diff --git a/shell/contents/components/NotificationStripe.qml b/shell/contents/components/NotificationStripe.qml
index ab8baaa0..c3683788 100644
--- a/shell/contents/components/NotificationStripe.qml
+++ b/shell/contents/components/NotificationStripe.qml
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 
 Rectangle {
     id: root
+
     color: "#00000000"
     height: units.gridUnit * 2
-    anchors {
-        bottomMargin: units.smallSpacing
-        topMargin: units.smallSpacing
-    }
+    width: parent.width
+    anchors.bottomMargin: 10
 
     property var textGradient: Gradient {
                 GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "#FF00000C" }
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ Rectangle {
     }
 
     Rectangle {
-        id: summary
+        id: summaryArea
         width: parent.width - icon.width - rounded.width - (units.largeSpacing * 2)
         height: parent.height
 
@@ -75,7 +74,13 @@ Rectangle {
             horizontalAlignment: Qt.AlignLeft
             verticalAlignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
             color: "white"
-            text: "Hoo ha!"
+            text: summary
         }
+/*
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            drag.axis: Drag.YAxis
+            drag.target: parent
+        }*/
     }
 }
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diff --git a/shell/contents/views/Desktop.qml b/shell/contents/views/Desktop.qml
index 889a43e0..44134943 100644
--- a/shell/contents/views/Desktop.qml
+++ b/shell/contents/views/Desktop.qml
@@ -1,19 +1,190 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2014 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2012 Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
 import QtQuick 2.0
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.shell 2.0 as Shell
 import "../components"
 
-Rectangle {
+Item {
     id: homescreen
     width: 1080
     height: 1920
 
     property Item containment;
     property Item wallpaper;
+    property var pendingRemovals: [];
+    property int notificationId: 0;
+    Timer {
+        id: pendingTimer
+        interval: 5000
+        repeat: false
+        onTriggered: {
+            for (var i = 0; i < pendingRemovals.length; ++i) {
+                var id = pendingRemovals[i];
+                for (var j = 0; j < notificationsModel.count; ++j) {
+                    if (notificationsModel.get(j).id == id) {
+                        notificationsModel.remove(j);
+                    }
+                }
+                pendingRemovals = [];
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-    onContainmentChanged: console.log(containment.pluginName)
-    onWallpaperChanged: {
-        console.log(wallpaper.pluginName + ' ' + wallpaper.opacity);
+    /*
+        Notificadtion data object has the following properties:
+        appIcon
+        image
+        appName
+        summary
+        body
+        isPersistent
+        expireTimeout
+        urgency
+        appRealName
+        configurable
+    */
+
+    function addNotification(source, data, actions) {
+        // Do not show duplicated notifications
+        // Remove notifications that are sent again (odd, but true)
+        for (var i = 0; i < notificationsModel.count; ++i) {
+            var tmp = notificationsModel.get(i);
+            var matches = (tmp.appName == data.appName &&
+                           tmp.summary == data.summary &&
+                           tmp.body == data.body);
+            var sameSource = tmp.source == source;
+
+            if (sameSource && matches) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (sameSource || matches) {
+                notificationsModel.remove(i)
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        data["id"] = ++notificationId;
+        data["source"] = source;
+        if (data["summary"].length < 1) {
+            data["summary"] = data["body"];
+            data["body"] = '';
+        }
+        data["actions"] = actions;
+
+        notificationsModel.insert(0, data);
+        if (!data["isPersistent"]) {
+            pendingRemovals.push(notificationId);
+//             pendingTimer.start();
+        }
+    }
+
+    PlasmaCore.DataSource {
+        id: notificationsSource
+
+        engine: "notifications"
+        interval: 0
+
+        onSourceAdded: {
+            connectSource(source);
+        }
+
+        onSourceRemoved: {
+            for (var i = 0; i < notificationsModel.count; ++i) {
+                if (notificationsModel.get(i) == source) {
+                    notificationsModel.remove(i);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        onNewData: {
+            var _data = data; // Temp copy to avoid lots of context switching
+            var actions = new Array()
+            if (data["actions"] && data["actions"].length % 2 == 0) {
+                for (var i = 0; i < data["actions"].length; i += 2) {
+                    var action = new Object();
+                    action["id"] = data["actions"][i];
+                    action["text"] = data["actions"][i+1];
+                    actions.push(action);
+                }
+            }
+
+            homescreen.addNotification(
+                    sourceName,
+                    _data,
+                    actions);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    ListModel {
+        id: notificationsModel
+    }
+
+    ListView {
+        id: notificationView
+        spacing: units.smallSpacing
+        anchors {
+            top: parent.top
+            bottom: stripe.top
+            left: parent.left
+            right: parent.right
+            bottomMargin: units.smallSpacing
+        }
+
+        z: 1
+        clip: true
+        verticalLayoutDirection: ListView.BottomToTop
+        model: notificationsModel
+        add: Transition {
+                NumberAnimation {
+                    properties: "x"
+                    from: notificationView.width
+                    duration: 100
+                }
+            }
+
+        remove: Transition {
+                NumberAnimation {
+                    properties: "x"
+                    to: notificationView.width
+                    duration: 500
+                }
+                NumberAnimation {
+                    properties: "opacity"
+                    to: 0
+                    duration: 500
+                }
+            }
+
+        moveDisplaced: Transition {
+            SequentialAnimation {
+                PauseAnimation { duration: 600 }
+                NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y"; duration: 100 }
+            }
+        }
+
+        delegate: NotificationStripe {}
     }
 
     SatelliteStripe {
@@ -36,4 +207,4 @@ Rectangle {
         desktop.width = width;
         desktop.height = height;
     }
-}
+}
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