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Which Home do you use?

Which Home screen do you use?

  • Default

    Votes: 25 30.9%
  • Home++

    Votes: 27 33.3%
  • GDE

    Votes: 18 22.2%
  • dxTOP

    Votes: 5 6.2%
  • Other (Reply with what it is)

    Votes: 6 7.4%

  • Total voters
    81
Cool. What are some of the best features of GDE? I added a poll to the thread.


For me it was the themes available and the xRom theme especially. I also like the usability of up to 7 screens, even though atm I only use 3.

I tried Home++ and just didn't care for the scrolling thing at the bottom. I am very OCD I guess you can say. I am constantly adjusting icons and where there are and how they look and just the overall flow of the layout as I find the ones I use more then others and what hand position they are in.

A soon as I figure out how to take some screen shots of the layout I will LOL!
 
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Ok here are the 3 desktops I have currently, and how I have them laid out. I have it set to 3 home with number 2 as the default. Then I can go to left for maintenance stuff and right for app fun stuff lol!

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It is however constantly changing until I find a setup I am completely comfortable with.
 
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Comparing to the default home screen do you notice any slowdown using GDE? I wanna try some of this stuff but what bother me more then anything is stuff that slow it down. I like the phone because its very snappy. I am still in a very heavy debate with the default sms app vs handcent because of speed. I feel like ill be going back to default soon because it feels slower with handcent.

Thanks for posting your pictures!
 
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I'm using dxTop. It gets laggy on occasion and I have had force closes, but I haven't really had any problems since the last update a few days ago. The killer feature for me is the app drawer categorization. Today's update just made the category bars a bit larger on the droid so they're easier to tap (this pic has the old size)

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Also the long-press & drop menu functions are nice and the 4 direction homescreen layout is clever so you can get to any of your home screens with 1 swipe instead of having to flip past 2 other home screens to get to the one you want. This limits you to 4 home screens, but that's plenty for me.
 
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I used to use OH, but it FCed way to much. Also, it made my phone lag a ton.

It's been a while since I have used it. How's the stability of it now?

It does FC occasionally but not too much to bother me. I've never had issues with lag though; its quick to switch between desktops and open the menu etc.

I wish someone would make a home app that has all of the options each home replacement has and bundle them together. Maybe if I ever get enough spare time I'll write my own :)
 
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