Accumulating the best achievements of Aston 1 and keeping up with the latest tendencies, we have created a brand-new shell, which is expected to turn your desktop into a yet more convenient and attractive environment. Aston 2 is developed on an absolutely new engine, created from scratch.
The basic principle of Aston2 product line is its modularity. Its components can be used all together or separately from each other. Being used as separate items, they work with another shell (Explorer or Aston 1.x), expanding its functionality. When combined, they completely replace the shell. Each of the components is feature-rich and yet extremely intuitive: it can be used as it is or customized in every aspect.
· Themes and skins support. Aston2 settings are split into two parts -
· theme settings and private settings. Private settings can't be modified by means of regular theme operations (creation/application). Theme application can have effect on theme settings only. Thus, theme-pack file contains theme settings and skins. All Aston2 widgets are skinnable: you can change the skin of any element;
· Widgets support (This demo version contains the following default
· widgets: Clock, Calendar, Recycle bin, Disks, Power control, Search, Toplist, Username, Weather and Uninstall). Widgets can be built into te desktop, panels or popup menus;
· Flexible configuration. Every element of the menu can be tweaked and customized, thus letting one to create yet more convenient working
· area. The same concerns Aston2 Panels and Aston2 Desktop as well;
· Animation support in every aspect of Aston2: smooth widgets opening and moving, animated wallpaper, animated icons and other elements of skinned widgets;
· Aston2 Menu can be used both in Aston 1 shell and in Explorer shell. There is no need to give up the habitual surroundings in order to use the new menu;
· Drag'n'Drop operations support, user friendly interface;
· Unicode support;
· XML standard, used for all the parameters setup;
· Multi-language support;
· Plug-ins support.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· nag screen
What's New in This Release:
· Added new X-mas theme
· Added new widget "RSS reader"
· Added ability to place widgets on Desktop
· Added 3D task switching(flip3D) option for XP and Home edition of Vista and Windows7
· Added ability to vary panels emerging delay
· Added displaying removable disks in "Disks" widget
· Added widgets context menus optimization
· Fixed several bugs that made their way to previous release