multitasking? launching app drawer?

Check out the likes of swipepad, wave launcher, or quick desk

 

That's my preference too. Purchasing the plug-ins blows the roof off of what you're using now.

What you're missing is that the red line doesn't show up anywhere but with in the app. It's merely a visual indicator so you can see what section of your screen will act as the trigger. Assuming you pick the left hand side of the screen, touch the part where the left side of the screen meets the bezel, then drag your finger towards the middle of your screen (your starting point may very).

 

I have used wave launcher and dock4droid. Haven't run into any problems with dock4droid

 

Wave Launcher can be used in many different ways:
1. The wave can hold up to 12 items. This can be a combination of apps + shortcuts + widgets + plugins + recent-apps.
2. A folder can hold up to 10 items, which makes it the only add-on launcher that can hold up to 120 items.
3. Any item can have a custom icon. Any picture from the gallery or SD card can work, in addition to ADW theme icons.
4. You can have the wave show only 12 recently-used-apps. (Similar to long-pressing home, but shows 12 and not 8 apps, and accessible with swiping)
5. Wave Launcher has a built-in app-drawer, that you can also access from within any app by adding it to the wave, or by long-pressing the gesture-area.
6. It has outstanding widget support.
Here's a demo video: Wave Launcher v1.8 - Widgets - YouTube

Custom Icons with Fluxed ADW Theme:


An example of an open-folder:
(Folders open/close/navigation is also done by swiping alone!)


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