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Best Home Replacement - LauncherPro

http://www.launcherpro.com/
Its free in the market. SO SMOOTH, running great on newest cyanogenmod eclair
Based on the stock Android Launcher (Home app), LauncherPro adds some new and exciting features:
- Super-smooth scrolling
- Animated screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense)
- Up to 7 home screens
- App drawer with a fly-in effect and smooth scrolling
- Shortcut dock
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download:

It's not the best but it's ok to use for a few hours. Try ADW Launcher... now that's a nice piece of work!

LauncherPRO... if only it were more like Home++ - in SOME ways!
Greetings.
I, too, enjoy the SPEED of this app, over and above most else. Over the past 6 months, I have sampled most of the major app launcher programs on the market - both free ans well as paid, and this is hands down the fastest/smoothest around.
Now, if only it had the FEATURES that Home++ has, as THAT program/app ALREADY HAS such great features as a task bar icons that can not only be slid back and forth - horizontally, but you can pick and choose which ones you want to use/show. Furthermore,if you are in the "app library", and decide to remove one, when you hold down the icon - you get a prompt to remove it. A similar option is featured, when you are running an app, and just want to close it/turn it off, you simply hold down the lower left "return" button... and it closes, freeing up system memory. There are MANY more features in this home launcher, too.
I know, you're saying, "Well - if Home++ is 'all that' - why not just use it?" I would - if it wasn't so dang slow - for example, when I select to use the dial pad, it takes nearly 15 to 22 seconds to appear on the screen; really. After all, this IS a PHONE...! What's more, Home++ seems to be FC'ing nearly ALL the time, forcing home launch restarting... on my outta-the-box, non-rooted Motorola DROID... running version 2.1.1 I truly like Home++, but the developer of same hasn't done anything with it for well over a month, nor has he or she been receptive to any emails. So, it looks like our LauncherPRO may be the next Holy Grail of apps - if it can incorporate the features that made Home++ so popular!
I'll be MOST eager to see what is next...!

cant find it in the market

I was getting annoyed with being in an app and pressing home and constantly getting the "sense" previews. So i disabled pressing home-button to bring up previews in the app. If any of u share my issues, heres the fixed launcher.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kktyngx2gg2Here

Daneshm90 said:
I was getting annoyed with being in an app and pressing home and constantly getting the "sense" previews. So i disabled pressing home-button to bring up previews in the app. If any of u share my issues, heres the fixed launcher.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kktyngx2gg2Here
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Wait... a 'fixed' launcher..? There's a setting to change the home button action to navigate to the default home screen instead of opening sense.

Pretty nifty, but I must mention Zeam
I actually spotted it after being left unsatisfied with launcher pro.
It's pretty unique compared to most, very slick and speedy. Give it a shot, it's free

plamic said:
Pretty nifty, but I must mention Zeam
I actually spotted it after being left unsatisfied with launcher pro.
It's pretty unique compared to most, very slick and speedy. Give it a shot, it's free
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zeam in my opinion isnt all that good

nick_karstedt said:
Wait... a 'fixed' launcher..? There's a setting to change the home button action to navigate to the default home screen instead of opening sense.
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Yea even with tht option, anytime id press home, it would take me to my homescreen but the previews would still popup. A couple of other ppl had the same issues so i just removed the binding of home button to bring up sense previews from his code.

ADW is the bomb
You can choose what you want the home key to do in ADW. I've only donated to a few developers. Anderweb is definitely high on my list.
Also, I couldn't resist
There is no place like home...
-Dorothy

Yea i know, i just cant get over that zoom in animation of launcherpro. Sucker for tht

[MORPH] Naked TouchWiz App Menu 8/3/10

This was created for the Vibrant, but I see no reason why it would not be compatible with the Captivate. Enjoy.
This Metamorph will remove the colored tiles from the TouchWiz3.0 app menu. Make sure you are using the latest version of Metamorph (1.9.13 or higher). I'm not responsible for anything you do to your phone.
WARNING:
You will have to reset your homescreen widgets after applying this morph. Not sure why, but they will all pop up with the "Problem loading widget" image.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
DOWNLOAD NAKED TOUCHWIZ v1.0
To revert back to stock TouchWiz3.0 app menu, apply this morph:
DOWNLOAD NAKED TOUCHWIZ UNDO v1.0

Worked fine on my captivate. Have not noticed any side effects so far. I really hated those damn backgrounds and am so happy they are gone.
Thanks for the post.

awesome. Thanks.

