About the toolbar... it's called
wibiya and it can be configured for more apps.
The link to the
toobar apps is here, so if you see any apps for the toolbar you would like to try, just post back in this thread. If there is a lot of interest, we may install it!
As always, your ideas are welcome; and if you simply don't like these types of things, you can easily turn it off (hide) in your UserCP (see first post in thread); or you can "minimize it" with the button on the far right of the toolbar.
Thanks for helping us "check it out" !!