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Miscellaneous => Applications => Topic started by: Kjartan on 9 June 2005, 14:34

Title: Litestep config
Post by: Kjartan on 9 June 2005, 14:34

I am trying Litestep for Windows now, and it works smoothly. But I am unhappy with the taskbar :mad:
It's way too much crap, and too few lines for program-windows. So if any of you have the slightest clue on how to make it 3-4 lines high - please help :)

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: Refalm on 9 June 2005, 15:15

Quote from: Kjartan

I am trying Litestep for Windows now, and it works smoothly. But I am unhappy with the taskbar :mad:
It's way too much crap, and too few lines for program-windows. So if any of you have the slightest clue on how to make it 3-4 lines high - please help :)

C:\Litestep\profiles\***\themes\Aust**\

And you can configure that shit quite a bit. I'm not using Litestep, but it's pretty easy to edit when you use Vim (http://www.vim.org/download.php).

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: Calum on 9 June 2005, 23:01

i tried litestep years ago. it was so crap i switched back to explorer within fifteen minutes. as i recall it was dire.

of course i switched away from windows millenium edition less than a month later (to red hat 7.0) but that's another story.

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: toadlife on 10 June 2005, 06:39

yeah I tried litestep too and hated it. It actually made explorer look good.

Of course that was a long time ago. has it improved?

On this note, I think there are other better shell replacements for windows nowadays.


Check this out...

http://www.astonshell.com/

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: RaZoR1394 on 10 June 2005, 09:03

The Litestep version that I tried months ago locked my comp when starting up. I would recommend a Blackbox (BB) modification instead, for ex BBLean.

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: toadlife on 10 June 2005, 13:01

I just tried Astonshell and it's very nice. If I used Windows primarily I might consider buying it.

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: choasforages on 12 June 2005, 14:02

if microsoft had half a brain...they would sponser things like litestep, but alas, they won't.

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: MarathoN on 18 June 2005, 15:08

If there was something similar to Fluxbox or WindowMaker available for Windows, I would try it straight away!

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: skyman8081 on 18 June 2005, 21:09

BlackBox for Windows (http://www.bb4win.org/news.php)

I used to use Litestep, but I grew tired of it.

Title: Re: Litestep config
Post by: MarathoN on 19 June 2005, 01:41

Yes, I used Litestep, but it was far too slow for my liking, right now I use Program Manager (progman.exe) as my shell and it runs very, very fast.