I am not sure if this si the place to ask this, but here it is:
I have Nero 7 and since it is so darn rich and the interface so (as someone said) "static", I was almost going to give up on it, and use simpler (and more) apps. Then I noticed the neropus toolbar. Would it be a simpler and better way of utilizing Nero and could I add my own buttons for additional Nero functions?
Regards,
Hans L
It wasn't the place to ask - as is made clear by the "Do not post questions here ... " sticky post at the top of the buttons and toolbars forum
Your post has been moved to the appropriate place.
Thanks, Steve.
Hans L
that really depends on how you use nero i suppose. when i burn, i'm limited to either burning data disks or burning disk images. for this, i use ImgBurn, which is small, fast, and free. a button lets me send selected files to the program for burning. very easy, no fuss.
if your needs are different, which they probably are, this solution might not work for you.
but moving from nero to simpler apps doesn't necessarily mean you need more apps. ImgBurn burns as well as nero, and has the same main features - it just lacks the useless crap they throw in there like cover designers and such.
I use ImgBurn as well but it's not very good for compiling a disc with lots of files and folders on it. It can do it it's a bit clunky since the program is really geared towards working with .iso images (which it does very well). Still, it works well enough for me given how infrequently I burn discs.
I have heard good things about CDBurnerXP which is free and, from the screenshots, reminds me of the good aspects of Nero.
(I haven't actually used it as when I tried it a couple of years ago it didn't work with my particular drive and ImgBurn has been good enough that I haven't felt the need to try it again. I just downloaded the latest CDBurnerXP and see it does now work with my drive.)
Going back to the Neropus toolbar...
It'll let you select files in Opus and click a button to burn them in Nero, as well as let you run a few other Nero tools from Opus.
It isn't that different to dragging & dropping files from Opus to Nero, except that it saves you launching an extra program and doing stuff in two windows instead of one.
Given that you have to mess around with command-line options (which seem to change with different versions of Nero, unfortunately) I would say that it won't simplify things in the short term at least. Once set up it may make things more convenient but not really more simple.
Opus will let you run anything. You should look up Nero's command-line arguments to find out what is possible with it.
(By the way, the last time I looked, Nero's command-line version was a separate add-on download. You may need to hunt around on Ahead's site to find the nero-cmd.exe (I think that's what it was called) and documentation, or maybe it's included with the main program these days.)
Okay, thank you both for insightful info. I will add it to my info pool and make a decision a little later (I just accepted a 225 page translatiopn job, which will keep me off the street for the next month or so (good for the income, bad for everything else 
Regards,
Hans L