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Which Launcher do you prefer?

Represent!

  • HTC Sense

    Votes: 82 21.5%
  • LauncherPro

    Votes: 175 45.8%
  • ADW

    Votes: 66 17.3%
  • Zeam

    Votes: 9 2.4%
  • Other

    Votes: 50 13.1%

  • Total voters
    382
I think I remember seeing somewhere that you should disable HTC Sense when you install another launcher. I installed Launcher Pro, am I supposed to disable Sense? And if so, how? Also, whats the best widget for the calender that shows a month or week view? I tried adding in the stock one, but it only shows one day.

menu > settings > applications > manage applications
then look for HTC Sense. tap it > tap clear defaults > tap force stop

if you've updated with the HTC update, i'm not sure if you can force stop it anymore because i haven't updated (and won't be)

also, any idea how to get Sense widgets on LauncherPro??

you can only use Sense widgets while using the Sense UI launcher
 
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I am a sucker for HTC Sence. I LOVE it. Tried ADW, I couldn't quite have an affair with ADW. Unistalled.

Where do you find these other launchers? I use the Sprint one by pressing the internet globe on the phone. There are others?

Maybe you're talking about an internet browser. We're talking about launchers. Basically new home screens that change the way your front page is laid out. You find these in the Android Market.
 
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Wow, surprised ADW is getting beat by Launcher Pro here. ADW is much more customizable. I think it does everything LP does and a lot more. Love how you can change how fast the screens transition, whether they overshoot and by how much etc. And of course seemingly upping the resolution by being able to fit more stuff on the screen, changing the size of widgets, etc. Love it.
 
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Wow, surprised ADW is getting beat by Launcher Pro here. ADW is much more customizable. I think it does everything LP does and a lot more. Love how you can change how fast the screens transition, whether they overshoot and by how much etc. And of course seemingly upping the resolution by being able to fit more stuff on the screen, changing the size of widgets, etc. Love it.

ADW doesn't do everything LP does. ADW is missing those cool app animations as well as the 3D app drawer that LP has, to name a few.

also, ADW does this weird gradient thing to the Android music widget. for instance, if you have the widget on another screen besides the home screen, and you flick over to the screen with the music widget, you can see what i mean for a split second. does the same for my touiteur widget. LP doesn't do this.
 
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Wow, surprised ADW is getting beat by Launcher Pro here. ADW is much more customizable. I think it does everything LP does and a lot more. Love how you can change how fast the screens transition, whether they overshoot and by how much etc. And of course seemingly upping the resolution by being able to fit more stuff on the screen, changing the size of widgets, etc. Love it.

Lp does all that too.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
 
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ADW doesn't do everything LP does. ADW is missing those cool app animations as well as the 3D app drawer that LP has, to name a few.

also, ADW does this weird gradient thing to the Android music widget. for instance, if you have the widget on another screen besides the home screen, and you flick over to the screen with the music widget, you can see what i mean for a split second. does the same for my touiteur widget. LP doesn't do this.

I think that app drawer looks cool at first but gets annoying. I like the Galaxy S style drawer on ADW. Speaking or which I have the Galaxy Launcher(new Touchwiz) on my phone as well to try out.
 
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Lp does all that too.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.

uh, no it doesn't lol
LP is missing the overshoot option and you can't resize widgets to whatever size you want. only available in ADW.

You can change how much the screen "overshoots". Resizing widgets is a no, but you can make 5 rows instead of 4.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
 
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I like launcher pro, but the screen resolution sharpness seems to take a hit and I was getting some Force Closes. Not a lot to be a big deal, but definitely quite a few. I miss the customizable dock, 3d app drawer,landscape home, drop to uninstall, and 5 rows of apps.

But Sense just looks so much clearer of resolution to me, and the different scenes are awesome, plus all the widgets. And I loves me some Sense widgets, Calendar, clock/weather with graphics, email, people..... all that.

I went back to Sense as well, but really like LP. If they could do something about the Sense widgets and clear up that resolution, I'd be sold forevers. A few scenes wouldn't hurt either.
 
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When I tried ADW, it doesn't allow your HTC widgets. No Friendstream, no HTC Calandar, no People, no HTC Music. No thanks.
Does anyone know if LP allows for these HTC widgets to be places on the screens?

I agree with you heavychevy.

Nope, you won't be able to use Sense widgets with LP or ADW, as they both disable sense. You would have to find alternatives, which are out there. For instance, you can use the built-in FB widget and the official twitter widget in place of Friendstream (Actually, when I did this, I noticed a pretty huge battery improvement). You can use Pure Calendar or Jorte for a calendar. Mixzing is a great mp3 player. etc.
 
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You can change how much the screen "overshoots". Resizing widgets is a no, but you can make 5 rows instead of 4.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.

no you can't. you can give it elastic scrolling, but you cannot actually change how much it overshoots like in ADW. you can change the scrolling speed. but again, this isn't overshoot.

i think you may be confused on the overshoot.

edit: wow, Sense is winning over LP now lol
must be the widgets. like above poster said, you can find good alternatives to them
 
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Friendstream is by far my favorite widget that I have. I have Twidroid Pro as well, but that widget needs improving. And we all know that the FB app/widget is worthless. I check Friendstream a couple times every hour when I get bored. That widget alone is enough to turn me off of the other launchers that don't allow it.

Sorry to get off topic. Resume launcher discussion. lol
 
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How can I have Launcher Pro like this with colorful icons?
I can not have the 3D application drawer to work, plase help!



Awesome! I downloaded astro and then uploaded directly to photobucket, Thank you.

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I threw my phone on accident when I shook it lol
 
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