How do you reset the homescreen icons?

What do you mean? Are you trying to go back to stock?
If you're talking about the widgets. Just drag them to the trash and re-apply them if you get the "Problem loading Widget" box.

No I want to use them. I was going based on what you said here.
You will have to reset your homescreen widgets after applying this morph. Not sure why, but they will all pop up with the "Problem loading widget" image.
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I loaded them in morph and don't know how to reset my homescreen widgets. I don't have any samsung widgets so I am not sure if it would be something in there.

Directly above your post said:
If you're talking about the widgets. Just drag them to the trash and re-apply them if you get the "Problem loading Widget" box.
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I guess I am doing something wrong. I thought that was part of the process because I loaded the zip in morph and my backgrounds didn't change. I didn't see the apply all button. It is all good. I guess I am used to things loading after clicking the one button. Still new to android lol.

This is exactly what I was looking for, but I can't get it to work with metamorph. The error is the following:
"The theme you selected is invalid because the theme control file could be missing, or is not correctly written (contact theme creator)."
My metamorph version 1.9.8.14

Select "Pick existing theme" navigate to the EVO_Blackbar folder (Should be in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/ and select EVO_Blackbar_v1.3.xml. It should work. If you downloaded it from your phone, the names get messed up and cause that problem.

Is there any way to add the backgrounds to another launcher? Like Launcher Pro or ADW or something?
I love the uniformity and the aesthetics of the nice uniform grid.

There are still some stock apps with tiles behind them. Is it possible to remove those as well?
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

OO I like this theme, may have to try it out when I get home. I'm one of the few people who actually likes touchwiz, makes it feel more familiar (I came from an iphone 3gs)

Not trying to thread jack or anything but I see everyone including major reviews complaining about touchwiz. Whats so bad and different about it compared to stock android. What are somethings you would recommend I changed to stock for?
I know our menu system is slide right or list instead of pull up.
(I like it better that way cause you can customize it)
We have the 3 customizable of 4 buttons on the bottom of the screen.
(Better use of real estate)
Our system and menu is black with white highlight but doesn't it make more sense considering the display and black using less battery.
(saves battery/ I modded my whole system to black menus pull downs and such)
And finally the backgrounds on Icons.
(At least its uniform, have you seen some of the ugly Icons people make)

Froyo compatibility
For what it's worth, I morphed this over Cognition 2.2 beta 5.5 and it seems to have worked just fine. I'm not sure if anything else has changed, but I've gotten rid of those ugly tiles I imagine it would work for any of the JI6 ROMs....

Installed on stock JH7, works just fine.

mikeypopps said:
We have the 3 customizable of 4 buttons on the bottom of the screen.
(Better use of real estate)
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You get 3 icons instead of Four (or even five).
That's the big problem I have with TouchWiz... I can't put Phone, Messaging, Email and Browser in the dock.

[ADW.Themes] Stock Slide Themes *Update - 8/19/2010*

Because apparently the general population can't use common sense, this is a video on how to apply: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4L0i7zk48
A .zip is linked at the bottom which holds all of the themes. Each theme has two separate versions, one using the Sense application icons, the other using the slide application icons.
The themes are of the stock Slide themes (Nest, Hoops, LightShow, Wildflower, Surf, Nature, and Palazzo) made from images by HTC (I only made them compatible with ADW).
Hoops:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
LightShow:
Nature:
Nest:
Palazzo:
Surf:
Wildflower:
Issues:
2. For some reason I could not get the vertical scrolling screen to display the app background correctly so you will have to use the Galaxy S drawer unless you don't mind the select/press/normal images not lining up. *Problem with the Stock Launcher Code (Which ADW uses)*
3. Landscape is ugly, sorry, it just is.
4. When adding an app to the hidden dock, the right side of the highlighted dock does NOT reach the edges of the screen, I'll look into this.
5. Scrolling is low quality, it's just an Android thing.
6. The nature theme looks a little odd on the app bar.. thing. It has vertical lines and unfortunately, the way I understand .9's, they like to stretch. It was either have one really long line or lots of lines slightly larger than the original image. I chose the latter.
DOWNLOAD​

Good job broseph.

