- Softonic Rating:
- Very good:8/10
- License:
- Evaluation
- Added:
- July 11, 2007
- Updated:
- July 11, 2007
- Publisher:
- Astonshell | More programs (3)
- File size:
- 3.9 MB
- Downloads:
- 4,922
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“Desktop and shell replacement for your PC”
Aston replaces the standard Windows Desktop and provides you with a host of new features, such as Sidebars, clock, weather monitor, animated buttons, transparency effects and much more.
Aston also supports Themes, which allow you to change its appearance and functionality according to your mood and needs. No matter what visual style you like: XP, Aqua or something else; you can always download hundreds of Themes, created by professional designers or amateurs from Aston's homepage or one of numerous other skin sites.
Aston features a powerful and user friendly interface, which lets you change your new desktop's appearance and behavior in few seconds. No need to learn complicated configuration files, everything can be configured in a simple graphical interface.
Languages:
English
Recent changes in Aston:
- Aston now supports AltDesk "Individual set of icons for each desktop"
- When placing an icon of a picture to the desktop, the picture itself is not opened
- Shell stability is increased. Now the shell will not crash even in case there is a mistake in some of the plug-ins
- Event option is added to the Calendar. It lets you to create a reminder about some occasion for a certain date
- Panel plug-in is completely rewritten anew - now you can add elements to categories by means of Drag&Drop, move the Panel while holding Shift button pressed, open categories up, and so on
- Fixed bug: previews error in Win2000 - now previews don't cause Aston crash
- Fixed bug: error on context menu call for some plug-ins.
- Fixed bug: tray hints were sometimes displayed incorrectly (flickering effect on displaying hints)
- Lots of fixed bugs in Search, Main Menu, DiskEx and SkinClckEx plug-ins
Limitations:
30 day Trial Period
OS requirements for Aston:
- OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP
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User Rating
3 ratings- Usability
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- Currently 7/10.
- Stability
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- Currently 6/10.
- Installation
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- Currently 6/10.
- Functionality
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- Currently 7/10.
- Appearance
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- Currently 7/10.



