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Which Home Screen/Theme App do you like?

Which one do you use and why??

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inssane

inssane

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Cast your vote and let me know. Each of these seems to have their ins and outs and I am sure many others are thinking about any one of these.
 
Sweeter Home 2 is awesome, but it takes way too long to customize.

Using GDE at the moment

But someone already made a poll about this once
 
no offense but these are some terrible options imo, I havent heard of anyone openHome or aHome on their droid

edit:
I personally am using gde until 2.1 then i'll be running stock launcher
 
I prefer GDE, with the application dock and comunication widget.
But like the bottom powerstrip and screenshot capability of Home++.

Themes, (well icons) change with the wallpaper, which I like to change often.
 
Sweeter Home 2 was great, but a hassle anytime I wanted to add a widget or program shortcut, unless I missed an easier way than going through the theme editor.

I prefer Pandahome; the dockbar and icon hide feature makes it extremely useful. I don't want to root my phone, but I also don't like having to look at the built-in apps that I don't use (amazon, corporate email, etc), so icon hide is great.
 
I just watched LemonNZ's intro video. That Sweeter Home is genius. I'm definitely giving sweeter home 2 beta a try when I get back from the gym tonight.

I liked Launcher+ because all I really wanted/needed was 2 more screens. The 2.1 Launcher is really cool. I uninstalled both and went back stock though.
Launcher+ b/c it forced closed almost everytime I unlocked my phone.
2.1 Launcher b/c it slowed my homescreen way way down. At first it was tolerable but after a day I had enough and went back stock.
 
I like stock Home. I'm using Home++ for its power strip, but everything else looks just like stock Home. I don't even know what to do with more screens. Tried 4, 5, 6 but now I'm back to 3.
 
Tried em all, but ultimately always return to dxtop. I'm addicted to its 5-icon app dock, and appreciate the convenience of its popup task killer. The few times that it lagged, I could always track it to a new widget installed. Thing just works, and in a fass-free manner, on my Droid.

(Also luv GDE's Conversations widget. But the dang thing = a force close festival. I really wish they'd release that widget as a stand alone!!)
 
GDE with the obsidian theme for me, I like the quirky screen transitions, the always there call and contacts buttons the don't impede on the homescreens, the communication history widget, and the application docks. It also seems to run the fastest and most stable on my droid.

That being said, I would love to rip the ability to hide the notification bar from home++, and the built in home++ taskkiller seems to work better than any of the standalone apps available right now.

Use bettercut on top of anything to change my icons (though if somebody could show me how to have a custom folder icon...) and it's pretty cool.

Sweeterhome has a ton of potential, but I'm nuerotic when it comes to changing things up, and changing anything SW is a huge chore that I just don't have patience for. Unless I just don't know how to make it easy....tell me Joe, am I just a moron?
 
reznorfan0 said:
Sweeterhome has a ton of potential, but I'm nuerotic when it comes to changing things up, and changing anything SW is a huge chore that I just don't have patience for. Unless I just don't know how to make it easy....tell me Joe, am I just a moron?
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First of, let me give you a hug Big Guy. ;) There. :p

No, you're not a moron. You're just (self-admittedly) impatience. And evidently fickle and indecisive as well. :D

I can appreciate anyone thinking that Sweeter Home is difficult to negotiate with. It is. But that is my attraction to it, I suppose. And ... I am a creature of habit. Once I get my Sweeter Home just the way I like it, it's going to ROCK! :cool:
 
Well thanks for the suggestions, I actually have had a hard time finding these types of programs and all of their names.
You guys have named at least 3 that I haven't heard of, I just listed the ones that seemed to be the most mainstream.
I am liking Home++ quite a bit, but I am a theme junky so I will probably be trying GDE and Sweeter Home 2 at least and looking at some screen shots and videos.

How is the battery useage on some of these and is there much lag?
Home++ is very quick and very low on battery and resources, and the power strip is very nice.

I will check these other suggestions out in the meanwhile.
Nick
 
jfe said:
Sweeter Home 2 is awesome, but it takes way too long to customize.

Using GDE at the moment

But someone already made a poll about this once
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yup it was me.

i ended up going with dxtop..

i like it but am seriously considering giving sweeter home 2 a shot

Corey
 
inssane said:
I am liking Home++ quite a bit, but I am a theme junky so I will probably be trying GDE and Sweeter Home 2 at least and looking at some screen shots and videos.
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Now that would just make Home++ the ultimate replacement. Themes and icon packs. Hopefully they mingle something in there.

I have tried the new sweeter home 2, gde and dxtop, ahome, openhome, whatever was out there. For some reason i dont have the time nor patience to arrange, or fix the screens to my liking. O just thought of fresh face. I like that one too.

Simple good, all the glamor even better, but not worth the time and effort IMO.
 
I use Home++ as it looks good, smooth and more features coming soon I'm sure. I really like the animated clocks :)
 
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