[adrianwaj]

Not half, less than that, but I'd have the most commonly used things automatically become the most prominent.

There could also be a feed/notification/realtime panel built into it for programs to insert into. I'd also have a bottle shown there, and I could talk to the genie that lives there. Everytime it wanted to talk, the color would change.

Or just a prompt/chat box.

What would you suggest? Maybe a start window that opens to full screen on the off-chance it's pressed? They're fairly fidgety things, right?