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[Poll] New Launcher Poll - Just cause I think these are "fun"

It's been a while and I'd like to see the updated numbers on preferred Launcher...
I myself am a LauncherPro man as I find it's options easier to use (though it's less customizable than ADW) and the swipe for more (though not unlimited) is more intuitive than the drag down for more of ADW IMO...both are great though and have used both, but Pro seems more polished IMO...
SO that's my take...but anyways...hope to read some indepth non flame baity replies...both are great great launchers and a sign of a great future for Android...
I love it.

I am going to have to go with Launcher Pro Plus at the moment. It is faster and has EVERYTHING I need at the moment. ADW is still an amazing home replacement though. Both are two of the greatest apps available for Android!!!

lp used to be faster for me... but when you load it up with 7 screens n widgets it started fcing like crazy for me... but i dont get fcs with adw and its buttery smooth... so i guess whatever works is the best. done.

launcher pro is way faster than aDW now.. way faster.

people say that but if u adjust the screen fling speed not really... the way i have my adw set up, vs adw stock (system version also), vs launcher pro stock. the stocks felt same smoothness with same 5 screen setup with only that stock screen of icons. the way i have it is just as smooth as both but faster because i upped my screen fling speed or scrolling speed to like 150 from the regular 600 on adw... so really its just a matter of preferences (and settings) for that matter. this is like whats better intel or amd... all depends on the setup people and knowledge of user. c u guys in kwaak3 server... l8z
and its not instaflinging. its bout the same scrolling speed as the iphone when i had that... it's silky man ... silky like hawaiian silky

I understand the value of open source, however, I much prefer Launcher Pro to ADW.

LaunchPro!!!!

ADW ftw! =)

ADW is much better for me also, LP never looked or felt right haha. While LP is good on my vogue i much prefer adw on my nexus one.

Get Pro Plus. Widgets are nice and dev features and updates are amazing

Pro Plus is really good!

launcherpro developer is a beast. Every update he pushes, brings a useful feature

akaine2001 said:
people say that but if u adjust the screen fling speed not really... the way i have my adw set up, vs adw stock (system version also), vs launcher pro stock. the stocks felt same smoothness with same 5 screen setup with only that stock screen of icons. the way i have it is just as smooth as both but faster because i upped my screen fling speed or scrolling speed to like 150 from the regular 600 on adw... so really its just a matter of preferences (and settings) for that matter. this is like whats better intel or amd... all depends on the setup people and knowledge of user. c u guys in kwaak3 server... l8z
and its not instaflinging. its bout the same scrolling speed as the iphone when i had that... it's silky man ... silky like hawaiian silky
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I have. Back in Launcher Pro 0.4 days, it wasn't as fast as it is now. ADW was about neck and neck. I adjusted fling speed and stuff. I was running around 180 or so speed. I think.
I just went back to ADW. It's not bad at all. But here's the thing. I have a Milestone. If I forget to overclock and leave it at 550mhz, LP is still incredibly smooth. I have it completely covered in widgets. You will see ADW struggle at 550mhz. At 1ghz overclock, ADW looks ok. I'd say LP is still faster then.
I think Launcher Pro really started kicking but with 0.6.5 or so. Fede added a hack for Milestone/Droid users so that it was a lot faster. Maybe not much changed for N1 users, but jeez LP really flew after that.
And now with "sense" widgets, I'm surprised how fast LP is still. Fede really went into beast mode after Launcher Pro Plus. I don't know how he's doing it but dang... I'm beyond impressed now.
I stuck with ADW for a long time. The minute it came out on marketplace at 0.7 til 1.0. At that point I was just tired of it being "not fast enough" despite all the customizations. not only that, ADW lacks proper persistent mode. The developer himself admitted it, and its something that needs to be looked into. Either you deal with constant redraws (a problem that used to be there for LP) or you put it in memory and risk having memory overflow so your widget stop updating. LauncherPro on the other hand hasn't skipped a beat.
I mean both are incredible launchers. I accidentally used ADW for 10 min today. They're both darn close and fast, but I picked up on slight choppiness and that was what made me realize that I was using the wrong launcher today

