Nexus

Changelog ?

Just go here http://www.winstep.net/nexus.asp  I got the update automatically as I use and run Nexus

Live icon reflections
* Dock magnification, swing, bounce, afterglow and many other incredible mouse over effects
* Water ripple, fluid surface, fluid reflections and many more dock animation effects
* Automatic semi-transparent background blur (Vista and Windows 7 only)
* System tray and running programs displayed on dock
* Auto-hide
* Auto-collapse
* Full Drag and Drop support
* Full multi-monitor support
* Document thumbnails
* In-dock modules/widgets
* Ability to prevent maximized windows from overlapping the dock
* Ability to respect screen space reserved by other applications
* Supports adding virtual file system objects such as Control Panel items
* Powerful dock manipulation options
* Keyboard navigation
* PNG and TIF file Support
* Complete customization
* Quality and performance tested

why the external link to softpedia? Is that JC's official link for downloading it? I see your new link in reply #2 but you should probably change the original one to an approved site...

Automatically updated, thanks. 

When you wish to update your WinStep or NeXus software (and every piece of software you own, including drivers, etc.) use only the original website (unless directed to a well known download service from the original website).

That's just for your security, and OldMsgt probably was reporting on such a site/mirror.

If you own WinStep software, you should keep it current - and you should be visiting winstep.net regularly, anyway.

I personally have never had problem getting updates from Softpedia or Hippo or C-Net downloads

I prefer cnet. I get regular updates from them on software I've downloaded. BTW...Nexus Ultimate has just updated itself. I like the way it asks first. Unlike Firefox which just installed 5.0 on my laptop without so much as a ...do you want it? I opened my browser and it said Fiefox will open as soon as the update is complete. The only thing I noticed so far, knock on wood, is that the pages here aren't loading up slow like they used to. We'll see.

When I posted re Firefox 5, the source did mention that there would be a forced update of some sort.

Well...if it screws up I still have the previous installer. I can always roll back.

Thanks 

The sub-dock arrow has been upgraded ... Hurrah!

That's not the change log, just some of the features (oh, and Winstep Xtreme and Nexus Ultimate v11.5 have just been released too).

Anyway, here is the whole change log enchilada for v11.5... Ready? Set, go!

What's New? Highlighted Features:

• Dock mouse over effects can now be combined with the Magnify effect.
• New Teleport and Push dock mouse over effects.
• New Gauge style for the CPU, Net and RAM meters.
• Replaced legacy module images with new high resolution versions.
• Added built-in support for animated icons.
• Added independent vertical and horizontal icon spacing settings.
• Added independent transparency settings for dock background and icons.
• Categorized the Internal Commands.
• Major re-organization of the User Interface to make it more intuitive.
• Improved Drag & Drop support.
• Improved multi-monitor support.
• ... and much more! Please see complete change log below...

Nexus v11.5 complete change log:

