Avant Window Navigator Review

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Review of Avant Window Navigator powered by the Slant community.

Avant Window Navigator is a Mac like dock that launches applications.

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Pros

Pro
Tons of plugins

AWN comes with a big selections of applets such as a CPU monitor or clock or trash bin. This means one can easily turn the docks functionality into that of a taskbar. There is even an app launcher applet that will group all of ones apps in one place just like a start menu.

Pro
Easily customized

There is a wide array of setting available to theming and customizing the dock.

Cons

Con
Project is dead

Has not been update since 2013 and has been already pulled from many repos. While it still can be installed and works as it did in 2013, no more fixes or features are expected.