Winstep Xtreme is a complete integrated Desktop Environment featuring the next
generation of award winning Winstep user interface enhancements: NextSTART and
WorkShelf. While
most Windows customization software focuses on eye candy, Winstep applications
raise the usability bar to another level: they give added functionality to
Windows and complete control over every aspect of the user interface. All
this without forcing you to edit complicated configuration files or switch
shells - it's all point and click! All of the hundreds of freely available
Xtreme themes are totally resolution independent and can be switched to at the
click of a button - it's that easy!
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NextSTART is a complete Start Menu, Taskbar and System Tray replacement, famous
for its unmatched flexibility. The number
of options you can configure is truly outstanding: configurable menus - via drag and drop or using the built-in
Menu Editor - customizable menu behavior, an amazing number of ways to activate
menus and run programs through hotspots, plus taskbar and systray
management and more!
WorkShelf
is a desktop replacement and tabbed program launcher (like a dock, but better).
It enables you to organize your most often used applications and documents into
categorized shelves while taking as little screen space as possible: WorkShelf
automatically collapses into a small strip of tabs when not in use. It also
gives you access to system folders like My Computer, Control Panel, etc... Throw
in it’s task management abilities and built-in modules such as a speaking
Atomic Clock, Recycle Bin, SSL POP3/IMAP Email Checker, Weather Monitor, CPU, Net
and RAM Meters, and a 'fortune cookie' reader (with more soon forthcoming)
and you have an incredible utility you’ll soon find out you can’t be
without.
Per-pixel
alpha support: this allows incredible
eye candy effects and themes that will blow your mind! You don't have to wait for Windows Vista: the next generation in
user interfaces is already here!
Task Snapshots:
the NextSTART tasklist
and WorkShelf's Tasks shelf display snapshots of the actual windows, which are
automatically refreshed to keep the contents always up-to-date. Snapshots
make it much easier to identify documents in a taskbar filled with identical
icons. With NextSTART you can also manually re-order task buttons via drag &
drop and easily specify the opacity of each application through handy task
context menus.
Image and Video Thumbnails:
context
menus allow you to visualize image and video files. This is extremely useful to
help you identify pictures when, for instance, using NextSTART menus to
browse your hard drives.
Send
To, Open With, context menu options:
Context menus not only provide all the options
you would expect to find on Explorer's context menus as they manage to add
a few more!
PNG Icon support: you can now use PNG
files to specify object images for anything that previously only
allowed ICO files.
Special FX: lots of new special effects,
such as icons zooming on selection, shifting to make room for items about to be
dropped onto WorkShelf, an incredible water ripple effect that makes the shelf
behave like a liquid surface whenever you click on it, new sound events, a mind warping
menu 'ripple' animation, and more!
Proxy Support:
transparent proxy support for all functions that depend on the Internet to work. No need to configure anything since
Proxy settings are
automatically retrieved from Internet Explorer itself, although, if necessary,
you can also specify them independently.
WorkShelf Hotkeys: You can now
open, activate shelves and run programs using nothing but the keyboard! All key
combinations are system wide, WorkShelf does not need to have the focus for the
hotkeys to work.
Desktop Module Animation Support: This
means that the email module can display a rotating envelope whenever you
have new mail, that the Recycler can light up like a furnace when you move items
over it, and that Wanda the fish can be given a new face.
There are literally
HUNDREDS of other new features, changes and fixes, far too many to list here. Become
part of the Xtreme experience now and enjoy them for yourself!
Winstep Xtreme works under
Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/XP64 and Windows Vista and is fully compatible with all
Stardock applications.
Download: Winstep
Xtreme (includes
NextSTART v4.0, WorkShelf v2.0 and FontBrowser v 1.0)
More Information: Winstep
Web Site