• Updated the German language file.
• Updated Polish language file.
• Updated Korean language file.
• Updated Italian language file.
• Updated Farsi language file.
• Removed 'dead' bitmaps from resource file.
• Most dock mouse over effects can now be combined with the magnify effect.
• Split the Position & Behavior tab in Preferences into two tabs.
• Re-arranged the Effects tab in Preferences.
• Added a new 'Contents' tab to Preferences.
• Moved 'Indicator Offset from Icon Reflection' to its own dialog box with preview.
• Icon Spacing in the dock now has independent vertical and horizontal settings and was moved to its own dialog box with preview.
• Dock transparency now has independent settings for icons and background and was moved to its own dialog box with preview.
• Re-organized some settings in Preferences for a more logical layout.
• Improved the bounce animation that occurs when launching an icon from the dock.
• Docks now un-hide or un-collapse automatically if displaying a list of running tasks and one or more of the tasks start flashing to call attention.
• Removed '@ Sign' Email Checker style, replaced it with default 'Envelope' style.
• Removed Cartoon Fish style, replaced it with 'Fortune Cookie' style.
• Removed the online cookie section from Wanda, since the only available fortune cookie server at the University of Upsala has been down for nearly two years and isn't likely to come back online again.
• Removed the SSL option from the Email Checker settings since servers no longer support SSL v2.
• Internal Commands in the Insert New Item menu are now shown categorized into Application, Desktop, Media, Disk, Misc, System and Shutdown sub-menus.
• Added new 'Push' mouse over effect.
• Groupped system tray icons in magnifying docks are now as sharp as the original icons when the dock item is not being magnified.
• Replaced 'Bar Graph' Net, RAM and CPU meter styles with 'Gauge' style featuring a 'smooth meter' setting in the Performance Settings dialog.
• Added setting to increase the system tray refresh rate from once per second to 16 times per second to the Performance Settings dialog in the Advanced tab of Preferences.
• Added new 'Teleport' mouse over effect.
• Re-organized the UI in order to place settings where they logically belong.
• The Update Manager now displays a 'What's New' link whenever such information is available.
• Added new high resolution images for the digital clock module and the NeXT style recycler.
• Only document files can now be dragged into a shortcut in order to open it with the associated executable.
• Applications are no longer 'ignored' if dragged straight into an icon, now being instead added to the dock. Previously the effect would be the same as launching the target shortcut with that application as an argument (which would simply result in launching the target shortcut), like it happens when you drop a document into a shortcut in the dock in order to open that document in that application.
• The balloon tooltip can now be specified to appear in the following cases: Never, Always, Only for Modules, Only for Modules and Documents.
• Decreased the size of the Wind mouseover effect, which was too big.
• Monitors in multiple monitor systems are now sorted left to right (i.e.; first monitor is the leftmost monitor and the last monitor the rightmost). The primary monitor also has '(Primary Monitor)' added to the description.
• Added new 'Safely Remove Hardware' internal command.
• Added new 'Show physical network adapters only' setting to the Network Meter module, which is now enabled by default.
• Re-organized Net Metter Settings panel.
• Added built-in support for animated icons (i.e.; single PNG strips holding all the frames of an animation). Animated icons are recognized automatically and animation delay settings, etc, can be set in the Dock Entry Properties dialog.
• The Weather system tray icon is now a full 128x128 image.
• Font size in UI command buttons is now automatically reduce if the localized text does not fit.
• Icon in the Version Information dialog had a dark gray background.
• Opening native Winstep theme files from FireFox failed with an error.
• Icon reflections for the Zoom mouseover effect where not being cropped properly.
• The 'Keep this dock visible when pressing WIN+D' setting would always be checked after a re-start.
• After beta 1 a magnifying dock with the persistent Flare/Afterglow mouseover effects could appear partially on screen after auto-hidding into the screen edge.
• A magnifying dock could suddenly appear garbled if you quickly moved the mouse pointer back and forth over it.
• Fixed automatic icon size problem that could sometimes occur when the dock was too large to fit on screen.
• Single .ICO files displayed in the Icon Browser dialog appeared jagged.
• Dock item separators were wrongly assuming the opacity of the dock background.
• Fixed bug in beta 1 that prevented icons from flashing to call attention in the dock.
• There wasn't enough padding for the dock Zoom effect, which would cause the icon to appear cropped when using a large magnitude for the effect.
• It was possible to accidentaly drag a shortcut to itself instead of launching it, which would launch the shortcut but also cause it to disappear from a dock.
• Fixed the date localization used for the clock and 'Lack Checked:' strings.
• 3rd party dock themes were not being applied properly when loaded from the right click menu.
• The dock was sometimes leaving icon 'leftovers' at the left or top when de-magnifying.
• Fixed re-positioning issue after dragging a floating dock.
• Fixed dock tooltip positioning.
• Fixed problem with the dock displaing the wrong right-click context menu with the zoom mouse over effect unless the icon was clicked dead center.
• Setting a clock background image manually would lock the clock hand colors to red and black.
• Selecting the first NIC Adapter from the 'Interface to Monitor' right click menu of the Net module was not working.

