Avant Window Navigator

Infobox Software
name = Avant Window Navigator



caption = A Screenshot of a development version of AWN
author = Neil J. Patel
developer =
released =
latest release version = 0.2.6
latest release date = release date|2008|02|22
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
operating system =
programming language = C, Python
platform = GNOME
language = English
status = Active
genre = Dock
license = GNU General Public License 2.0 (Dock), GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 (Library), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (unported) (images)
website = [https://launchpad.net/awn/ https://launchpad.net/awn/]

Avant Window Navigator (abbreviated AWN or Awn) is a dock-like bar for Linux, which sits at the bottom of a user's screen and tracks open windows. Instead of representing open windows as buttons or segments on a bar, it uses icons to minimize screen space and add visual appeal. Avant Window Navigator was created by Neil J. Patel and is currently in the beta stages of development.

Both the appearance and functionality of Avant Window Navigator may be customized, and plugins and applets are available, such as to display the progress of a download in Mozilla Firefox or to control a music player like Rhythmbox. [ [http://wiki.awn-project.org/Awn_Extras Awn Extras] ] The plugins use the D-Bus IPC system, and applets can be written in C, Python, or Vala. There is a sister project, AWN Extras, which is a collection of community-contributed applets and plugins. Its releases are usually kept in sync with AWN.

One of the major requirements to run Avant Window Navigator is a composited environment. Therefore, the user is required to install a compositor [ [http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Installation&oldid=784#Prerequisites Installation (Prerequisites) - AWN Wiki] ] , such as Compiz, which could tax performance on low-end systems. Support for non-composited environments is planned for a future release. [ [https://code.launchpad.net/~njpatel/awn/fandabbydosy "Awn re-write for non-composite, multiple position & multiple panel support." branch by Neil J. Patel in Launchpad] ] [ [http://awn.planetblur.org/?action=g_reply&ID=1238#15796 Avant Window Navigator Forums - Rewrite status (fandabbydosy)] ] [ [https://launchpad.net/awn/+milestone/0.4 Milestone 0.4 for Awn] ]

See also

*Dock (computing)
*Kicker (KDE)
*GNOME Panel
*Mac4Lin

References

External links

* [https://launchpad.net/awn/ Avant Window Navigator] at Launchpad
* [https://launchpad.net/awn-extras/ AWN Extras] at Launchpad
* [http://wiki.awn-project.org/ AWN Wiki] (contains, among other things, installation instructions and a list of FAQs)
* [http://awn.planetblur.org/ AWN Forums]
* [http://njpatel.blogspot.com/ Neil J. Patel's Blog]
* [http://planet.awn-project.org/ Planet AWN] (An aggregation of the developers' weblogs)