Wow... Good work J!!

You're such an effing swagger jacker.

Very nice looking! The only suggestion I have is to do something with the shortcut names in the app drawer...only the shortest names are fully visible, otherwise they're cut off (because of the border). Maybe there is no way to beautify that, so no biggie. Otherwise, beautiful!

looks great
thanks

looks awesome. thank you

Very cool! I installed it on my phone. Thanks. But I don't have clock widget with weather. How I can get it?

gorden2 said:
Very cool! I installed it on my phone. Thanks. But I don't have clock widget with weather. How I can get it?
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It's a widget that was removed from the market.
It rhymes with Dancy Fidget and can be found on the interwebs somewhere

Thanks for this you made aosp alot better to have. What settings do you have adw launcher at?

JAguirre1231 said:
It's a widget that was removed from the market.
It rhymes with Dancy Fidget and can be found on the interwebs somewhere
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"Weather & Toggle Widget" has a skin that looks exactly like it also, you can download it and the skins (one for clock, one for weather) from the market, it does cost $1.99 though I believe. Totally worth it imo.

wardfan220 said:
"Weather & Toggle Widget" has a skin that looks exactly like it also, you can download it and the skins (one for clock, one for weather) from the market, it does cost $1.99 though I believe. Totally worth it imo.
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Ooohp, yep. I bought that a long time ago as well (Before it was Weather & Toggle Widget).
Also, the Nest theme s currently on the market, to find it you can search for either "ADWTheme Slide" or "pub:klinster". It is one version ahead of all of these themes (and as such has a couple of things fixed, including HDPI support and general fixes with the bubble).
Starting later today I will begin updating the other themes, and ready them for (hopefully) a market release was well.

not fancy widget
So i went ahead and uploaded a widget thats called not fancy widget it's not fancy widget ..............I swear it's not guys ......don't look at me like that. Also I can't for the life of me get the boxes in the drawer to look correct

thatguythatdid said:
So i went ahead and uploaded the latest version of fancy widget. Also I can't for the life of me get the boxes in the drawer to look correct
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If using the themes posted in this thread it's known, I hope to have fixed that in the market version. Would you mind trying that and then tell me if the boxes are working correctly?
Also, I'm not sure if Fancy Widget is considered warez or not...

JAguirre1231 said:
If using the themes posted in this thread it's known, I hope to have fixed that in the market version. Would you mind trying that and then tell me if the boxes are working correctly?
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I been using the one from the market everything is cool but the drawer boxes. i'll try the ones from the first page.
Palazzo worked real well using the slide version. It gave me a force close but i hit wait also want to note my settings which were already setup from using crazybirds theme (nest)
Drawer settings:
horizontal drawer yes
drawer columns to drawer row are all set to four
page horizontal margin is at 10
ui settings:
desktop dots unchecked
secondary action buttons checked
ab scale factor 10
everything else is set to default except background color in drawer

Okay I just checked the ones on the front page and the ones that say slide all work (i didn't test the others) but when I go back to the nest from the market it messes up the drawer boxes. Loving it thanks for your work can't wait till lyrical ink shows up

hello, you can explain me how I apply the themes for the adw see them, I can not see the adw can install themes and

how do i edit the dock on my theme so i have the pink slider button

ceceboo13 said:
how do i edit the dock on my theme so i have the pink slider button
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Are you talking about the pink theme? If so just install the Lightshow theme from the zip.

JAguirre1231 said:
It's a widget that was removed from the market.
It rhymes with Dancy Fidget and can be found on the interwebs somewhere
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Thanks ;-)

HTC Sense home UI for LP

This is a simple Sense UI homescreen look/theme for launcher pro (NOT a port of sense or any widgets)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
how to use :
1. set sensedock.png as your launcherpro dock
2. set your leftmost icon to go to the app drawer, then select custom icon and use the clearsquare.png as the icon
3. same as step two, but set the middle three icons to be the phone app. again, set the icon to be the clear square
4.set the rightmost icon to be whatever you want, i used messaging. again, use the clear icon
thats it! just tap one of the three sections and it will take you there
now your homescreen dock will look just about the same as senseUI.
rrrrramos said:
Couple it with the HTC EVO 4G Status Bar MetaMorph for the real feel ;-)
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^^awesome status bar from bahnburner. thanks for pointing that out rrrrramos

you made my day. I was always wanting to try to make something like this and you did it for me. Awesome.

