KVIrc is a free, portable IRC client powered by the Qt GUI toolkit. Developed by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the help of many IRC developers, KVIrc offers a full GUI-based configuration, MDI floatable windows, a built-in help browser, and themes support (all configurable by GUI or scripting).
Mia for Gmail (was Notifier Pro for Gmail) is a desktop Gmail client which sits politely in your menu bar.
