"It has, essentially, the same functionality as the Mac OS X dock: you can drag and drop your favourite applications to it where they become quickly accessible launchers, saving you clicks and time spent hunting through menus. AWN goes beyond just launching applications, as the name might suggest, and is also a great way to browse through your open windows. Once an application is launched, the fact it is now a running task is indicated by a discrete arrow underneath the icon, which, when clicked, will change focus and control maximise/minimise; AWN will also add icons for running applications which aren’t already launchers."
