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Launchers?

Home (Default)
Sense
ExtendedHome
HelixLauncher
HelixLauncher 2
Home++
Launcher+
I like in extended home you can hide applications out of the application tray as well as put them into sub folders...
and I like in Helix how the home screen can rotate as well as the app drawer... and helix also has the ability to put four apps on the bottom of the screen that move with the app tray button as you navigate screens....
Any other Launchers out there I haven't stumbled upon?

What is the difference between Helix launcher and Helix launcher 2?

Zeam.

boety said:
What is the difference between Helix launcher and Helix launcher 2?
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If I am not mistaken Helix is a 2D app drawer while Helix2 has a 3D app drawer.

Zeam & Tag Home. Both are really nice and fairly new launcher. Out of the 2, I'm really liking Zeam, it also has the 3D launcher plus it has the Espresso look to it, very cool.

When I had the Magic I used to use Pandahome. Was nice, has a lot of options. The one for Android 2.0+ isn't very feature rich yet though.

I really liked the look and functionality of HelixLaucher2 (ability to hide notification bar, docking tray with shortcuts, more home screens, 2.1 3D app tray) but after a few days it seemed to be taking a toll on both my battery and system performance. My homescreen scrolling smoothness degraded as well as general loading times. Gmail really suffered for some reason and slowed to a near crawl.
After uninstalling all's normal again. But I miss the features for sure.

bla bla, wrong topic

Don't forget Anderweb's ADW Launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645550

Recently I found Sweeter Home: http://www.sweeterhome.com/projects/sweethome#Get-It
which have a different approach and accepts a lot of customization.

LauncherPro....really quick!

zlatkoimamovic said:
LauncherPro....really quick!
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+1 best i have seen so far

Launcher pro rules now, the last update lets you customize the icons at the bottom of the screen to be whatever you want.
= awesome

never heard of it
im going to search it up later

afuchi said:
+1 best i have seen so far
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+1. Very impressive

Best Launcher To Use

Hey...
I love Sense UI, but for the last 5 days I have been running froyo and wanted to find an alternate Home Launcher. After downloading several free ones I have come by 2 that i like..
The first one is Zeam--There are settings to allow you make the home screen go full screen which removes the status bar and you can have 9 screens.
The second one is Tag Home Launcher--It has a nice launcher and lets you set the transparency on certain things.
I also want to know what launcher you prefer and why. Please don't say Sense.

ADW launcher or try LauncherPro

Launcher Pro. 3-7 screens, scrollable dockbar, pretty smooth, nice app drawer. The only downside is Sense widgets don't work in it, if you use those a lot.

killerxx2 said:
ADW launcher or try LauncherPro
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Had ADW Launcher, but found the ones I mentioned before and liked it better. I am going to post some screen shots of them. They are nice. I'm running froyo which is an AOSP ROM. No Sense.

I've tried ADW and LP in the past, but for some reason I keep going back to Helix. It's pretty responsive and is nice and clean.

Home++ in the market seems to be pretty good. Seems to be faster than Zeam.. up to 7 screens and has a nice powerbar at the bottom.

IMO its between launcherpro and adw. Check any poll on this site and you'll see everyone else agrees. i personally use and lover launcherpro (3d gallery, fast, 3-7 screens, scrollable widgets, pinch to zoom home screens, 5 row home screens, dock shortcuts, and the list goes on and on lol even though this one is long enough)

Tried 'em all. LauncherPro wins for 1 reason only (for me, anyway) - 5 rows of icons on the home screens!

Just put launcher pro on. I like it. It might be the one to keep.

typeadam said:
Tried 'em all. LauncherPro wins for 1 reason only (for me, anyway) - 5 rows of icons on the home screens!
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ADW has this as well. I like LPb though the best. He keeps coming up with new sweet features. Love the scrolling dock bar. 3d app drawer could use some help. Just seemed clunky for me...but it was alright.

ADW FTW. The gestures alone make it better. Plus, its open source so you can do whatever you want to it.

daPorkchop said:
ADW has this as well. I like LPb though the best. He keeps coming up with new sweet features. Love the scrolling dock bar. 3d app drawer could use some help. Just seemed clunky for me...but it was alright.
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Same here I prefer launcherpro to ADW. I like how customizable the dock is in launcherpro, you can have the dots just like ADW or you can have all icons. I know you maybe able to do the same with ADW since its open source but customizing on launcherpro is so simple.

