Unfortunately it looks like the original piece of news was too long - or something like that. All information related to WorkShelf was 'cut out' from it. Anyway, here goes the missing stuff:
WorkShelf is, in the world of Windows, the Swiss Army knife of user interface enhancements. Intended as a multi-leveled Desktop replacement, it is equally at home functioning as a 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: when not in use, WorkShelf automatically collapses into a small strip of tabs. It also gives you quick access to frequently used system folders like the Windows Control Panel, My Computer, Network Neighborhood and more! Throw in it’s task management abilities and support for built-in modules such as a speaking Atomic Clock, Recycle Bin, POP3/IMAP Email Checker, Weather Monitor, CPU, Net and RAM Meters, and a 'fortune cookie' reader (with more forthcoming) and you have a software marvel you’ll soon find you can’t be without.
The true power of Winstep applications really comes to a league of its own when you use them together, since they were designed from the ground up to integrate seamlessly with each other: change a theme in WorkShelf and NextSTART automatically follows up (and vice-versa). WorkShelf uses NextSTART menus and can activate NextSTART hotspots. NextSTART, in turn, can capture WorkShelf desktop modules into its taskbar for an integrated and cleaner look.
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. Even if you are into Windows customization for the eye candy alone, you should give NextSTART and WorkShelf a try: visit Winstep Themes for links to libraries with hundreds of freely available themes to get you started. Unlike other Windows customization software, Winstep applications manage to separate content from looks: changing a theme does not mean you have to redo all your carefully elaborated menus and shelves – just click on a button and the only thing that changes is the look… all your menus, shelves, hotspots, etc, will still be there as before, ready to use.
The best about Winstep applications, however, is that with all their power they remain extremely easy to use: they are not shell replacements and they are not unsupported system hacks. This means you will not be forced to abandon Explorer, modify Windows system files or be stranded with no shell if something goes wrong - nor will you be forced to learn complicated scripts just to install, configure or make it work. Winstep applications have an easy to use Graphical User Interface from which you can control all aspects of the software, and, being shell enhancers rather than replacements, getting back to normal Windows, should you ever need to, is a simple matter of exiting the applications.
