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AltDesk?

By hartattax
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Hm... thought we already had one.. if not I&acute;ll add it right away!! <BR>/snow goes to check.
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/Snowman: or /Scarebear: this program seems to have more plugins than hoverdesk or litestep, or am I wrong? http://www.astonshell.com/index.html What do you think about these twp programs, you know me I&acute;ve been confused between litestep and hoverdesk, but this Altdesk/Aston has a whole lot more?
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Moshi: When I read your comment, I admit to having heard some rumors about Aston myself (being an old geezer, I have been around long enough to remember stuff like this. Course, being old, you forget half of it too... :) ) <BR>Anyway, I did some checking, and then I remembered that Desktopian had mentioned it too, so I went looking. Here&acute;s what I found: <BR> <BR>&quot;I&acute;ll admit my first impression from the screenshot and the &acute;Litestep module&acute; compatibility was that it was another &acute;renamed & repackaged Litestep distribution&acute;. But once I&acute;d pulled down the 645k &acute;2 themes&acute; distribution, and then cracked open the included setup.r .rar archive, and took a look at the aston.rc file, I found that it&acute;s config file is completely different from Litestep&acute;s step.rc. It&acute;s almost like an .ini file. The support for Litestep&acute;s modules even appears to be separate, with modules supported via the &acute;Litestep b23e-b24 SDK Emul&acute; section or in [modulename] sections of their own. &quot; <BR> <BR>http://desktopian.org/news/onews0600.html <BR> <BR>Anyway, I&acute;m intrigued with Aston, and plan on test driving it myself. I&acute;ve had a few ideas for a theme, and this software may &acute;foot the bill&acute;... <BR>{:p
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I tried the links and their dead and cut off for downloads that go to DA, I apperciate the info moshi...... I&acute;m confused, so I don&acute;t make decisions quickly on which to install, but /me mouth should act so slow LOL
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yep, hartattax is right! They also had (or still have) direct links to themes here on Skinbase.
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hartattax
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Moshi: I think the reason for the big downloads is because their main web site has links to the DeviantArt section. <BR> <BR>
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moshi
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chichigirl: LiteStep has hundreds of modules, if you even count the different versions there might be 750 now. i do not remember which shell replacement stole GPLed code from LiteStep and is now closed source and even sold, but i highly suspect it was Aston. i also wonder how the Aston themes get massive downloads at DeviantArt. they either have a huge userbase that does not communicate or they use a script, so their application seems popular ... really strange.
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/me no speak or understand that language LOL
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far out.... <BR> <BR>www.giga.de/ megaradio/
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scarebear
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www.giga.de/ megaradio/ - let&acute;s try again :) <BR> <BR>Remove the space from that text and there you have it. We all know what / me joined together does here ;) <BR> <BR>/me
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damn... /snow -> :snow
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snowman
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err come again, matey?! The link is kinda messed up....
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chichigirl46
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Hey, both of the programs look good........ any one know anything about them? Like is it only for the Desktop? or does it skin at least the ALL toolbars and the Titlebar for when your using Internet Explorer Windows?
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snowman
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hmm... I&acute;ve tried searching for the app, but can&acute;t find any official homepage...
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scarebear
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Snow - I was emailed this too: <BR> <BR>&quot;Please add an new Skin Section for the MEGARADIO Jukebox&quot; <BR> <BR>That&acute;s all I know :)
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Thank you! <BR>:)
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