Giveaway of the Day - Aston 1.9.5
September 21, 2007
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Aston Shell is a flexible and powerful Desktop replacement application, which lets you save your computer’s resources while giving your Desktop a unique look. Aston completely replaces your old Desktop with a new one, providing numerous additional features and saving computer resources for more necessary tasks.By installing Aston, you acquire a lot more than just a fancy look, you get a more efficient way of using your computer. Aston looks similar to the Desktop you’re already familiar with, but its components offer much more functionality:
- Toolbars (side panels on the left and on the right sides of the screen) offers easy access to the documents, applications and web links you need the most;
- Multi-state Taskbar buttons let you know exactly if a certain window is active or minimized (they are also adapted to the width of the Taskbar and are thus easier to manage: no precious screen space is wasted);
- Aston Quick launch Panel can be as small as a single button: you get easy access to your shortcuts without turning the Taskbar into a garbage dump;
- You can hide and restore System Tray icons with a single click or a keystroke;
- Keep your Desktop clean: use the Panel plug-in to organize your files without turning the Desktop into a dumping ground;
- Desktop icons can be of any size, any form (thanks to alpha-blending) and can be animated as well. Standard limitations are gone!
- Aston Disks and the Recycle Bin let you visually monitor their fill states;
- Multi-monitor support;
- A built-in Hotkey Manager makes your work with Aston even more pleasant and effective.
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| System Requirements: | Windows 98/NT/2000/XP; Pentium or better; 16-bit video mode |
| Publisher: | Gladiators Software |
| Homepage: | http://www.astonshell.com/asto... |
| File Size: | 3.97 MB |
| Price: | $29.95 |
This software was available as a giveaway on September 21, 2007, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at http://www.astonshell.com/asto....
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WoW, this is cool. I love Desktop Customization. But I haven’t tried this before. Definitely going to try this.
Any chances for Stardock stuff … that will be really awsome :)
Nice ! I love nextstep too, but not as easy to install/configure (but free and open source)
Be very careful before installing a replacement shell on your PC. It might be great and useful, but it can complicate things quite a bit. If you need to rebuild your system, it will be more problematic to replace it than a game or a simple app. Be sure to google astonshell before installing to see if you can live with the possibilities.
If you run into problems w/install or uninstall, you can have a heckuva lot of work to do to restore your system to normal. I’m not saying this is a bad (or good) app, but that you probably should try it only on a machine that you could afford some downtime.
Are the risks worth it?