is GNOME Activity Journal?
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GNOME Activity Journal is not a File Browser but an Activity Browser. It uses …
With the framework being in a stable form now and Siegfrieds work on a “dataprovider register” (he will blog about it soon i hope) I decided to take a stab at something new that has not really been used on the desktop before except in GNOME-Do.
However what we are doing is a bit more …
Out of personal and convenience issues i decided not to board the train today.
So I wont attend FOSDEM. However 2 Zeitgeisters will be there.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Hylke Bons (hbons) concerning the GNOME Activity Journal and Siegfried Gevatter (RainCT) concerning Zeitgeist Framework!
Have fun! And lay off the booze! 
