Your two favorite desktop enhancement utilities just got a lot better:
NextSTART 2.81:
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 tear off 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 Workshelf.
Complete list of changes at http://www.winstep.net/History-ns2.txt
WorkShelf 1.1:
A powerful multi-paged quick program launcher, desktop replacement and task organizer that can be used as a supplement or alternative to the normal Windows desktop. Also features handy modules such as a talking clock that can synchronize your time with the atomic time servers on the internet as well as an animated recycle bin (More modules coming soon!).
Complete list of changes at http://www.winstep.net/History-ws.txt
Highlights for these releases are much better XP compatibility (for instance, no more problems with the XP Powertoys VDM, the system tray can now be rendered fully transparent even when using the default XP theme and the Recent Documents list no longer appears empty), increased performance with less resource usage, middle click emulation for two button mice, better multi-byte language support (eg. Japanese and Chinese systems), enhanced drag and drop support, NextSTART tasklist and system tray can now be dragged anywhere on the screen and WorkShelf features a new 'sticky shelf' plus support for semi-transparent 'click-through' desktop modules.
Related Links:
Download Winstep Full Pak - http://www.winstep.net/winstep.zip
Download NextSTART 2.81 - http://www.winstep.net/ns2-full.zip
Download WorkShelf 1.1 - http://www.winstep.net/ws-full.zip
