darmeen
Senior Member
- Jan 8, 2011
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Alright,
Wanted to start a thread devoted to Home Launchers...many of us have our favorites...and those we just can't stand.
I like trying new things, so I thought if we could consolidate and have a topic on nothing but Home Launchers.
I love Zeam...the fact that I can load up that dock and keep my screen as clutter free as possible is a BIG plus for me.
The last couple days I have been trying out Open Home...
It is different.
It has some really cool options like a favorites tray (its the blue button on the right that looks like a dresser) which works kinda like the dock in Zeam.
It gives the battery level as a percentage in the bottom right (which is much better than the little battery icon in phiremod or the stock ROM)
It also has a browser button by the battery display (the globe in the lower right corner) but i can't find a way to set it to default to anything other than the default browser.
The blue arrow on the left is a google search function
The frosted bar at the bottom (kinda looks like a spacebar) is to open your full app drawer
Some of the other cool things about it are: You can hide apps (from displaying in the app drawer) so if you installed a keyboard (like I have better keyboard 8 installed) but I don't want to see it in my app drawer.
It can use different themes (which change some icons like the arrow for the search, the dresser for the favorites, etc.)
It comes with a clock widget, a weather widget, and some others.
You can create folders, labels each screen, and hide the notification bar.
One of the big drawbacks, its not free in the market.
another con is that it wants to take up a lot of realestate with its widgets...you can resize the area it wants, but often times it shrinks the widget or cuts part of it off.
There is a lite version on the market, or it can be found on applanet if you want to check it out.
So, are there any other cool Home Launchers out there? and which one(s) are your favorite? and which one's can't you stand?
Wanted to start a thread devoted to Home Launchers...many of us have our favorites...and those we just can't stand.
I like trying new things, so I thought if we could consolidate and have a topic on nothing but Home Launchers.
I love Zeam...the fact that I can load up that dock and keep my screen as clutter free as possible is a BIG plus for me.
The last couple days I have been trying out Open Home...
It is different.
It has some really cool options like a favorites tray (its the blue button on the right that looks like a dresser) which works kinda like the dock in Zeam.
It gives the battery level as a percentage in the bottom right (which is much better than the little battery icon in phiremod or the stock ROM)
It also has a browser button by the battery display (the globe in the lower right corner) but i can't find a way to set it to default to anything other than the default browser.
The blue arrow on the left is a google search function
The frosted bar at the bottom (kinda looks like a spacebar) is to open your full app drawer
Some of the other cool things about it are: You can hide apps (from displaying in the app drawer) so if you installed a keyboard (like I have better keyboard 8 installed) but I don't want to see it in my app drawer.
It can use different themes (which change some icons like the arrow for the search, the dresser for the favorites, etc.)
It comes with a clock widget, a weather widget, and some others.
You can create folders, labels each screen, and hide the notification bar.
One of the big drawbacks, its not free in the market.
another con is that it wants to take up a lot of realestate with its widgets...you can resize the area it wants, but often times it shrinks the widget or cuts part of it off.
There is a lite version on the market, or it can be found on applanet if you want to check it out.
So, are there any other cool Home Launchers out there? and which one(s) are your favorite? and which one's can't you stand?
