For example, you could launch an Office suite on one Virtual Desktop while working with your e-mail on another. Swapping tasks and switching Desktops can be easily done in the blink of an eye.

AltDesk supports skins, which let you choose your preferred appearance and form. It does not require a lot of precious screen space, usually being as small as a window title bar. You can also minimize AltDesk to tray and switch tasks with hotkeys.

AltDesk has a user friendly interface, translated into many languages, which makes working with it even more comfortable.

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.

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.

Whether you have a five year old PC or a powerful high-end system, Aston is always the right choice. Aston, running with its most feature packed eye candy Themes, usually consumes about half the RAM that Windows XP Desktop normally needs and gives you much more in return. Aston is already known to be one of the most stable Windows shells ever.

Modern computers’ power is enough to let you run numerous applications at the same time. You can surf the Internet, listen to the music and chat with your friends at the same time, but the more tasks you launch, the harder it gets to manage them. That’s when you might start thinking of getting the second monitor. AltDesk gives you a better choice. It creates several Virtual Desktops you can easily switch. Switching from an office application to your favorite Internet browser can be done in a blink of an eye without maximizing and minimizing numerous windows manually or switching them by means of the Taskbar. With AltDesk you can create as many Virtual Desktops as you want and switch them with ease. You don’t even need to remember, where you’ve put a certain application’s window as its icon is displayed by AltDesk. You can also easily swap tasks between Desktops, using Drag and Drop.

A brief list of AltDesk features includes:

• Easy task managing
• Simple, user-friendly interface, translated into more than 40 languages
• Little resource consumption
• Hotkeys for any actions
• Skins for changing the program’s appearance
• Reliablity: even in case of a failure you’ll be able to recover the lost application’s window.
• Numerous advanced features, like setting unique wallpapers for each Virtual Desktop, sticky apps, autorun and so on.

This version of AltDesk features even more improvements in speed, stability and usability and we’re sure you won’t be disappointed by it.