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Help Best homescreen replacement/ launcher app for 2.1?

I want to try Launcher Pro, but until they fix the ability to change the doc programs, I can't. Hope the developer is listening.
 
I was looking forward to using Helix after my 2.1 upgrade and while it is fairly good it wasn't great, so I started looking at others.

I tried LauncherPro but it doesn't handle rotating to landscape mode, I wanted different shortcuts in the bottom row, and there still wasn't any visual indicator of what is the current desktop.

Then I tried Tag Home, and I think this one is what I'll stick with, for a while at least.

Tag Home(Launcher) - Android app on AppBrain

The main home screens are much like Helix or LauncherPro with the four extra shortcuts at the bottom, plus it adds a set of dots that indicate which is the current screen. (I use the small dots option so it doesn't take up much space.) The real cool feature is in the app drawer, where you can assign tags to applications, and then view the items in the drawer by tag. You can also export the items with a tag to a folder on the home screens. Since I usually organize apps into folders anyway then tagging items in the app drawer was a natural next step for me. Being able to organize things this way means that now I mostly have widgets and shortcuts on the home screens, and use the tagged groups in the app drawer in place of how I used folders before.
 
I have to agree with you guys on LauncherPro! i think that once this thing leaves beta its going to be thee launcher of choice. But it does need support in landscape mode without the keyboard being open and the waterfall effect in the app drawer would be nice.
 
I've been using helix for about 6 weeks and haven't had one force close... I don't notice any battery issues either.
 
I like the Helix launcher. I've been using it for about two weeks now and haven't had a force close yet. Maybe I'm just lucky. I have none of the issues that other Moment owners have.

I always hated that there was so much wasted space on the stock launcher. That's why I love Helix. I still use three home screens.
 
I might be unusual, but I prefer the stock vanilla launcher. I don't use many widgets since most of them just hog battery and system resources. I also find that having to scroll more than one screen right or left is no easier than scrolling up and down through the drawer.

I've tried all the options mentioned here and yet I always end up coming back to stock.
 
Looks like im the only one using the Nexus one Launcher and love it. Not one problem with lag like I had with Helix launcher.
 
Spent some time researching and I installed HelixLauncher2 today. Love it. Haven't had any issues or force closes. Love the interface and options.

Droid only having 3 screens is a killer for me. Seven screens are awesome.

Main home screen for most used icons.
Screen for nothing but direct-dial shortcuts
Screen for nothing but web-shortcuts.
Full screen widget for Calendar program.
Screen for games
Screen for tools, reference, and GPS.
One more screen... not sure what for yet.
 
Wow, Launcher Pro is pretty sweet. I do like some of the functionality of Tag Home, but Launcher Pro just seems so smooth and fast for me.
 
Launcher Pro updated last night. Screen auto rotation now an option. The home button taking you straight to your home page also now an option.
 
I'll wait for Launcher Pro to come out of beta. I just gotta be able to customize the four shortcuts. I won't get rid of Helix just for that. I want to try Helix 2 but when the dev says in the description "IF YOU WANT SPEED, SEARCH FOR HelixLauncher INSTEAD" that makes me a lil hesitant. Tag Home sounds ok but that app drawer button is hideous. I couldn't look at that thing every day.
 
Looks like none of the home replacements work for me for very long. I like both helixlauncher and the N1 launcher, but helixlauncher puts me in a force close loop, which is tons of fun, and N1 launcher seems to have a memory leak or something. It works for a while, but then I get a force close loop, and I have to reset the phone. Once I reset the phone it works for a 1-3 hours before I'm forced to reset again.

Looks like my favorite, simply due to the fact that it actually works, is the stock home. *Sigh*
 
I decided to stick with the default home since somehow my icons changed when I customized them in dxtop. All I wanted were custom icons so I'm happy. Just wish they were changed in the drawer too, instead of just on the desktop.
 
To follow up on my last post, it looks like it wasn't the home replacement that was giving me trouble. Later in the day yesterday, I had the same issue with the stock home. It appears as though setcpu was giving me trouble. I removed it, and now I've been using the N1 launcher for the past 15 hours, or so, with not force closes. Before, it only took 2 or 3 hours to have problems. It looks like my battery life went way up, too.
 
FYI: to those users running SetCPU widget, I (and other members) have noticed that this bogs down the launcher, whether its Launcher Pro, Helix, N1, whatever (I think even stock)... checked this with OSMonitor while I had SetCPU widget on one of the homescreens, and sure enough it would spike the launch from 2% cpu load to 45%+ and back down, then up... took out the widget and the cpu acted as normal...

also, I use Launcher Pro, as I don't really care for the pull menu for the apps... plus it resembles the N1 launcher without the lag (although I haven't tried it since getting DE03 and joeykrims v2.0 kernel up and running)...

Joey
 
One thing odd about launcher pro is that it makes my tray black. I have polymod theme because I like the clear tray, but there is some conflict. Black is better than white, though.
 
I use TagHome...I use to have open home and panda home both run slow on the moment, then i tryed Helix ran smooth but wanted one where i could hide unwanted apps from the drawer. So TagHome is what im sticking with and I use Live Wallpaper no laggg.....
 
ThaMoment said:
I use TagHome...I use to have open home and panda home both run slow on the moment, then i tryed Helix ran smooth but wanted one where i could hide unwanted apps from the drawer. So TagHome is what im sticking with and I use Live Wallpaper no laggg.....
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All this time I've been using Tag home & just realize there were all those categories in the drawer.. I for the longest only thought there were jus the 4 u see when u open it up... this has now kept me from havin to hav Apps Organizer...
 
OK I've finally jumped on the Launcher Pro bandwagon. The most recent update did it for me. Seems stable and quick. AND I can customize those shortcuts now!! :D
I was previously on Helix 1.4 beta. The force closes were getting really annoying. Let's see how launcher pro does.

On another note, those of you using Apps Organizer, check out Folder Organizer by the same dev. Lots more features.
 
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