with all this stuff regarding spam lately, I'm wondering where this fits in. I know that WC has Winstep, so I'm assuming that it might be okay, but thought I'd check in with those in the know.

and how does the misleading thread line fit in to the truth and honesty catagory. this is an upgrade and not an actual promotion, one would have to spend an additional $15 to take advantage of what's posted.

again, I'm just curious.

Gmc2, not sure what your confusion is?

This is a 50% off promotion for *Nexus Ultimate* (NOT Winstep Xtreme). Nexus Ultimate normally costs $24.95 and today you can get it for only $12.50 from Bits Du Jour.

If you later want to upgrade from Nexus Ultimate to Winstep Xtreme, then you can do so for $14.95 - this means you would end up saving $12.50 from the normal Winstep Xtreme price of $39.90. So you can say it's a two-in-one promotion - what is misleading or dishonest about that?

As for accusing Winstep of spam, where have you been for the past 10 years? Wincustomize is a Windows customization site that was founded on the premise that it caters for all customization software, not just Stardock applications. That's why you have galleries here dedicated to non-Stardock applications (the Winstep gallery being one of them).

Winstep new releases have also been announced here ever since Wincustomize saw the light of day, and Winstep and Stardock always had a friendly posture towards each other.

I'm also not announcing shoes or clothes here, either, but the promotion of a Windows customization application, which fits right into the spirit of this site. Why it even crossed your mind to call that spam, I have no idea.

I didn't say that this post was spam, I was asking for clarification due to the recent posts regarding those issues. I probably won't have responded in any fashion except that I had the impression that you had to have one program to use the other and if that was the case, found the post title misleading.

I don't know anything about Winstep, I did look at the site and looked through the galleries here so I figured it was probably okay but when I ran across the other upgrade tag it seems a little different. So, I guess if you're preaching to the choir they will understand but for myself, i didn't and meant no hostilities to the original post and do apologize.

Great promotion and well worth every penny. If you don't have a copy, pick one up while it's on sale...you won't be disappointed.

Jorge...on a side note, what's the latest version number? I currently have 11.6 and was waiting for an update to renew my sub.

Those in the know can be contacted by PM or email.

That also could have been answered by a PM/email to an Admin or a Mod.

GMc2:  Lay off it, seriously.  

Jorge is a long-time member and essential contributor to the skinning community.  This spam nonsense is really getting old.  

It's a little late here I had misread, it's the winstep xtreme that conflicts and by conflict I mean take priority in skinning the actual taskbar of the shell etc... Nexus on the other hand is fantastic it works very nicely with windowblinds

Then you have the latest version.

v11.10 should be released sometime next week, though - which is not a problem for those taking advantage of this 50% off promotion, because it includes the normal full year of free upgrades.

It doesn't take priority, Roflmfaoo, it actually hides the normal Windows taskbar and replaces it with it's own version. Being skinned by Winstep so it matches the current Winstep theme, this taskbar replacement is not affected by WindowBlinds.

However, everything is modular in Xtreme, so if you prefer the normal Windows taskbar, you can disable the taskbar replacement feature of Xtreme with a single click. Or you can even have both taskbars (Window's and Xtreme's) showing at the same time (which might be useful if you have a multiple monitor system, you can place the Windows taskbar on one monitor and the Xtreme taskbar on another) - Xtreme is THAT flexible.

That's the part I found confusing because NextStep Extreme doesn't skin the Windows Taskbar.

Jorge, you know how much I love Winstep... but I have to request one thing.

Could you please go over the version numbering? 

I currently have Winstep Extreme v. 11.6 . 

Nexus as well as Nexus Extreme should be numbered the same, no?

So what is 11.1 referring to? Your last release had them both updated at the same time to 11.6.

It's not v11.1, it's v11.*10*. Not '11.one', but '11.ten'. Nexus and Xtreme share the same version number to avoid confusion, and understanding Winstep's version numbering it's actually pretty easy once you know the 'secret':

It's simply based on date of release, i.e.; year.month. So, v11.6 means that version was released on June 2011. v11.10 means that version was released on October 2011.

This was done because, as you know, Winstep Xtreme is a suite of independent applications (NextSTART, WorkShelf, etc...). As such, instead of having different version numbers for each app, they all share the same version number which is then based on the date of release, as explained above.