Ron, Winstep is not a display manager, it's just a programme that creates docks and as such, it 'sits' on top of the Windows' DWM. Compiz is something entirely different. It's the 'engine' that takes care of all the desktop rendering for XWindows, so it can actually do all the things that it does.
We're talking about entirely different things here.
Moreover, Microsoft has made Windows to use DWM and its own internal rendering engine, so I don't think it's even *possible* to replace that. Or at least, extremely difficult.
Unix (Linux, BSD etc) on the other hand, are wide open for anybody to create their own programmes and replace *anything* they want.
If it were that simple, there'd be Compiz for Windows or something. Last time I checked, there were versions of Gnome and KDE for Windows, but they caused a lot more problems than they solved (if they solved any).
Cheers!

P.S. More like "any chance of seeing Jorge around?"...

@ Ron

Perhaps, a desktop cube effect, like compiz, can make you happy


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When "Do not launch multiple sessions" is enabled and you click on the icon of the window that is currently on top, it would be nice if it minimized the window.

I.e. I have firefox open now, if I click on the icon in the dock it should minimize firefox. (very, very handy if you have this setting enabled and you click the wrong icon)

i can see this.

a good feature that you would have to add in next releases of Nexus Dock; if you have a download folder on the dock when it has finished downloading a file inside it, the folder on the dock will animate with the classic jump or other settable behavior.

Exactly how do you suppose that Winstep will know when a file has *finished* downloading?
For instance, when you're downloading via Firefox, it creates an empty file with the correct name ("whatever.zip") and a file with the same name and a .part extension ("whatever.zip.part") which contains the downloading data and which probably gets renamed when the download is complete, deleting the empty file at the same time.
Then, if you're using Explorer, it creates one single file with the extension .partial ("whatever.zip.partial") and then renames it when it's complete.
I don't know what other browsers do, like Chrome or Opera, but if Jorge were to implement that, he'd have to support all major browsers.
So, as far as the filesystem is concerned, nothing really major happens. Just one or two new files. So Winstep would have to keep monitoring that directory constantly for new files with the .part or .partial extensions being created and then keep tabs on those files and wait for the time when the .part or .partial file gets renamed to the same name but without the .part(ial) extension, to start the icon animation.

Well, it's not impossible to do, but it would put yet another source of load on the system by checking the contents of the directory all the time, not to mention that it would also prevent the hard drive from entering "sleep mode" (some of us have the 'Downloads' directory on a separate hard drive), since it'd be accessed continuously.
Personally, I don't really like that prospect, just for a bouncing icon.
But then again, it would be optional.

I did not wrote that it should be a default setting.
I do not know how, I'm not a programmer, but it could set a default folder for all downloads, or a directory, which is connected directly to the Dock, a module of the same dock.

It's quite alright. I'm a programmer, albeit Windows is not my speciality, and it was just an observation that, while it's an interesting idea, its implementation might prove more difficult than how it seems. Basically, there is no internal mechanism in Windows to differentiate the "Downloads" directory from any other, and as such, there isn't any mechanism (i.e. some Windows API method or call) that provides information on the completion of downloads, at least to my knowledge. So, it'd have to be the good old "polling" method, which has its drawbacks.

We hope in Jorge!

another thing; thumbnail previews bigger

I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about...but look into this: http://rocketdock.com/addon/icons/35498

The pack has in it an animated DL folder for the Dock from Spippy. The main page can also be accessed via the Themes heading on the top of any Winstep page and then scroll near the bottom to find the animated icon section.

Of course just drag whatever folder you use for your DL to the Dock and then browse to the location of the animated icon via right-click on the folder on the Dock > Dock Entry Properties > Change Icon.

windy he's looking for when something is placed in the folder that it animates to indicate that there's a finished download. i see skagons point, probably possible but would take a lot of coding and or eat a lot of resources. now i'll take that pack for the animated dl icon, been looking for one. i must of missed that. thanks

I had a feeling maybe it wasn't exactly what they were looking for but thought, what the heck, might as well post it, it may do some good. Fortunately it worked out for you. Enjoy Chucky!

I have two suggestions to improve the way that folders work on the Nexus dock...

#1) Provide an option to set the size of folder icons.

#2) Let the user sort the order that files appear in the dock folder.