Desk Tops

Slynky · #1 February 2nd, 2006, 11:13 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
I've had much success with bblean (which you can see a bit of in my edited post below), which you can use to build fancy extensible dock/wharf "menus" like that. You can use icons or text labels, AFAIK. You could in theory make it look all shiny and fancy like the aston shell one, but I don't know if anyone has made such things for the blackbox shells. They are meant to not be glitzy, afterall.

Oh, THANKS for the info. I'll check out that one as well. the dock/wharf "menus" as you call them are nice ways to organize things. "Beauty" is an extra cherry on top just to make others envioius (always a plus...LOL).

Fyron · #2 February 2nd, 2006, 11:22 PM

You'll want to look into the BBInterface plugin. There might be a more specialized plugin for what you want, but I am not sure.

If you want a quick launch bar, BBIconBox is the easiest way. You can also use this to simulate the "desktop," by creating a box linked to the desktop folder (or any arbitrary folder). If you want to make it bigger than 12 rows/columns, you have to edit the settings file for the plugin. For some reason the menu-based selection is limited to 12.

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Note that when I said instability issues with aston shell, it was the shell process itself crashing; it never took out Windows itself and could be restarted by the task manager.

kerensky · #3 February 2nd, 2006, 11:27 PM

Hmmm, to completely cover my desktop in icons would take......

228 icons, wow...

Slynky · #4 February 2nd, 2006, 11:48 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
You'll want to look into the BBInterface plugin. There might be a more specialized plugin for what you want, but I am not sure.

If you want a quick launch bar, BBIconBox is the easiest way. You can also use this to simulate the "desktop," by creating a box linked to the desktop folder (or any arbitrary folder). If you want to make it bigger than 12 rows/columns, you have to edit the settings file for the plugin. For some reason the menu-based selection is limited to 12.

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Note that when I said instability issues with aston shell, it was the shell process itself crashing; it never took out Windows itself and could be restarted by the task manager.

Thanks LOADS for the info! I'll check it out.

Fyron · #5 February 3rd, 2006, 12:01 AM

I found a good base "wharf" script for BBInterface here:

http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bladestaylor/bbi/

Not sure what "layered" is yet, but the wharf.zip looks promising.

Black_Knyght · #6 February 3rd, 2006, 09:39 AM

$#@%&%$&%#$@&%(#@% !!!!!

Wanted to post MINE here, but can't figure how you do it ???

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........

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Wolfman77 · #7 February 3rd, 2006, 10:47 AM

Do a reply (in the info bar of any post) instead of the quick reply, then right above the continue button is a check box that says "I want to preview my post and/or attach a file" then just point it to the file on your comp you want to attach.

Ragnarok · #8 February 3rd, 2006, 11:25 AM

Slynky/Fyron,

I just thought I'd post real quick about Aston. I have been running Aston for about 2 years now and haven't had any major problems. I think in the two years that I have been running it, I have had the process die on me twice. It is an easy fix though, just go into the CMD promt, navigate to the aston directory and type in aston.exe to fire it right back up. Beyond that it has been a great app.

I have changed the theme several times. I like the one I posted the best. I love the fly-out menus on the left and right-hand of the screen.

I guess Aston is much like any other application. Works excellent for some, for others it is horrible. Either way, I hope you (Slynky) find something that suits what you are looking for.