Try Launcher Pro. Trust me it is good!

UnknownDude said:
Try Launcher Pro. Trust me it is good!
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You fail for resurrecting a year old thread, and all you added was crap people said a year ago....

Zeam FTW or Launcher7 for something different

all of us have different needs,
why don't u install all the launchers you are considering and test all of them and finally choose your launcher.

i use adw launcher ex runs smooth with alot of eye candy and settings to play with just my 2 cents

ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro

Which program do you prefer? And what is a feature that you like about the 1 you chose? I have personally used Launcher Pro which came with Fresh ROM on my Evo but while I was browsing the market I noticed ADW Launcher and seen numerous themes.
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ADW for me
I keep coming back to ADW. The single feature I love over Launcher Pro is the swipe action. Nudge up and Notification Bar hides or shows. Nudge down and the notification bar opens. In Launcher Pro you have to set up swipe areas in the dock, too specific for me.
Just my personal preference...

Put me in the launcher Pro group.
I like to run a clean screen and its scrolling dock combined with folder organizer allows me to access everything I want quickly without the screen clutter...
YMMV

Smac61 said:
Put me in the launcher Pro group.
I like to run a clean screen and its scrolling dock combined with folder organizer allows me to access everything I want quickly without the screen clutter...
YMMV
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Ditto
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I prefer ADW because of the horizontal page by page apps scrolling. If LP did this I would probably use it.

ADW - Swipe actions ftw

One more vote for LPP. Paid version is well worth it.

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Like the swype action of ADW. But I love the lp icons. Both are good
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ADW lacks scrollable launcher bar.

Launcher pro +
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launcher pro for me. somehow ADW app drawer seems to lag..

I started with ADW but moved to LP.
The smooth animations alone makes it a better choice for me.

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Launcher Pro Plus. Between the Plus widgets and the Beautiful Widgets clock, I don't really miss anything from the Sense launcher.
I haven't really tried ADW, though.

I'm an ADW guy, the swipe actions are very handy. Also, the custom icon ability makes my home screen much cleaner.
Yeah, those are Launcher Pro icons, so I guess it's a bastardized ADW, oh well.

LauncherPro for me...I too love the scrollable dock. I don't like clutter

Noob question Im learning to use ADW coming off Launcher pro, how do you change the dock icons around or add new ones.

I started with LP then went to ADW when it was included in my ROM. Tried LP again because I love the scrollable dock but LP just seems to lag a bit on my phone. I don't know why
So anyways, ADW for me...........for now.

ADW for me. I like launcher pro but I've just grown accustomed to AdW more. Either way I don't think they're that much different to make a bad choice.

(Q) Launcher pro..how do i change app drawer from vertical to horizontal?

How in launcher pro do i change app drawer from vertical to horizontal?? i hate swiping up and down, ide rather go side to side when scrolling through apps.

XeoNoX said:
How in launcher pro do i change app drawer from vertical to horizontal?? i hate swiping up and down, ide rather go side to side when scrolling through apps.
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You can't mate. It is what it is. I do know there is at least 1 launcher out there that does horizontal scrolling, but I couldn't tell you what it is. I've seen it on here somewhere, so search and check the Android Apps forum.

Adw launcher will, but it feels laggy, touchwiz of course but its not cutomizable

adw ex is nice and does horizontal scrolling. theres some others like aHome and openhome. check em out

this is why i really don't like this launcher. instead.. Go launcher ex its great for changing that... and a lot of things more! really beautiful themes and also fast launcher too!

A Launcher Comparison

Have tried a few launchers over the past few weeks, and made a comparison spreadsheet, take a look-
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...4NmJ4X29sRk43dGc&authkey=CMfSjJgH&hl=en#gid=0
My thoughts
For a fast lightweight launcher, zeam (perfect apart from no notifications in the dock).EDIT - i have since found the appdrawer to be laggier in scrolling than go launcher / launcher pro, so cannot stand by my original near perfect opinion)
For a launcher with themes and lots of visual customisation - ADW EX
For an all round launcher - Go Launcher EX
For an all round launcher with its own widgets - Launcher Pro Plus

I use actualy crazy home pro and is very useful you have 3 desktop whit 5 pages each. Try and add to spreadsheet.
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I use Arc Launcher. It isn't the most customised one but is indeed one of the most stable and refined. I just love the effects of one removing a widget on Arc Launcher!

