Smart Mode Line is a sexy mode-line for Emacs. Its main features are:

* Highlights the most important information * Intelligently truncates path name and mode names * Allows right indentation of strings * Shorthand directory names (e.g. ~/.emacs.d/ is translated to :ED:) * Hide or highlight minor-modes * Easy configuration of all colours and variables * Compatible with other packages that write to the mode-line

If you have a small screen device such as a netbook and have been looking for a way to maximise the vertical real estate available for editing, without losing the consistent location of the clock, then install this addon, run Emacs full-screen, and discover how powerful the mode-line can be. This makes using screens with a 16:9 aspect ratio slightly less painful.