So, in peoples opinion. What is the best home launcher and why?
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When using a Sense rom I prefer to just keep using the Sense launcher. When I had my Evo and primarily ran AOSP roms I like Launcher Pro Plus. I liked the customization it offered along with the Widgets. The Widgets are what I think seperates LPP from say ADW and others.
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I'm pretty much like the person above me.
When I'm on a Sense ROM, I prefer the stock launcher.
But when I'm on an AOSP, I like LauncherPro.
Ditto. LPP FTW.
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I gotta give it to ADW EX. LPP was "laggy" for me for some reason. ADW is user friendly and highly customizable. Props to Anders...
I personally use LPP as well.
I've tried ADW but like LPP better.
Only complaint with LPP is that after a reboot it lags to start, but that's it.
It's all up to personal choice.
You can have more than one launcher installed.
Install a few that interest you, try them, and stick to the one(s) you like.
Adw ex ftw
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Adw ex is my choice as well
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doratheconquistadora said:
I personally use LPP as well.
I've tried ADW but like LPP better.
Only complaint with LPP is that after a reboot it lags to start, but that's it.
It's all up to personal choice.
You can have more than one launcher installed.
Install a few that interest you, try them, and stick to the one(s) you like.
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On cm7 nightlies it always fc on first boot for me but is fine after that.
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Dread 7us said:
On cm7 nightlies it always fc on first boot for me but is fine after that.
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Got the same issue on kushdeck.
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I've come to enjoy the sense weather animations too much. I used to be a LPP junkie, but now I find myself using Sense more and more. Now, if only we could put 5 rows of icons on the home screens in sense
Sense can be edited for five rows with a smali edit. A little deep of a mod, but I remember it from my hero days.
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danaff37 said:
Sense can be edited for five rows with a smali edit. A little deep of a mod, but I remember it from my hero days.
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If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. I did a google search, and I couldn't find anything, other than someone mentioning to edit the rosie.apk. There were no instructions beyond that.
ii used to like the stock launcher, then got bored. Switched to LauncherPro Plus, and it was freakin awesome.. except it tended to lag. Then ii switched to ADW Plus. It doesn't have the widgets from the sense ui or Launcher Pro, but it looks beautiful, works pretty seamlessly, and has a few extra perks perfect for me.
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I found go launcher ex to be the fastest ...
I don't believe this belongs in development.
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I don't believe this belongs in development.
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Agreed. I think the right one is "Themes and Apps"
I use 'launcher pro'.
Launcher pro ftw smooth and nice
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Zeam FTW! woot woot!
Another vote for Launcher Pro...
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golauncher and launcher pro i have both
Another vote for launcher pro
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I have to give ADW love... Have used all. Go Launcher was my favorite until I got ADW.. Launcher Pro is nice as well, but ADW is all-around better for my needs. I would suggest trying all three with Home Switcher and see which one you like the best.
Adwex all the way. By far the best with the most options
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Here is what I've found with launchers
Most graphic effects and home screen customization: Regina Launcher
Lightest most efficient most customizable options : Launcher Pro and/or ADW
Best themed launcher: Launcher7
other good launchers: Sony Xperia Arc Launcher ($1.99), honeycomb launcher (a lot of bugs but very nice otherwise), and SPB Shell 3D Launcher ($14.99, I think).
Hope this helps I have personally tested all of these launcher and currently have all but the SPB launcher installed
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+1 for Launcher Pro...
And I have tried ALL OF THEM!
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Launcher pro upgraded to plus so I can resize widgets (the lg 2x todaybriefing one mostly.find it intuitive fast and stable.
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I don't know if they've fixed it yet, but I found that Go Launcher was causing my internal sdcard to get wiped at least daily. As soon as I uninstalled it, the wiping stopped.
I moved to LauncherPro and haven't looked back since.
Im a fan of go launcher ex but now I Luke the stock launcher in alien rom
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I find all are laggy at least on some occasions, which is slightly disappointing considering the hardware.
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I find all are laggy at least on some occasions, which is slightly disappointing considering the hardware.
