Fancy GUI with Python

[63q2o4i02 at sneakemail.com]

Hi all.  I just downloaded and installed the new Office suite from MS
with their new 'ribbon' based UI.  I think it's pretty cool and AFT*
for a new UI paradigm.  I hope it sticks.

Anyway, I'm wondering how to implement a gui like this with Python.  I
don't think wx or qt or gtk or tkinter support this sort of fading and
glowing type of effects... or do they?  I played with wx way back in
2000 or so (C++ version), and it certainly didn't have any of that.  I
don't know if this stuff is now built into XP, or if it's specialized
libraries only accessible to MS for their purposes.  Can a python gui
framework be redirected to use the new gui?  Or is this something that
has to be manually emulated from a low-level if python is to make use
of it?  What about under linux?

So I'm not sure if this is a Python question, a xxx-Python question
(where xxx is the widget toolkit of choice), or a windows API type of
question.

How does one make fancy fading guis with python? (cross-platform if
possible)

thanks
ms

*AFT = about freakin' time