RE: Custom Android launchers

Thanks Dennis.  Raphael's blog is generally quite useful.  I've been using the launcher he discusses, Nova, for quite a while and am highly pleased for many of the reasons he discusses.

  ~ John
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Subject: [peditors] Custom Android launchers



Folks here who have moved to Android might find this of interest:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/android/21084/custom-android-launcher

One of the earliest things I did when getting my first PalmOS PDA was
finding alternatives to the stock Palm launcher that served as the UI
for the device. I'd been doing that on other platforms, and decided
to see what was available for Palm gear.

I looked at a number, including GoBar, Home, iSpin, MegaLauncher,
Launcher III, LauncherX and ZLauncher. What I settled on was the
freeware Launcher III in the beginning, and upgraded to the shareware
Launcher X to get support for running things from an expansion card.
I still use LauncherX.

It was no surprise that alternatives to the stock launcher were
available for Android, though Android 4.0 brought improvements to the
native UI that removed the need for a custom launcher for many users.
They still exist, and since lots of things out there still run an
earlier version of Android or have vendor imposed quirks a custom
launcher can work around, they are still a useful alternative, and
many folks just like to customize their devices.
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Dennis
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519


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