NextSTART: The world's first easy to use, skinnable Start Menu/Task bar replacement.

WorkShelf: A powerful, multi-paged desktop replacement, program launcher and document organizer that can be used as an alternative or supplement to the normal Windows desktop. Also features handy modules such as a talking clock that can synchronize your system time with the atomic time servers on the Internet, an Email Checker, Weather monitor, CPU, RAM and Net Meters and more!

NeXuS: A super fast program launcher, allows you to organize your most frequently used applications and put them into docks.

FontBrowser: A simple font browser with an easy to use interface. You'll wonder how you ever lived without it!

Faster startup times: Winstep applications now initialize much faster than previous versions!

Improved Module Performance: The display of desktop and in-shelf modules has been fully optimized to use as little CPU as possible.

New default sounds: The previous default sounds were replaced with a less intrusive and cooler set of new sounds.

CPU Module support for multi-processors: The CPU meter module now properly supports multi-processor systems. 

NeXuS Tasklist icons blink: NeXuS tasklist icons now blink when the associated application needs your attention.

Weather Forecast on Desktop Weather Module: The desktop weather module is now capable of displaying the 5 day forecast on the module itself (note: this feature is theme dependent). Previously the forecast was displayed on the information tooltip only. 

Improved Windows Vista support: the new versions fix some issues on Windows Vista 32 bit.