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- Product: SmilerShell for Windows 3.1
-
- DESCRIPTION:
-
- Windows is great, but sometimes it can be awkward. Getting to the icon to
- launch an application isn't always easy. Finding a file is difficult at
- best. There's no good way to keep an eye on those important systemwide
- resources. And even when you have all the pieces, sometimes it'd be faster
- to just type a command -- but how?
-
- That's what SmilerShell is for. SmilerShell is a compact yet powerful
- Windows control center that takes no space on your desktop. Until you need
- it, SmilerShell is just a tiny button that hops into the titlebar of
- whichever app you're working in. The button follows you around as you change
- applications. Right-click the button to see your configurable "Apps" list
- and launch a new program, or switch to a currently-running task. Or
- left-click to instantly reveal the ultimate Windows command line.
-
- SmilerShell's command line is simple to use - type a command and press Enter.
- But unlike Program Manager's RUN and other command line utilities,
- SmilerShell runs anything (DOS programs, Windows programs, DOS internal
- commands, even 4DOS or NDOS commands), understands pipes, redirection, and
- Windows "file associations." In fact, SmilerShell may be the best command
- line you've ever seen, as if the plain-vanilla DOS prompt was enhanced by
- lots of handy utilities. There's a built-in command line editor with
- history, search, and cut/paste; aliases, which let you run a long command by
- typing a short command or pressing a function key; and quick
- directory-change, which lets you type the first few letters of any endpoint
- directory, and instantly switch to that directory, even on a different drive.
- You can run commands fullscreen or in a window, with full support for
- "Inactive" windows and "file associations," and you can give multiple
- commands on one line. The command line editor itself is full-featured, like
- a one-line word-processor. You can even change its font and colors.
-
- SmilerShell has lots of handy built-in utilities, too. Its "Find File" can
- search by contents as well as by filename. There's a real-time memory and
- resources monitor. You can even type yourself a reminder message that will
- pop up when the alarm clock goes off.
-
- Even when it isn't hidden, SmilerShell takes up hardly any space at all on
- your screen. Here it is, in a typical configuration. You can make it a lot
- smaller, though, if you want to. Don't want a titlebar clock? Turn it off.
- Current-directory display? Ditto. You can even make the menu bar or titlebar
- go away entirely. And you can mouse the window as small as you like. It
- remains fully functional. Even with the titlebar and menu hidden, there are
- keyboard shortcuts to allow you to do most everything. And it remembers your
- chosen setup preferences from session to session.
-
- SmilerShell takes up only about 250K of disk space, and uses less than 100K
- of RAM and
- Windows." (PC Plus (UK), April 1994)
-
- "This is a real time saver." (Noah Matthews, Knight-Ridder columnist, in San
- Jose Mercury News 4/24/94)
-
- "SmilerShell will be of great interest [to those who want to] run DOS and
- Windows programs, and use DOS commands just as before. Lots of additional
- features are also provided." (PC Answers (UK), May 1994)
-
- "Great Windows utility ... tames DOS under Windows, and believe it or not,
- actually makes DOS appear to be a Windows program." (ZiffNet Threads, June
- 1994)
-
- "SmilerShell brings a great command line interface to Windows -- easy to
- learn and use." (DOS World, February 1995)
-
-
- Author: Bardon Data Systems, 510-526-8470
-
- Version: 1.4 (11-15-93)
-
- Needs: IBM AT (80286), Windows 3.1 or better.
-
- Registration fee: $19.95 (add $3.50 for shipping to U.S.
- addresses) (add $3.50 for shipping to Canadian addresses) (add
- $9.50 for shipping outside U.S. or Canada)
-
- Registration benefits: printed manual; choice of 31/2" or 51/4"
- master disk(s); lifetime unlimited phone, CompuServe, mail
- support; bonus utilities; all ASP-wide offers (see page 6);
- disks of other shareware; discounts on other products.
-
- Look for: SMIS*.ZIP on CompuServe in WINUTIL forum
- (or contact userID 72340,375 for assistance).
- SWREG#: 1186
-
- Download size: 85k (about seven minutes with a 2400 baud modem)
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