Comments on: Use Avant Window Navigator To Customize Your Ubuntu Desktop Appearance

By: Cardapio – Main Menu Alternative Launcher For Ubuntu

Cardapio – Main Menu Alternative Launcher For Ubuntu — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:54:58 +0000

[...] Cardapio is a main menu launcher for Ubuntu which can be used with the Unity launcher and can be used to look up items in a horizontal menu. You can also use it like the Ubuntu Dash and search for files and folders, provided Tracker application is installed. Cardapio can be a better alternative to the common Unity launcher options as it acts in someway like a horizontal form of the Ubuntu classic menu. It can also be used with docking application like Docky and Avant Window Navigator. [...]

By: narkotik

narkotik — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:50:53 +0000

The latest version of Cairo-Dock really fixed most of the annoyances it had, and it’s now my favorite dock (even ditched Unity after few days).
Eye-candy can be easily turned off (in fact, the default theme is already very sober), and I find its applets to be more useful (the RSS feed reader, the switcher and the clock+calendar applets are just perfect).

By: Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux | Andriod Device

Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux | Andriod Device — Sun, 08 May 2011 05:07:56 +0000

[...] Unity launcher. Another good feature of Cairo Dock is that it also works as a task manager like Avant Window Navigator. However, it is more feature rich than the former, with a MintMenu, Drop to Share and Messaging [...]

By: Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux

Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:48:15 +0000

By: Innocent Bystander

Innocent Bystander — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:34:32 +0000

Cairo Dock looks like a noisy circus. A lot of graphics effects at the expense of usability. I have really spent time to learn it, asked support in Cairo forum. I show screenshots of how I use AWN, Caiso cannot reproduce the same behavior. For example a simple thing like displaying a readable label below the icon is not possible with Cairo Dock.

In my opinion AWN is smarter. It might be less eye candy but it is more convenient to use.

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:02:44 +0000

Hi,

The 0.3.x series is very stable (compared to the 0.2.x series), you should try Awn again

-malept (Awn/Awn Extras developer)

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:01:47 +0000

Hi,

I’m a developer for the Awn/Awn Extras project. Thanks for promoting Awn! I’d like to point out a few typos, though. The “official” abbreviation for Avant Window Navigator is “Awn”, and the Application menu path for Awn is “Applications > Accessories > Avant Window Navigator”.

Thanks again!

-malept

By: thadarklord

thadarklord — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:01:45 +0000

Yeah AWN looks nice, but it wasn’t like stable last time I checked..
I’d recommend Cairo Dock, pretty much the same and haven’t crashed once on me