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Go Launcher - Hottest home launcher

I've been using GO Launcher for a while now and can honestly say it's more stable for me than ADW was. I don't have any issues with incorrect counts on SMS or missed calls, etc.

I do have a question/request. Is there any way to theme this and if so, any easy for a n00b to do it? I've got a ton of ideas for launchers in general, but know squat about programming. :(
 
The update did fix most issues I was seeing. But I still have one.

When I am docked and in landscape mode, the dock bar is at the bottom of the screen rather than the side. It covers up some of the widgets on the screen and makes it hard to press the widget vs dock buttons and vice versa.

Still love the program however....
 
the only thing im noticing (and it was like this pre-update too), is that some of my icons seem to be a little aliased or pixelated. when i look at the same icons in LP they are smooth like buttah. does anyone know if GO is resampling at a lower resolution? perhaps this is done to assist in overall smoothness?

thanks for any insight, as that is the only thing keeping with LP for the moment.
 
Eh... I installed Go launcher EX after reflashing a ROM (I had Go launcher previously). You guys lost the virtual looping of the home screens. Adding that back would be nice :)
 
Likes:
  • App Drawer
  • Home Screen bubbles with missed calls, unread messages/emails (ADW has an add-on for this, but their's is in its early stages
  • Resizing widgets (one of the reasons I won't use Launcher, and I don't want to pay for the paid version which you can do)

Suggestions:
  • Option for auto-alphabetisisation of apps in app drawer
  • Faster (will happen in time, I understand :))
  • Compatability with Desktop Visualiser - at the moment, I can't put a desktop visualiser icon on the Go Launcher desktop, unless I do it as a widget. Just a minor thing, that's all.
 
I have noticed that when i restart my phone, some apps that i have in folders are not in their correct folders anymore and i have to put them back. Is anybody else getting this? Please fix this for the next version!
 
I've noticed another minor thing that last few days.

I'm using the classic theme with default icons and have 'Phone' 'Gmail', 'App Drawer' 'Handcent' and 'Dolphin HD' in the dock and the background colour for Gmail, Handcent and Dolphin seem to randomly change colour, often between blue, green and brown?

Is this by design trying to tell me something, or just a random thing?

Anyone experiencing this?
 
WannabeMKII said:
I've noticed another minor thing that last few days.

I'm using the classic theme with default icons and have 'Phone' 'Gmail', 'App Drawer' 'Handcent' and 'Dolphin HD' in the dock and the background colour for Gmail, Handcent and Dolphin seem to randomly change colour, often between blue, green and brown?

Is this by design trying to tell me something, or just a random thing?

Anyone experiencing this?
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that's weird. i've never experienced this before.
 
i've got a suggestion for next version. When you create a new folder, you are given a list of apps to put into it. If you can make an option to add more apps to the folder after it has been created instead of dragging them, that would be awesome.
 
Not enough row cols for galaxy tab (only 5). ADW launcher - running 10x8 best for Tab.
So far nothing beats ADW on sTab
 
the developer said that they are adding rows / columns in the next release to better support tablets. i think they were talking about a max of 10x10.
 
I'm using Go Launcher and it's really good. Just wish there was some way where I could have the FriendStream app running too.. :( Anyone know how that can be done? Really missing that in an otherwise awesome launcher app.. :)
 
Thanks for any help. I am a litlle new (and nit picky)...I want to use the theme icons (festival) on my widget locker sliders, and cannot access/find them within the widget locker tool mode. Thanks.
 
If you downloaded them when you long press and select Widget the next menu should ask you to use apps icon or a themed Go icon.
 
AngryHatter said:
If you downloaded them when you long press and select Widget the next menu should ask you to use apps icon or a themed Go icon.
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Thanks for replying. See screenshots:
The theme icons show on the home screen - there are two sets for autumn, those for the dock and those for apps.
But in widget locker, the autumn theme isn't there. I also can't tell where those theme icons might be saved in the theme files.
Any thoughts? Thanks again.
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hi all
just came back to GL after a break and have to say it
is looking much better. really like the app drawer.
got a very nice honeycomb skin on it. cool.

does restart a bit though :-\ but think that is a phone men issue.

I guess the persistence option means it remains active in
memory, but not too sure

cheers
dan
 
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S, and I've had to switch to Launcher Pro (Free version), because Go Launcher was lagging too much. The problem may be compounded by my SGS running 2.2 (which has a publicly known lag problem), but Launcher Pro seems to be a lot faster.

Any chance of checking these performance issues out? On the whole, I prefer Go Launcher, but if it adds to my phone's lag, it gets frustrating.
 
melissapugs said:
Thanks for replying. See screenshots:
The theme icons show on the home screen - there are two sets for autumn, those for the dock and those for apps.
But in widget locker, the autumn theme isn't there. I also can't tell where those theme icons might be saved in the theme files.
Any thoughts? Thanks again.
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To get the icon files first make a backup of the theme apk

Use astro to browse the apk file. The icons are located at res/drawable-hdpi

Copy/paste it somewhere on your sd to use the icons however you wish
 
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