Launcher Pro Plus gets my vote adw is nice nothing against it but i prefer LPP

Stock launcher forever

LauncherPro Plus > *

HTCDevil said:
Stock launcher forever
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enjoy your choppiness. LOL.

launcher pro becuase of the widgets in the plus version. if it had a see through app drawer it would be awesome. adw has it but its not as smooth as luancher pro

wheres HTC Sense

I like both but I'm liking Launcher Pro. I just think ADW is going in the wrong direction with the whole 'theming" thing. You can never truly get all icons themed and it just looks like a hodge podge of icons and I like to keep the system clean and fast.
Launcher Pro on the other hand is making improvements to the system, widgets and functionality that makes android more usable.
I've never had any problems on either one running on N1 2.2.

SPB Shell 3D - Worth the $15 to me!

So, decided to try this launcher...priced at $14.95 I was skeptical. Love what it adds to my Tab experience however. Yes, definitely overpriced...but totally changes your Tab to eye-candy goodness.
Loving the Message widget, totally dig the 3D carousel effect. The World Clock widget is fun, and the whole thing gives my Tab a quasi Honeycomb feel. (in that it's much more flashy to show off, and some of the widgets are great!)
It's a bit of a memory hog @ roughly 90mb usage...but I tend to keep things skinny usually anyways, so no ill effects.
EDIT: I can't help but notice how lag-free this launcher is. I truly expected something so flashy to come with bunches of lag...so not the case. Amazingly smooth.
Here's a video demo for your perusal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKqn6vANxpw&feature=player_embedded
and another...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVU84J1ShSQ&feature=player_embedded#at=68
Here's the link to Market (notice it says not compatible with Tablets, however it works wonderfully on the Tab)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d&feature=search_result

well windows mobile spb is 30$ so think of it as half off
lol

maxtcee said:
well windows mobile spb is 30$ so think of it as half off
lol
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LOL true...still I don't mind tossin $15 to something that makes my Tab turn a few heads & make things more enjoyable to use!

I'd give it a shot if there was a free trial..
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Hrmm, it looks ok, but definitely not worth $15, if it had more skins for each "page" maybe id think about it, can you make your own skins for it? If you can id be interested as i could make a honeycomb-ish one.

let us know what the battery life is like with all that home screen animation. Also, what ROM are you on? Did it install like a regular Home app like LauncherPro? Are you able to switch between this and other home apps?
Oh and would you mind taking a video of it on the tab? How does it look in landscape mode?

IMO everything ist too big. Icons, Widgets, etc fit better on smaller screen sizes.
I uninstalled it. Its very, very nice but i wait for a tablet-optimized release!

from the brief go I had with it , I couldnt get it in Landscape lol..

I gave this a quick try. And its pretty crap to be honest. I couldn't get any of the 3d Widgets to work, should be 2$
swyped from a galaxy far far away...

natious said:
Hrmm, it looks ok, but definitely not worth $15, if it had more skins for each "page" maybe id think about it, can you make your own skins for it? If you can id be interested as i could make a honeycomb-ish one.
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i rememver in the old wm days they had tons of skins for it so im sure you can skin it might just be a while for android

maxtcee said:
i rememver in the old wm days they had tons of skins for it so im sure you can skin it might just be a while for android
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Right I used SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 on my Nokia N97, there were really lots of skins available.

I thought Samsung Galaxy Tab was not supported yet ?

They say its not supported for tablets because they're working on a tablet specific app.
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Just gave it a try. Not worth those 15 bucks. Even more if compare to LauncherPro (which is a LOT more configurable). It could have been a nice shot for a cheaper price, but beside those 3D effects it doesn't relly offer anything more than Launcher Pro or any other launcher in the market. I have LP running both on my Galaxy Tab and Desire HD and it is way better on both devices.