Updating is so easy when you are a subscriber, thanks very much JcRabbit. 

My pleasure.

Ah, besides the ability to mix over 15 different dock mouse over effects with the magnify effect, one of the things I really like about this release is how easy it is to use animated icons: no 3rd party docklet required, no launch limitations. In Nexus, animated icons behave and are used just like normal icons. As such, they can be assigned  to *any* of the shortcuts on the dock (normal shortcuts, internal commands, etc...).

Assigning an animated icon to a shortcut on the dock is as simple as dragging and dropping the animated icon PNG file directly into the shortcut, just like you would with a normal icon. And, if the animation defaults (50 ms per frame, animate on mouse over, etc...) are not enough, you just right click on the shortcut to access the Item Properties dialog, and then on the 'Animation' button to change the default settings (Nexus automatically recognizes animated icons).

Easy as pie.

If you want to go crazy with animated icons, you're going to need a lot of them. Best source I've found so far is the RocketDock library. Go HERE and then type 'Animated' into the Search box.

You got that right. Thanks JC. Nexus is now a permanent feature on this machine.

You can get the same, or even better, from Hippo; just using the UpdateChecker http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ . Not perfect (there is no software resource site that has got ALL exisisting progs available...) , but very, very good...

How can that be? Software dl'd from the original site is safest. Software downloaded from a site approved by the original site is "next best".

CNET, for what I know, is not an original site, Doc, but a "redistributing" one, such as FileHippo, Majorgeek, Brothersoft, and many others...

I mean, fron cnet you can get the update only for the software that has been DOWNLOADED from cnet ; with the Hippo UpdateChecker all progs installed on your machine are scanned, and you get at once all the available updates  with download link shown in your browser, IT DOESN'T MATTER from where the previous version (installed one) has been downloaded

About security, I don't think one is more safe than another. I never got problems with any of these sites, and all are recognised from the Software Houses. 

Yeah, it does: Not all "download" sites are equally trustworthy. They can get infected through no fault (or due to careless security) of their own.

The original site is still the most trustworthy. Don't wish to belabor the point, itboe.

Hi JcRabbit thanks  for the quick turnaround  hope you like  the polo bear  the update is ace to .

Oh, probably I'm not explaining well. Of course the original site is the most trustworthy (although they can get infected as well, especially if the software are some very popular ones; hackers are looking for these kind of  sites..), is obvious.

What I mean is that with some very light, small utility such as Hippo UpdateChecker you can know in few seconds which updates are available..Then, if you like, you can download them from the original sites (sometimes this is what I do..) .

I mean, is something "practical" ..

Personally I think you should only download from the original site (preferred method, since they might have important information, an even newer version and/or are trustworthy) OR from a reputable site like Cnet's Download.com.

And yes, I have seen virus infected files proposing to be cracks for Winstep Xtreme, Nexus Ultimate, etc... Even though it would be poetic justice to let users who download those files get infected, those too get taken down via DMCA notices whenever I run into them.

One thing that DOES bother me personally is how some bloggers, etc..., will go through what seems to be great lengths to upload the free version of Nexus to sites like RapidShare, Megaupload, etc... and then link to that instead of Winstep.net. It makes no sense for free software!

Bloggers who do that are stealing hits from the Nexus listing at Cnet Download.com (hits that help keeping the program at the top of the chart) and readers who come across those blogs end up downloading and running old versions of the software.

Had that problem a long time ago which is why I deal with cnet and original sites only. I go with what I know works.

Although it's getting a bit OT ...

FileHippo, and other sites like it, are on twitter. I get daily messages on software updates and then check them out on the programs original sites.

I do use Secunia PSI which informs about patches for my installed programs, it downloads patches from the programs(sites) file servers.

Winstep was nice enough to notify me itself

Thanks a lot, tazgecko!!     That's what I was trying to say....

About Secunia, I'm using it as well...great one!