Now, I've finally given LauncherPro a decent chance, and I really like it too. A really nice feature is being able to hide AT&T bloatware from the launch drawer. Another feature I really like is being able to have different shortcuts when you swipe a dock-bar item, rather than tap it.
In my dock-bar I have my phone, messaging, application drawer, Gmail, and Google voice. When I swipe my phone icon, it automatically calls my wife. When I swipe my messaging icon, it brings up the new text message dialog with my wife as the recipient. When I swipe the app drawer icon, it brings up my notifications. When I swipe my Gmail icon, it brings up my work email. When I swipe my Google voice icon, it toggles between always using Google voice vs. never, etc.
Also, you can have multiple dock-bars, which is nice.
The developer is seemingly always updating the app.