   GUI
  I've got this idea for a game that i'd like to throw together, the problem is that it needs a gui with a few graphic effects. I tried ogre3d with CEGui but my laptop almost died from running the sample, so does anybody know any gui libraries that doesn't requite as much but does provide some widgets and possibility to add my own effects?   
  You can try mine here.   ;  Or it might be better to write your own  :o   ;  Writing your own is good if you want a learning exercise and want to understand how a GUI works. If you just want something that works, I wouldn't recommend it because it takes a long time and a lot of thinking. So that one depends on what the OP is trying to get out of his project.   ;  I personally like CEGUI...  Maybe give it another shot?  It is quite easy to create GUI elements, and it is an evolving API that keeps getting better.   ;  From my experience, is CEGUI is indeed easy to use, but terribly slow...   