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    • Avant Window Navigator - 2008-02-18 22:05:12

    Mac Style Launcher Bar

    For all those people who've used gnome and never been truly satisfied with the look of the task bar... there is a solution. Avant Window Navigator.

    AWN

    Basically, AWN is a handy little application that sits at the bottom (or anywhere for that matter) of your screen and provides not only a launcher space, but also a task (window) list for running applications. It has all the cool effects that you'd expect in a modern OS and looks a hell of a lot better than the default gnome taskbar.

    More Space

    For a start, windows are displayed using their icons and not their names, you you have space for more of them. Hovering over causes a cool effect (choice of many)

    Launcher / Tasklist

    One of the greatest things is that when you launch an application, the task it represents sits behind the launcher, but with a small triangle to show it is activated. This is a really nice touch that saves space.

    Extras

    There are also a number of extras that you can add like a popup terminal and application menu. More modules are being written as we speak.

    Installation

    For instructions on installing AWN in Ubuntu, please see my guide:     AWN in Ubuntu
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