Winstep Nexus dock (free dock with system tray support) v10.4 released
Who said you couldn't have a free dock with system tray support?
Thursday, May 20, 2010 by JcRabbit | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Winstep has released Nexus v10.4 (and Nexus Ultimate v10.4). The Winstep Nexus Dock is a FREE 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 enjoyable experience once again.
Nexus includes every feature you’d expect from a dock, including widgets, mouse-over effects, skins, drag-and-drop, and even others not available in most other docks, such as live icon reflections, in-dock system tray, Vista Aero Glass effects, and much more. Completely customizable, Nexus has thousands of backgrounds freely available online and is fully compatible with skins for all 3rd party docks.
Nexus Ultimate is an enhanced, multi-dock, multi-level version of the free-to-use Nexus dock which is available stand-alone and as a component of Winstep Xtreme, a single easy-to-install package featuring all our popular desktop enhancement products for Windows.
Nexus is free. Nexus Ultimate is $24.95 and adds, besides multiple docks and multi-level sub-docks, a powerful tabbed dock able to display not only regular shortcuts as well as virtual folders such as the Control Panel, Desktop, My Computer, etc..., and even file system folders of your choice. With Nexus Ultimate your whole computer is literally only one mouse click away!
Download the final release of Nexus 10.4
Nexus runs on the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and Windows 7. It's available in the following languages: Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi (Persian), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brasil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish.
Major hightlights of the 10.4 release: lots of performance enhancements, Nexus initializes much faster, negative edge offsets, ability to customize the system tray expansion icon, further improved compatibility with 3rd party dock themes, the dock no longer 'flashes' when adding or removing items, smoother animation effects, fixed potential freeze when returning from hibernation, fixed issue in which the dock could become unresponsive after exiting a DirectX full screen game, and many other improvements!
Watch Nexus in action:
Winstep Website: http://www.winstep.net
Registration: FREE
You can download Nexus from HERE (18 MB).
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Reply #4 Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:12 PM
What they said!! How do I find out which release my key is good for? I probably need to upgrade. I have to reinstall it and I don't know how to go the version I'm entitled to. Help!!!
Reply #5 Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:40 PM
LOVE my Winstep Xtreme.
I'm running 10.4 but don't seem to have the Nexus Dock component. Did I miss something?
Edit:
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain over there.. I found the dock.
Reply #6 Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:45 PM
Winstep Xtreme is the top-of-the-cream. It has every Winstep application currently available: NextSTART, WorkShelf, Nexus Ultimate, Start Menu Organizer Pro, FontBrowser...
Reply #8 Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:07 PM
Truly a great program. Congrats, Jorge....Well done!!! 
Reply #9 Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:47 PM
Same here... been one for 5 or more yearsa now, and it's a top shelf suite of apps, for sure. 
I shall have to look further into this Nexus update, though. It's looking very interesting indeed. 
Reply #10 Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:20 PM
Just to clear this up: if you have Xtreme, you are already running Nexus Ultimate. Xtreme includes everything plus the kitchen sink. It also makes toast in the morning. 
One of the things I'm adding tomorrow to the Winstep web site is a product comparison table - should be enough to clear any confusion.
Reply #12 Friday, May 21, 2010 1:16 PM
Ahah. And coffee, if you ask it nicelly. 
Not only that, take a look at Winstep's latest development schedule:
May 20 : Nexus Ultimate 10.4 released.
April 29 : Winstep Xtreme 10.4 released.
April 20 : Nexus 10.4 released (announcement held back until Nexus Ultimate was ready).
March 27: Nexus 10.3 released.
March 25: Winstep Xtreme 10.3 released.
February 11: Nexus 10.1 and Winstep Xtreme 10.1 released.
December 1: Nexus 9.12 and Winstep Xtreme 9.12 released.
November 23: Nexus 9.11 official (first non-beta) release.
A new release roughly every month - and these are not minor bug fixes either, the change log for each release is nearly a foot long.
Sneak preview of features comming soon: native Stacks docklet (which will be exclusive to Nexus Ultimate/Winstep Xtreme) and the final, non-beta, release of Winstep Xtreme with the new User Interface and multi-language support (lack of updated detailed documentation is essentially the only thing still keeping it in beta).
This said, given Nexus Ultimate support for multi-level (nested) sub-docks, a native Stacks docklet is more of nice eye-candy addition than a real necessity. But users have asked for it, so... 
Reply #15 Saturday, May 22, 2010 2:58 PM
This said, given Nexus Ultimate support for multi-level (nested) sub-docks, a native Stacks docklet is more of nice eye-candy addition than a real necessity. But users have asked for it, so...
Glad I bought WinStep Extreme the other day. Really waiting for a Dock with native stacks. ObjectDock beware.
Reply #17 Saturday, May 22, 2010 3:47 PM
Nope, not currently, sorry. Nexus has it's own set of system stat docklets (modules): CPU Meter, Net In and Out Meters and a RAM Meter. Many more are scheduled to be added once the final version of Winstep Xtreme (currently in beta) with the new User Interface and multi language support has been released.
The native Modules/Docklets in Winstep applications also feature the same attention to detail Winstep is well-known for: for instance, the Net Meter modules also allow you to monitor which applications are using your LAN connection, which port they are connected to, kill unwanted connections, etc..., and can also show you a mind boggling array of TCP/UDP stats regarding each Network Interface Card.
The clock module is not only able to show you the time in analog or digital formats, as it is also able to synch your system time to the Internet Atomic Time servers *and* tell you the current time in plain English (male and female voices available).
The Desktop versions of the CPU and RAM meters (only available in Winstep Xtreme, sorry) are also able to show you at a glance which applications are using the most CPU and RAM at that point in time, etc...
You can expect the same level of features and attention to detail from future Winstep modules.
Reply #18 Saturday, May 22, 2010 3:58 PM
I tried it. It's kinda cool. Don't know where it'll fit in with my ObjectDock though. I guess I'll have to see what the final release of 2.0 brings. If I'm not pleased, I may drop the money on Nexus Ultimate.
Reply #19 Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:08 PM
Actually? It's not about "either/or". OD and NeXuS coexist peacefully, and there are many common themes, etc. for both.
What amazes me is that Jorge does this all by himself. That's kind of amazing considering what all these apps do.
Reply #20 Saturday, May 22, 2010 4:54 PM
It Rocks! That covers it pretty well. Thanks Jorge! 
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Reply #1 Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:16 PM
SEXY!