I've bought it, but have already installed. I agree that the graphics are to big for the G Tab. I had other problems too. Like when I click on the time it doesn't open the clock. Same thing with the alarm...
You can't customize the panels. Most of then are the way they idealized it, and you can't change. The carrousel is beautiful but not that useful. It doesn't compare to Launcher Pro or ADW in terms of customization.
Way too expensive!

pawces said:
let us know what the battery life is like with all that home screen animation. Also, what ROM are you on? Did it install like a regular Home app like LauncherPro? Are you able to switch between this and other home apps?
Oh and would you mind taking a video of it on the tab? How does it look in landscape mode?
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Battery life seems unaffected, I haven't noticed a dip from normal. I'm running Overcome Rom, OC to 1.4GHZ. Yes it works like any other launcher, can switch back and forth as you'd like. Currently it's only designed to work in portrait mode. I imagine a Tablet version will be coming, that will make use of landscape mode.
I'll see about making a short video of usage on the Tab.

I think it makes the tab look like a cheap knockoff with the big clunky graphics lol

ash99 said:
I thought Samsung Galaxy Tab was not supported yet ?
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"Not supported" isn't the same as "doesn't work on it". It runs fine. Maybe it's not Gingerbread compatible.
All of SPB's apps are overpriced, I feel this should be only $10, it is quite good although it's not without its limitations, and its massive memory footprint.

Ill probably wait for the tablet version with a landscape mode before getting this. Wouldn't want to show it off to my iPad friends , only for them to turn it sideways and see it doesn't work that way.
Sent from my undervolted Galaxy Tab running Overcome 1.3

Sorry it's not fish.
work on my Tab. wait loading because lag, after is good. look my youtube vidéo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JryhtSui3zQ

Shell SPB 3d launcher

has anyone tried the Shell SPB 3d launcher on the market..it was a little expensive at 14.95..but it is definitely worth it..i just tried it and its extremely smooth with 3d on the ICBBIN KH1..is this something devs are looking into incorporating more features into the samsung touchwiz or a different launcher? i really like the htc sense interface with its lockscreen..and that would be awesome to have something like that on the galaxy s 4g.

shell is a really cool launcher. a bit much for me, but i do agree that it should be more popular. im a zeam launcher guy. haha.
sense...this issue has been discussed a billion times, but it wont be coming to the sgs4g anytime soon. there are variants, though. look into agile lock for the lock screen.

I don't think I could justify spending 15 on a launcher. As good as it may be, I'm really happy with Zeam Launcher right now. Definitely over LauncherPro.

Best Launcher for AOSP based ROMs (CM7)?

On the Sense based ROMs it was determined by a large number of people that Go Launcher Ex was the fastest/smoothest launcher for the Sensation. Many of us had lag issues with LauncherPro Plus and ADW.Launcher. I know this was not the case for everyone but for a large number of us, it was.
Now that I've got CM7 installed, I've noticed that the tables have turned. Go Launcher EX seems to have more lag while LauncherPro Plus and ADW.Launcher now seem to be more responsive.
I wanted to get a poll going to see what you guys think is the fastest/smoothest launcher on an AOSP (non-sense based) rom such as CM7 or XBoarderMod AOSP. This pull is not trying to determine the launcher with the most options or bling. I would like the voting to be strictly kept to speed and responsiveness of the launcher.
Please do not vote if you have only used one of these launchers. Use this as an opportunity to try a couple different launchers out before casting your vote.

I'm running LPP, and it's marginally better than when I was running LeeDROiD 3.1.0. When I tried ADW, there was a kind of stutter that I didn't like. Maybe I didn't let it bed in, but I'm familiar with LPP and it only got better with CM7. Go Launcher looks good too, but the widget style isn't the style I'm looking for.

I like ADW EX, it's what I'm accustomed to using. All of them have special customizable parts to it. Everyone has their favorite and can argue which one is better. Give a few a try. There really isn't one that's better than the other.

Best Launcher?

I don't plan on rooting my phone until I feel like the phone has had a bit of time to establish itself.
What are some suggestions for a good launcher that works on ICS devices?

Apex or Trebuchet

Nova
Swyped from my Skankwich GNex.

My personal favorite is Apex. I even bought the pro version just to support the dev.