LauncherPro better than Helix and ADW? You be the judge.

3devious · May 27, 2010

Now I want to goad it into using my BetterCut Icons... Yeah yeah, I know... "Give a (wo)man and inch and (s)he thinks (s)he's a ruler."

I go by Groucho's statement "Give a man a foot and he is a ruler!"

Papadroid · May 27, 2010

WOW

Freaking Awesome!!!! Took a great product and made it even better with the customization feature!!

sublimnl · May 27, 2010

This dev rocks. All I want now is bettercut support for the dock icons, even without that though its still the best launcher hands down, IMO.

Redflea · May 27, 2010

Chillout said:
Outstanding, this is now hands down the best launcher out there IMO. Now that we can customize the dock to whatever we want it's 5 stars for sure. He still kept the snappy response which was the main reason i liked it in the first place. Great job!!! Thank you!

If he can make a way to auto hide the notification bar I will even more excited about it!

It's on his list for the next set of changes...

Trapper31 · May 27, 2010

I've been using this for a few days now along with Chevy's Simply Stunning rom, and I can't tell a difference in home screen or app drawer speed whether I am clocked to 550 or 1000 MHz. This app is an enormous achievement.

The only issue I have is that I can't remember what application I was going to replace the contacts button with on the launcher bar now that it is customizable

EDIT: I almost forgot! He has also has managed to keep the launcher bar icons in their places when you rotate the home screen. As far as I know Helix still doesn't do that. Very well done.

Trident · May 27, 2010

Hope the OP doesn't mind that I added a poll...

King_Bean · May 27, 2010

Don't mind at all. Good idea

SimonSays · May 27, 2010

He needs to get a donate version out. This guy is a great Dev, and one I want to support.

JohnDa · May 28, 2010

I have to say I was skeptical. Helix was basically everything I was looking for and I thought it was fast. Then LauncherPro allowed custom dock functions, so I tried it. Wow. Lightning fast. Instantly became my default. I still like an app drawer a bit better than the function in LauncherPro, but that's a minor point. I would also like to see contiunuous scroll. That said, LP is simply amazing for an 0.3 version.

mydroyd · May 28, 2010

Wow...what a great app! Thanks for introducing me to this guys. I have to say that it was hard to give up Helix because when I found Helix I was blown away and it was one of my favorite apps. It's been FC a lot lately though. :-(

Happy to have this now. Luckily I got in after the dock shortcuts and home button to go to main screen were already fixed. I have uninstalled helix and this is my new friend. I really love it. Had one FC a couple days ago that I didn't report...whoops. Will gladly donate when the option appears.

I will have to say that I do like the double-tap better than pinch to bring up all the screens since I often use my Droid 1-handed...but I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.

mydroyd · May 28, 2010

Real quick question for y'all. Per some previous posts, I removed all the widgets from my real home page in order to keep my system from bogging down. The regular icons are ok, right?

(My memory seems to be running a big low and I'm trying to peg the culprit. When I used to run advanced task killer I would get 70-80M memory available....lately it's been 50's and 60's. )

gwlaw99 · May 28, 2010

mydroyd said:
I will have to say that I do like the double-tap better than pinch to bring up all the screens since I often use my Droid 1-handed...but I'm sure I'll get used to it in time.

You can also hit the soft home key from your default page to get to multi-screen view.

mydroyd · May 28, 2010

gwlaw99 said:
You can also hit the soft home key from your default page to get to multi-screen view.

Right, right...forgot about that. Gets the job done for sure. Takes 2 taps from any screen besides home screen...but then again...took 2 taps on Helix as well.

3devious · May 28, 2010

Trident said:
Hope the OP doesn't mind that I added a poll...

I'm going to spank you because the "First Unread" link is gone now.

This is in no way a threat against the forum staff. The only harm Trident should worry about would be breaking a rib from laughing at the thought of a sissy like me raising a hand against him (the reason there is no pic of me in my profile.)

Trident · May 28, 2010

3devious said:
I'm going to spank you because the "First Unread" link is gone now.

This is in no way a threat against the forum staff. The only harm Trident should worry about would be breaking a rib from laughing at the thought of a sissy like me raising a hand against him (the reason there is no pic of me in my profile.)

lmao! Whoops...

I had to read that a few times, but I finally figured out what you were trying to say.

3devious · May 28, 2010

Thanks for fixing it. Yes, I am that lazy.

harry dunn · May 29, 2010

How do I get the htc weather and clock widget for this?

jtbnet · May 29, 2010

harry dunn said:
How do I get the htc weather and clock widget for this?

Looks like these are the widgets supplied by 'Beautiful Widgets' on the Market...

HTC Hero inspired widgets available in the Android Market – Android and Me

Redflea · May 29, 2010

mydroyd said:
Real quick question for y'all. Per some previous posts, I removed all the widgets from my real home page in order to keep my system from bogging down. The regular icons are ok, right?

(My memory seems to be running a big low and I'm trying to peg the culprit. When I used to run advanced task killer I would get 70-80M memory available....lately it's been 50's and 60's. )

That's right, there is no ned to worry about program shortcuts, just widgets ned to be removed...

wordweaver27 · May 29, 2010

Just to clarify, when I try LauncherPro, do I have to remove the shortcuts and widgets from Helix before switching? Or does that only apply to the stock home?
Thanks!

kratos · May 29, 2010

wordweaver27 said:
Just to clarify, when I try LauncherPro, do I have to remove the shortcuts and widgets from Helix before switching? Or does that only apply to the stock home?
Thanks!

All widgets will need to be removed from all home apps except the one you are using (Helix, Home++, Etc).

Shortcuts and folders are fine.

Kratos

Clementine_3 · May 29, 2010

Finally got around to trying this, now that the dock icons are customizable. Holy cow! I really like it so far! One FC while rotating to landscape, no biggie.
What I do notice though is that it bounces or woggles when I swipe from one screen to another, it doesn't 'stick' right away. Small complaint and I'll get over it. Super nice launcher over all.

OZFive · May 29, 2010

Is anyone else getting force closes? I love LP and like it's features a lot.

I am getting pretty consistant FC's after using....

Reddit is Fun
Multi Media Dock
Google Weather / News Widget

Trapper31 · May 29, 2010

Clementine_3 said:
Finally got around to trying this, now that the dock icons are customizable. Holy cow! I really like it so far! One FC while rotating to landscape, no biggie.
What I do notice though is that it bounces or woggles when I swipe from one screen to another, it doesn't 'stick' right away. Small complaint and I'll get over it. Super nice launcher over all.

Yeah, that bouncing is intentional and I think it makes swiping a little more fun. I think someone in this thread mentioned that it is similar to the HTC Sense versions of Android.

Redflea · May 29, 2010

Clementine_3 said:
<snip>
What I do notice though is that it bounces or woggles when I swipe from one screen to another, it doesn't 'stick' right away. Small complaint and I'll get over it. Super nice launcher over all.

It's intentional, as already noted.

That's pretty funny...that "bounce" feature is one that many Droid users have been dying to have from the HTC Sense experience.

LauncherPro better than Helix and ADW? You be the judge.

LauncherPro better than Helix? You be the judge.

Yes! LauncherPro FTW!

Nah.. Helix is still better.

Nah.. I use ADW.

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