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Nice, only thing I noticed was that ADW does have notifications with ADW Notifier, but very well done

You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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dre89 said:
Nice, only thing I noticed was that ADW does have notifications with ADW Notifier, but very well done
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spreadsheet amended. thanks for the update

fowenati said:
You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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yeah, i have to agree with you that speed is important. i have only ever had lags with adw, but until i have the launchers set up with identical widgets i felt it was unfair to rank them on their perceived speed.

What you put in the "home screen notes" row is the reason I didn't use LP or Zeam.
I suggest you separate the "gestures" row into two, one for home screen, and one for dock bar.

Question for those with GO Launcher and Launcher Pro installed -
For the scrollable widgets, how do you find widget scrolling using Go Launcher compared to launcher pro? i find Go launcher very sensitive to left / right movement while trying to scroll the widget making it more difficult to vertically scroll the widgets than launcher pro. I tested this using pure messenger scroll with both.

fowenati said:
You compltely missed on the most important thing, SPEED. For me launcher pro has absolutwly no lag at all on an htchero where as all other except zeam do. AdW has a clunky was to organize the homescreens in my opinion and although go launchwr was good, it was a bit laggy and the style didnt suit my taste
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yeah, i have to agree with you that speed is important. i have only ever had lags with adw, but until i have the launchers set up with identical widgets i felt it was unfair to rank them on their perceived speed.
EDIT
Had lags on LPP this weekend...half second delays or so when swiping between screens...

nxdu said:
What you put in the "home screen notes" row is the reason I didn't use LP or Zeam.
I suggest you separate the "gestures" row into two, one for home screen, and one for dock bar.
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done!
cheers

nepentanova said:
done!
cheers
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GO has a up swipe for dock gesture.

tanjinjack said:
I use Arc Launcher. It isn't the most customised one but is indeed one of the most stable and refined. I just love the effects of one removing a widget on Arc Launcher!
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ARC Launcher added (though i don't share your love!!)

nxdu said:
GO has a up swipe for dock gesture.
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i thought there were only 2 gestures in GO Launcher, swipe up / down on home page (not just dock). perhaps we have our terminology mixed up..

Maybe you should add SPB Shell 3D as well - the launcher for users with too much money

nepentanova said:
ARC Launcher added (though i don't share your love!!)
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Thanks for the addition of my favourite non-Sense launcher in it. Really like some of the effects that other launchers will probably never implement (like the effect of moving a widget, deleting a widget, going into app drawers etc.)
There are actually 7 screens version out there, and I got it here also from the link below. And there are some variants as well, including landscape mode (something I think is missing in other launchers.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43
I manage to put apps into the dock as well (Miren browser and Dialer One).
Also about GO Launcher, I believe it does support swipe gestures on dock as well - it pretty much does whatever the free Launcher Pro does, except for the all home-screen views.
Maybe you may want to take a look at the NetFront Screen as well. A launcher of different concept, which I still think more works need to be done and more performance upgrade (have lags on my AOSP-loaded Desire).
Other wise, really good jobs on the spreadsheet. Appreciate it.

Have you tried Sweeter Home?

this is great, but just to let you know LPP has "resizable home screen" of 10x10 also

nepentanova said:
i thought there were only 2 gestures in GO Launcher, swipe up / down on home page (not just dock). perhaps we have our terminology mixed up..
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You can set swipe up actions for dock icons. Just long=tap a dock icon and hit "change gesture."
This means that the dock of GO Launcher can do 10 things instead of 5, or 30 if you use the scrollable dock option.
When you update the dock notes you may want to update the app drawer notes too. You can change the default 4x4 view in the app drawer to 4x5 and 5x5, just like you can for the home screens.
Another GO Launcher note: when you use it it sends data home (probably usage stats). If you don't want GO to phone home you should block it with DroidWall. (Maybe the other launchers phone home too?)