windows shells

field ump · Post by **field ump** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:03 am

anyone here use hoverdesk? i have a friend that uses it. seems to be pretty cool. not sure if he's got the trial version or if he 'paid' for it.

if you dun use hoverdesk but use something else post what it is and what your opinions are of it

Heners_UK · Post by **Heners_UK** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:19 am

Needs more description.

field ump · Post by **field ump** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:27 am

well, it's just a program that allows you to customize windows even more. ----> http://www.hoverdesk.net

JFK · Post by **JFK** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 10:57 am

i just use a 'paid' for version of StyleXP....

i just looked at hoverdesk...it does look alright, but it's too "busy" and too much eye candy, i like the plain one icon on my desktop normal look....

hover desk gives me a headache

Angeldust · Post by **Angeldust** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 1:47 pm

I use a "paid" version of StylesXP as well. What I like about styles xp is it dosn't mess much with the system files, unllike the other shells. It basically just hax the windows style *.dlls to allow it to use non-micro$oftvisual styles. The only resources that are used when you run stylesXP is the theme's graphics being loaded into memory.

I am however interested in getting to know about Litestep, the old-skool windows shell replacement. From what I've read it was the first shell replacement ever. It's just that it requires you to get dirty with *.txt files and I don't have the patience for it.