Winstep Nexus / Ultimate
The Advanced Docking System for Windows. Wikipedia defines a dock as a user interface feature of a number of operating systems that typically provides a user with a way of launching and switching between applications. The Winstep Nexus Dock is a professional dock for Windows. With Nexus, your most frequently used applications are only a mouse click away – and Nexus turns working with your computer into a fun and exciting experience.
Nexus Ultimate is an enhanced version of the free-to-use Nexus dock which is available stand-alone or as a component of Winstep Xtreme (a single easy-to-install package featuring all of Winstep’s popular desktop enhancement products for Windows).
Winstep Nexus Ultimate Features:
• Display running applications on the dock with task grouping, task filtering and icon customization options.
• Display system tray on the dock as single or grouped icons.
• Blur-Behind (7/Vista) and colorization of dock backgrounds.
• Over 80 special commands such as Sleep, Empty Recycler, CD Control, etc…
• Monitor active connections and bandwidth usage with Net Meter module.
• Get weather forecast for over 39,000 cities world-wide.
• Monitor CPU and RAM usage, multiple mailboxes for incoming mail, and more!
• Multiple animated mouse over effects: zoom, swing, bounce and many more!
• Live icon reflections and animated water-like effects.
• Quickly change icons of shortcuts and running programs by dropping PNG and ICO image files directly into the icon.
• Built in support for animated icons.
• Minimize windows to the dock.
• Multi-monitor support.
• Compatible with skins for all 3rd party docks.
• Multiple docks.
• Ability to group shortcuts into an unlimited number of nested sub-docks.
• Categorize applications into user-defined tabs on the Shelf (tabbed dock).
• Increase productivity by displaying folders, the Desktop, My Computer, Control Panel and other virtual system folders as tabs on the Shelf.
• Reduce clutter by hiding desktop icons and using the Shelf’s Desktop tab instead.
• One click theme switching via the special Themes tab on the Shelf.
• Exclusive modules/widgets (e.g.; battery monitor module).
• Even more amazing mouse-over, launch and attention effects.
• Unlimited number of clock alarms and reminders.
• Customize system tray with high resolution icons.
• Automatic installs and updates via the Winstep Update Manager.
Powerful Dock Manipulation options (Nexus Ultimate)
Create docks from existing Shelf tabs, detach sub-docks, turn docks into sub-docks, duplicate docks, delete docks – all this using simple drag-n-drop and/or context menu options.
Shelf/Tabbed Dock (Nexus Ultimate)
Not only being able to hold shortcuts dragged into it, the Winstep Shelf is also capable of displaying the contents of special shell folders such as the Desktop, My Computer, Control Panel, Recent Documents, and so forth… It’s even able to display the contents of folders in your hard drive, which can then be manipulated via drag & drop as usual.
The Shelf makes it possible to have a ‘clean’, uncluttered, desktop with no icons on it whatsoever by having Nexus Ultimate hide the icons on the Desktop – icons that can then be quickly accessed via the Desktop tab. Tabs in the Shelf can also have keyboard shortcuts associated to them to make the Shelf simultaneously come to the foreground and open that particular tab.
Live Icon Reflections
The first (and only) Windows dock to feature ‘live’ icon reflections. Reflections update in real time if the icons animate or change. Size of reflection also user configurable.
Powerful Object-based Drag & Drop
Object based interface offers “drag & drop” capabilities that make it simple to manage your applications, files, printers, etc… Use Drag & Drop to move/copy/re-arrange objects from one location to another, to both inside and outside of docks. Drop documents onto dock application objects and have them automatically loaded. You can quickly change the images used by Nexus items simply by drag & dropping your favorite .ICO, .PNG or .TIF file onto the chosen object.
Special Effects
Eye Candy is king! Lots of optional special effects such as icons zooming, bouncing, glowing, rocking, swinging, squishing, spinning, exploding, etc, shifting to make room for items about to be dropped, bouncing on application launch, visual feedback for specific actions, incredible ‘fluid’ effects that make docks and icons behave like liquid surfaces, sound events for when docks collapse and pop up or sub-docks open, and lots more!
More Visual Effects (Nexus Ultimate)
With Nexus Ultimate you get even more amazing mouse-over, launch, and attention effects on top of the wide selection already given to you by the free version of the Winstep Nexus dock!
And More.
What’s New!:
http://www.winstep.net/news/nexus_dock_v17.1_released.asp
System Requirements:
– Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8.x/10
– 32 or 64 bit.
– 500 Mhz processor.
– 256 MB of RAM.
– 30 MB of free hard disk space.
– Screen resolution 800×600 or higher.
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