I have seen this feature request on the mailing list(s) but I try to search for
it here and didn't find it (if in fact it's here please let me know the string
you searched for). This is a simple request to have the layer effects which
allow us to perform interesting things like drop shadow (inner and outer), Glow
(in & out as well), bevel and emboss, stroke, etc. Now Iccii (iccii@hotmail.com)
has done some of these using script-fu but they're minimal and outdated now. So
if someone could continue with his work (if he permits, ofcourse) or thing of
another way of doing this, I think it would be greatly appreciated by designers
because it makes our jobs so much faster and simpler. 

Thanks,
-Gezim

P.S.: I'll try and attach the .scm file which works with gimp 2.* because the
original ( http://wingimp.hp.infoseek.co.jp/files/script/layer-effects_en.html
)only works with gimp 1.* (this patch for the script-fu was done by someone else
other than me.)