AfterStep
AfterStep is a Window Manager for X which started by emulating the NeXTSTEP look and feel, but which has been significantly altered according to the requests of various users. Many adepts will tell you that NeXTSTEP is not only the most visually pleasant interface, but also one of the most functional and intuitive out there. AfterStep aims to incorporate the advantages of the NeXTSTEP interface, and add additional useful features.
| Tags | Desktop Environment Window Manager |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases
- 17 Mar 2008 12:42
Changes: Major bugfixes include a fix for a nasty ASDocGen recursion bug that caused some problems on BSD. There is new functionality to support rendering script outputs via ascompose, and various enhancements to a large number of core and supplemental features.
- 27 Aug 2007 11:44
Changes: This is a major bugfix release including a fix for a fairly elusive memory leak.
- 21 May 2007 14:24
Changes: This is mostly a bugfix release, but added features include new configuration options related to Winlist and Balloons.
- 27 Apr 2007 10:29
Changes: This release features 5 months worth of changes, including new features and enhancements to Wharf, WinList, Pager, window handling, configuration options, and further refinements to the desktop entries features.
- 20 Nov 2006 11:01
Changes: SVG image format support, menu localization, background image preview in menus, and many bugfixes, some critical.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: The best wm i ever seen ...
> AfterStep was the 1st wm i have used,
> after that, testing of others take me
> only 2-3 hours before reverting to AS
It was the last I tried on Linux, but the one I remember having the best experience with.
Mel
Re: AS
> Yknow, I used to be a DIEHARD AfterStep
> user.. its lightweight, modular design,
> along with pleasing visual capability
> and intuitive functionality was
> wonderful.. it seems to have fallen a
> bit from the days I used it..
> development seems to have slowed down
> from where it used to be, which is a
> shame.. ::shrug::i use E-DR16 now, and
> theres basically no going back from that
> =)
There was a large period of time (just over a year) during which the 2.x series was being developed outside of the stable 1.8 series... which some people misinterpreted as "slow development" or project abandonment. I'll refrain from commenting on which direction E17 is from E16. :D
Regardless... progress has not slowed. Quite the opposite. Enjoy.
The best wm i ever seen ...
AfterStep was the 1st wm i have used, after that, testing of others take me only 2-3 hours before reverting to AS :-)
Many thanks Sasha and keep the good work ...
A++
Re: AS
> Yknow, I used to be a DIEHARD AfterStep
> user.. its lightweight, modular design,
> along with pleasing visual capability
> and intuitive functionality was
> wonderful.. it seems to have fallen a
> bit from the days I used it..
> development seems to have slowed down
> from where it used to be, which is a
> shame.. ::shrug::i use E-DR16 now, and
> theres basically no going back from that
> =)
Far from it. AfterStep development is as strong
as ever, with quite a lot of cvs activity every day.
AS
Yknow, I used to be a DIEHARD AfterStep user.. its lightweight, modular design, along with pleasing visual capability and intuitive functionality was wonderful.. it seems to have fallen a bit from the days I used it.. development seems to have slowed down from where it used to be, which is a shame.. ::shrug::
i use E-DR16 now, and theres basically no going back from that =)