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Posted by G4MER on Mon Nov 21st at 11:53pm 2005

http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm

I just DL this, and have been trying it.. I like it so much I may buy it.

With this shell replacement you can add, remove a bunch of different things. you can set your shell upto just load what you need for a given task, and then with a handy shell changer built in, load a new shell to do something else if you like.

For instance built in to the shell are like 12 themes. one is office, it loads your office required stuff.. I guess you could make a mapping theme ( i use theme cause im not sure what else to call it. ) and just have it load into the background the programs and info you need to do that task, giving you more memory and speed to handle your mapping project.

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Posted by parakeet on Tue Nov 22nd at 2:05am 2005

hehe , not bad moneyshot <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

i tend to stick to windowblinds but this is pretty fun too

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

Hehe , i suppose we can all post our desktop purtification programs here <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">


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Posted by French Toast on Tue Nov 22nd at 2:17am 2005

There is a thread called the big list of handy desktop applications...

I do'nt use any of that stuff, it really slows down your computer, especailly Windowblinds.




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Posted by satchmo on Tue Nov 22nd at 3:14am 2005

Yeah, I stick to basic Windows interface. It's already loaded up with stuff that I don't need, so I have no need for additional eye candy.


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Posted by French Toast on Tue Nov 22nd at 3:16am 2005

I downloaded the Royale theme that was put out by Windows.




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Posted by Naklajat on Tue Nov 22nd at 2:36pm 2005

If there was a good shell replacement, where you close explorer.exe and start another program, that would be cool. There is one, called something like gamerOS, but its not really useful for anything but saving memory as it limits you to something like a start menu. All this other crap that uses vast amounts of memory just to look cool doesn't float my boat. And I especially wouldn't pay a damn dime for it. The little launcher dock thing from stardock (program caled StarDock?) that is basically a quicklaunch bar with icons that get bigger when you mouse over them (like KDE or Mac) took something like 120MB of RAM on my computer. My point is, a good, intuitive, memory-conscious shell replacement would roxor j00 and windowblinds suxorz. I would actually pay for a good shell replacement, but as I said, not a damn dime for a slick, memory-consuming interface.

Added moments later:
HAHA, I went off on a rant without even looking at the page... it IS a shell replacement. In that case I'll have to check it out. How is the memory consumption with Talisman?



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Posted by G4MER on Tue Nov 22nd at 6:22pm 2005

Also check out Serenade.. it too is a shell replacement, with much less to offer.

Yeah I guess I should of said shell replacment and not a GUI interface.





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