[FDOM2008.9] what's this black band on Home bottom?

[Robin Paulson]

2008/10/16  <herve5.freerunner at ouvaton.org>:
> I just bought a FR and installed FDOM on it, I'm happily testing TangoGPS
> among others, but I can't understand what is this black overlay at the
> bottom of the Home screen (semitransparent, with a star and two "+"
> characters on it...)
>
> How do I use it?

it doesn't do anything at the moment. iirc, steve mosher said it was
for some planned thing, but didn't offer any more details