Gladiators Software announces the release of most awaited Aston2 product Aston2 shell, software that replaces the standard Windows desktop and makes it more usable, beautiful and customizable. Many Windows users find the standard desktop too rigid and inflexible. Aston2 offers the completely unique approach with yet unseen features and themes with live wallpapers. The basic feature that makes it so unique is that Aston2 is fully skinnable and customizable. You can freely choose from many themes and pick the one that suits you the most. If you want to give your designing skills a try you can even make your own themes.
The advanced skinning engine is very intuitive and your imagination is the only limit. Every element of the theme: menu, desktop, panels all can be tweaked and customized, thus letting one create yet more convenient working area. Widgets push the limits of usability and customization even further. You want to know the weather forecast, your system resources or something else no problem!

Widgets extend the start menu and panels usability in a subtle but yet powerful way. You have the choice and full control of what and how it will be displayed keeping your computing smooth and enjoyable. Therewith, Aston2 is known to be one of the most stable Windows shells ever. Switching to Aston2 is easy because it incorporates all the things that you are already familiar with, and not only that, Aston2 makes them more efficient. Integrated search makes searching through your local drive as well as the Internet fast and convenient.

Efficiency and convenience is just one dimension of this powerful application. Aston2 is superior in almost every respect, starting from supported operating systems (Windows XP/Vista/ 32 and 64 bit), multi language support. Animation can be used for almost every element and every widget achieving stunning effects. Aston2 is the combination of beauty, style and efficiency, a kind of desktop you deserve.

Too much is never enough

Aston looks similar to the desktop you re already familiar with, but its components offer more functionality:
# Toolbars ((side panels on the left and right sides of the screen) give you easy access to the most needed documents, applications and web links.
# Multistate Taskbar buttons let you know exactly if a certain window is active or minimized, they also adapt to the width of the Taskbar and are thus easier to manage: no precious screen space is wasted.
# Aston Quick launch can be as small as a single button: 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 keystroke. This feature even works under Windows 98/Me/2K.
# Keep your Desktop clean: use the Panel plug in to organize your files without turning the desktop into a dumping ground.
# Desktop icons can have any size, any form (thanks to alpha blending) and can be animated as well. Get rid of regular limitations.
# Aston Disks and Trash Can let you visually monitor their fill states
# A built in Hotkey Manager makes your work with Aston even more pleasant and effective.
# Much more... just install Aston and find it yourself.

Fast, solid and powerful
We ve spent a lot of time polishing Aston in order to make sure it runs as fast as possible. No matter if 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 the Windows XP desktop needs and gives you much more in return. Aston is known to be one of the most stable Windows shells ever. It s even far more solid than the Windows 98/Me shell.

Do you need an additional clock on your desktop? Or maybe a weather forecast? No problems! Just activate additional Aston plugins and enjoy. Plugin files are small to download and only require seconds to install. You can tweak any parameter of your Aston desktop using a simple GUI interface: no need to read complicated manuals every time.

Ordinary Windows Themes make only few changes to the look of your system. Windows XP Visual Styles just decorate it a little. With Aston you ll get a fast, beautiful, reliable and easily controlled desktop and would never wish to switch back.

Interesting facts: Aston started out as a fast and custimizable launchbar, which in few years has become the modern Desktop solution.


Top 5 reasons to switch to Aston

1. Speed.
Most desktop enhancement software tools slow down your system, consuming additional memory and processor resources. Unlike these tools, Aston completely replaces your old desktop and releases your computer s resources for other tasks. Aston runs nicely on systems that labor with the normal Windows XP desktop.
2. Reliability.
Tested extensively on numerous computers Aston is known to be the most stable program of this kind. It s much more stable than competing programs and even the native Windows 98 and Me desktop.
3. Power.
Whether you have Windows XP or Windows 98, Aston runs smoothly on any system, providing you with additional toolbars, launch panels and other useful components, allowing you to get more control on your system.
4. Beauty.
Aston looks great out of the box and if you want more, you can get free Themes from our Themes section or one of numerous related sites. You can change the look and feel of your Desktop with few mouse clicks.
5. Flexibility.
Create your own desktop and make it look and behave the way you like. That s the main idea behind Aston. Bind hotkeys, tweak desktop components, instal plugins, never lose control over your desktop. No wizardry here, everything is simple. Even if you re not an experienced designer or programmer, you can create your own desktop the way you want it, not like someone else does.