Very clever! Really nice. Sure many will appreciate this!

Looks great! You should couple it with the HTC EVO 4G Status Bar MetaMorph for the real feel ;-)

thanks for the positive responses
my first release/thingy and i wasnt sure if people would like it

Nice Work!!!!

You should use the app Shootme to post screen shots instead of taking pictures with your camera..
Great Skin, looks awesome

Stupid Android newb question (I'm sorry) but how do you apply themes? I came from the iphone jailbreaking scene so i'm still new to my Captivate

Does it soul still habe a 3d app tray?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

warri said:
You should use the app Shootme to post screen shots instead of taking pictures with your camera..
Great Skin, looks awesome
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yes i should, and will
@linuxnewb install launcher pro (Free in app market) then go into preferences>apperance settings>dock background> pick custom and select the dock
then hold down each icon on the dock and set it individually
@clown_lov: yes, you just need to go into launcherpro settings and enable it

love it

"How to use :
1. set sensedock.png as your launcherpro dock
2. set your leftmost icon to go to the app drawer, then select custom icon and use the clearsquare.png as the icon
3. same as step two, but set the middle three icons to be the phone app. again, set the icon to be the clear square
4.set the rightmost icon to be whatever you want, i used messaging. again, use the clear icon
thats it! just tap one of the three sections and it will take you there
now your homescreen dock will look just about the same as senseUI."
ok, I have installed via metamorph and have launcher +beta as my launcher...I must be tired, so where do I go to do as your 4 steps tell me to?
ok, yup I am tired...any more questions will wait when I am fully awake - later on today...lol

Works great!!! Thanks - I needed launcher pro, as you said, and at first all I found was the other one...it would be nice to port the HTC SENSE UI in its entirety to the phone. But, until that day happens, this is a great alternative and the UI is still quick, too, on the captivate. Now, could you point me in the general direction of where I could change the sound and image files of this awesome phone? Thank!!

networkdood said:
Works great!!! Thanks - I needed launcher pro, as you said, and at first all I found was the other one...it would be nice to port the HTC SENSE UI in its entirety to the phone. But, until that day happens, this is a great alternative and the UI is still quick, too, on the captivate. Now, could you point me in the general direction of where I could change the sound and image files of this awesome phone? Thank!!
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its not likely that an entire sense ui port will ever happen, basically because senseui is for and by HTC phones, which bare a total of almost no hardware similarities with the sgs. (check this out though http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737526)
you can look to the android general theme section for some bootscreens and sounds.

Do I have to root my captivate to do this?

All you need is Launcher Pro. Hit up the preferences menu after pressing the menu key on the homescreen and go to Appearance settings to change the dock skin.

Kagoshema said:
thanks for the positive responses
my first release/thingy and i wasnt sure if people would like it
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I wish there was a way you could use the right button to add the widgets or wallpapers screen you know. There a way to do it?

Sanfo12 said:
I wish there was a way you could use the right button to add the widgets or wallpapers screen you know. There a way to do it?
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the first two ways that come to mind are like a shortcut or something and an app that just opens that menu
personally i dont find that to be a really useful button so i assigned it to messaging

What's the all the ado about Sense?
So in a nutshell, is the appeal of SenseUI:
Customized dock
Useful widgets
Expose-like homescreen management
Am I missing something or does all that seem do-able in LauncherPro + (minus some of the widgets of course)?

wildkarrde21 said:
So in a nutshell, is the appeal of SenseUI:
Customized dock
Useful widgets
Expose-like homescreen management
Am I missing something or does all that seem do-able in LauncherPro + (minus some of the widgets of course)?
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yup pretty much just missing some widgets

Post Your Honeycomb Home Screen!

