Among Windows 7's features, the taskbar overhaul is probably the feature in Microsoft's upcoming OS that has aroused the most interest. Well, you won't have to wait for Windows 7 anymore - Winstep Xtreme has just been released, and brings with it the most interesting and useful features of the new Windows 7 "Superbar" into the XP and Vista world! Winstep Xtreme is a superb collection of utilities and desktop enhancements that will change the way you work with Windows forever! Want your computer to look like NeXT, KDE, a Mac or something from a William Gibson novel? Then download Winstep Xtreme and expand your horizons! Winstep Xtreme features the following applications ...
NeXuS - a system of attachment, which is ideal for super fast access to your most used applications. You can have a huge number of panels, and they may be hiding other menus. When they are not used, you can hide them behind screen edges, so they do not occupy space on the display.
WorkShelf - is tabulated panel, which is best suited for complex organizational tasks such as document management, URL, movies, work projects, etc. If the panel is placed on top of your program, then WorkShelf - is all that is at the bottom.
NextSTART - a system of menus, which take care of managing all your tasks. Menus are great for quick access to frequently used files and system commands that are not available in the file system or which are not recognized by the user graphical representation. You can create any kind of on the menu, and hot spots NextSTART you can open a menu with all of these super-fast access with the mouse.
Part of the job control NextSTART allows you to efficiently organize and manage running processes and windows. Using nothing more than a simple drag and drop, you can rearrange the objects in your toolbox, so that all corresponding documents will be combined (which makes them easy to find) and where you need them, and not where they decided to install the Windows operating system .
Modules, widgets, gadgets, doclets, desklety and all the other words describe one thing - mini applications that typically operate on your desktop and provide a variety of information about your system, weather, etc.
Winstep Xtreme has the following modules: talking atomic clock, cart, e-mail checker, weather monitor, the program display of CPU, network and memory meters and an impressive program of Wanda Wanda. New modules are added constantly.
Winstep Start Menu Organizer Pro-version - program to clean and more user-friendly organization of the Start menu. The more time passes since the installation of Windows, the more programs you install on your computer, and sooner or later there comes a time when to find the program in the Start menu, it becomes hard. One possible way out of this situation - sort of programs on functional purpose. Unfortunately, Windows does not provide such an opportunity, but it can be done using the Winstep Start Menu Organizer.
Nexus Ultimate - A good tool to quickly launch applications, monitor the weather and system data. The panel is made in the style of Mac OS. Flexibility to configure, but it is not difficult to configure. There are a variety of skins.
To accommodate the required application or a folder on the panel by dragging the appropriate icon with the mouse. Allows you to create multiple docking panels, each of which will provide access to a specific set of applications. Panels can be stacked, in this case, when the cursor is displayed corresponding submenu or an extra set of icons.
To date, Nexus Ultimate - it's one of the most powerful, attractive and multi-docks, which has not only all of its features, but also includes widgets, when you hover over effects, skins, support for drag-and-drop, as well as a reflection of labels, background blur , support the task list and more. Absolutely Very versatile, Nexus Ultimate allows you to download hundreds of wallpapers from the Internet, and is fully compatible with the background pictures of other docks.
Features Winstep Xtreme:"The complete change in appearance with themes
"Adding new panels, widgets and gadgets on the desktop
"Built-in utility for organizing and cleaning" Start "menu
"Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7
"The unlimited flexibility and extension of the desktop
"Reduce clutter on your desktop
"Adding the Windows 7 Taskbar in Windows XP or Vista
"Full support for multiple monitors
"Allows you to drag and drop icons in the Object Explorer pane, Winstep
"Support for PNG, TIFF and ICO files icons for panels
"The ability to use hotkeys
"Multilingual interface with support for Russian language
NextSTART:
An incredibly powerful replacement for the Windows Start Menu, System tray and Taskbar. It is, of course, fully skinnable, with a wide range of themes supplied with the package and many hundreds more available online. NextSTART is also far more than just a pretty face - offering fully configurable menus that can 'float' anywhere on the desktop and which may be called up with a simple mouse button press, a hotkey combination or simply by 'bumping' the edge of the screen with the mouse pointer. NextSTART also offers built-in file browsing and task management, supports full drag-and drop both to and from the menus and includes many other amazing features - including full theme integration with other Winstep Xtreme applications.
WorkShelf:
A skinnable multi-page tabbed desktop replacement, quick program launcher and document organization tool. Can be used as a simple 'dock' positioned anywhere on your screen, or can alternatively be resized to almost full screen size - offering a quick and efficient way of launching applications, accessing recent documents, managing your internet connections and much more!
NeXuS:
A multi-level dock system, NeXuS sits front and center, providing super fast access to your most frequently used applications. Flexible options allow it to dock or float anywhere on the screen, providing a myriad number of "On Demand" possibilities. From it's generous use of situational context sensitive menus to it's advanced Drag-n-Drop support, NeXuS is not only easy to use - it's a joy!
Modules:
Winstep Xtreme features useful "Modules" such as a Talking Digital / Analog Clock that synchronizes your time with time servers on the internet, a Recycler, a CPU Meter, an Email Checker, a Weather Module, a Net and RAM Meters, a 'fortune cookie 'reader and more forthcoming ... Modules can be displayed 'in-shelf' among other objects, inside NeXuS docks, in the NextSTART Startbar or as free-form/free floating objects on your desktop!
Winstep Start Menu Organizer Pro:
The Winstep Start Menu Organizer is an application designed to help you organize and clean your Windows Start Menu. Over time, as more and more applications get installed, the Start Menu can get so cluttered that you end up spending a lot of time simply trying to find the program you want to run. This is where the Winstep Start Menu Organizer comes in: it allows you to quickly group your Start Menu shortcuts into a specific set of categories (eg Utilities, Internet, Office, etc ...) thus making finding what you are looking for a lot easier and much, much, faster!
FontBrowser:
Have you ever needed to preview a range of fonts at various point sizes? FontBrowser is the simplest method - inspired by the font panel from the NeXTSTEP OS, FontBrowser is one of those utilities that will make you wonder how you ever managed without it!
NextSTART, WorkShelf and NeXuS are far more than just three related applications - they are designed to integrate seamlessly with one another - change the theme in one application and the other applications will automatically change to match. Likewise WorkShelf and NeXuS can use the current NextSTART theme to skin their context menus. NextSTART menus can also be launched from docks or from the shelf. In addition, a vast number of superb themes are available online in this archive sites.