Although we do not yet have access to a screen shot application, it's time to start the inevitable Home Screen thread.
EDIT: A screen shot application has been created, free for XDA users, find the apk in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995443
I took a shot of my screen with my trusty G2, sorry for the lack of quality.
By using Bettercut, I was able to use custom icons and remove the labels.
Thanks to jfritz2 @androidforums (link here: http://androidforums.com/t-mobile-mytouch-3g/187204-icons-cyanogenmod-icon-pack-2-18-11-a.html )
I placed my icons on the left and right edges of the screen, given that 99% of the time I am using the Xoom in landscape, allowing easy access with my thumbs.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I've found that Desktop Visualizer absolutely works with Honeycomb, although it's not available through the market yet. If you can find a copy of the app, you'll find it allows for custom sizes for icons and images placed on the homescreen.
UPDATED:
Using ADW EX, Desktop Visualizer, Widgetsoid, BW, and Pulse, along with some stock widgets.
The device pics take me directly to the XDA Forum for each applicable device
Screenshot taken with SDK
If you have any questions, ask away, and POST YOUR HOMESCREEEN NOW!

What toggle widget is that?

A few other things to note...
When searching for icons, I recommend using 256x256 pngs, the standard icons do not scale well in Bettercut or DV. You'll notice that although the icons are 1x1, they are scaled larger when removing the labels.
As for the wallpaper, I'm sure ou noticed my lack of originality. The truth is, I love this wallpaper. I use it as the wallpaper on my Honeycomb themed G2, my laptop and even my Xbox360.

Lars1967 said:
What toggle widget is that?
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I'm using Widgetsoid, available for free in the market, for the toggles.
Extended Controls will allow the same customization.

Packed with goodness using LauncherPro. I only need one screen.

keitht said:
Packed with goodness using LauncherPro. I only need one screen.
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Fantastic! Have you noticed any lag with Launcher Pro? I tried it momentarily but noticed a lag when switching screens. Any limitations?

keitht said:
Packed with goodness using LauncherPro. I only need one screen.
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Nice!!! Is LP giving you any issues? Mine is acting a little wonky.

FuzeAction said:
Fantastic! Have you noticed any lag with Launcher Pro? I tried it momentarily but noticed a lag when switching screens. Any limitations?
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No lag but I changed some of the settings to optimize.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11760661&postcount=9
Lars1967 said:
Nice!!! Is LP giving you any issues? Mine is acting a little wonky.
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No issues but when I was trying to set it to one screen only, it force closed on me a couple times. Once I got that set, no issues so far. I like the swipe gesture on the application drawer icon. It brings up your last 16 recent apps instead of the 5 limit using the honeycomb one.

keitht said:
No lag but I changed some of the settings to optimize.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11760661&postcount=9
No issues but when I was trying to set it to one screen only, it force closed on me a couple times. Once I got that set, no issues so far. I like the swipe gesture on the application drawer icon. It brings up your last 16 recent apps instead of the 5 limit using the honeycomb one.
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Where is the option to set the app drawer swipe to show recent apps?

Lars1967 said:
Where is the option to set the app drawer swipe to show recent apps?
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Long press application drawer icon, select swipe gesture action, select show popup, select recent apps.

how did you guys get a screenshot from your xooms?

clovis_ll said:
how did you guys get a screenshot from your xooms?
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It appears that keitht used the sdk to cap. This is the only way as of now, considering none of the screen cap apps have been updated to support Honeycomb.

FuzeAction said:
It appears that keitht used the sdk to cap. This is the only way as of now, considering none of the screen cap apps have been updated to support Honeycomb.
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Yes. You have to have the SDK loaded. See FAQ link in my signature. Also need to be in debug mode which I do not think is mentioned in that article Settings > Application > Development.

Adwlauncher EX

Inphinitizeit said:
Long press application drawer icon, select swipe gesture action, select show popup, select recent apps.
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Thank you very much!

Latest setup!

czonin said:
Latest setup!
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OMG I WANT I WANT. I NEED I NEED!!!!!
Widgets? Wallpaper?
What are they and where can I get them?
PLLEASE!!
(Seriously though, that looks sick!)

Thank you
All details can be found here: http://www.theultralinx.com/2011/03/02-03-by-czonin.html

No, thank you!
Can you please provide instruction for getting WP to look good? Every image I try, it asks me to crop and then it looks like caca.
Thanks

Awesome Wallpaper Czonin!
Launcher Pro FTW! I love that we can still use the stock scrollable widgets as well!