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I've never had that happen with either Go Launcher or LauncherPro - however, I also don't use much in the way of widgets. If someone uses a lot of them, there may be no way around some occasional lag, no matter what launcher you use.
I'm currently using Go Launcher. It's running more stable than ADW for me.
Anyone tried Nemus Launcher from the Market? Just found it & it's pretty smooth. What launchers work best for you?
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LauncherPro Plus With 3D Icon Pack.
I've run them all and I am using ADW Launcher EX right now. It seems to be the most flexible of the bunch and there is a ton of support for it. Launcher Pro is awesome too and has notifications built in. GoLauncher is great too with tons of theming options. Zeam is really fast and clean. Launcher 7 rules if you like the wp7 look (and I do).
Just experiment for a while and freeze what you don't like at the moment. Get home switcher too. It took me 2 months of switching a few times a day to finally land on ADW Launcher.
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I like LauncherPro, its smooth with alot of options.
I was looking for new launchers to try, and ended up making a pretty big list of them. There ended up being tons more than I thought I could find. So I posted them with links to the Phandroid forums @ Android Forums > Android Discussion > Android Applications > The Big List of Home Launchers. Still a newb here, can't post links yet.
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I was looking for new launchers to try, and ended up making a pretty big list of them. There ended up being tons more than I thought I could find. So I posted them with links to the Phandroid forums @ Android Forums > Android Discussion > Android Applications > The Big List of Home Launchers. Still a newb here, can't post links yet.
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Thanks man, I'll check it out. I'm basically looking for performance & resource usage in a launcher. Lean & mean with a few customizations. I've tried adw, launcherpro, zeam, go launcher, launcher2 & blurhome. So far, I'm pretty impressed with Nemus. Today.
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I use go Launcher, I like how I can add as many pages as I like and the Go widgets are nice especially the calendar one.
I have used LauncherPro, ADW, Launcher 7 and Zeam. I really liked how light and fluid Zeam was but am rocking Launcher 7 for the time being.
Go launcher ex. Most features of the bunch, and it's free.
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Liked it so much I did the email buy off the dev.s webpage. Dx is supported while Dx2 is not(yet) so there is no mkt support. Mine is V122 bld 20139
garywojdan81 said:
Anyone tried Nemus Launcher from the Market? Just found it & it's pretty smooth. What launchers work best for you?
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I just tried it and it's promising, but the lack of options hurt it. It's pretty smooth though.
Meticode said:
I just tried it and it's promising, but the lack of options hurt it. It's pretty smooth though.
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I'm a little too ocd for a slew of options so leaner is better for me. My all-time favorite has been launcher2.
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garywojdan81 said:
I'm a little too ocd for a slew of options so leaner is better for me. My all-time favorite has been launcher2.
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+1 For OCD!
I currently am using the Go launcher with the tron theme and I'm liking it so far. I would like to find a launcher that has some nice HD themes. The qHD screen we have goes to waste with some of these low resolution themes.
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I currently am using the Go launcher with the tron theme and I'm liking it so far. I would like to find a launcher that has some nice HD themes. The qHD screen we have goes to waste with some of these low resolution themes.
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+1 Go launcher is pretty good. Just tried out one called DX Launcher earlier today. Seemed pretty smooth and has some really cool screen transitions
rp076 said:
+1 Go launcher is pretty good. Just tried out one called DX Launcher earlier today. Seemed pretty smooth and has some really cool screen transitions
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Only issue I had with Go Launcher is when I would try to open the App Drawer or press the phone icon, I would have to do it several times for it to register. But no problems with LauncherPro.
Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
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Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
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Sometimes less IS more...
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I've tried them all, and still keep going back to lpp ........
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Constantly switching between ADW EX and Launcher7.The minimalistic feel of L7 gets me every time..
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Yeah me too. I really like the minimalistic feel of L7, but it's reeaaally slow compared to ADW launcher EX. I still use launcher 7, but it needs a bit of polish imo.
I've used GO Launcher, but I liked the more customizable aspect of ADW. Also used Launcher Pro, that didn't stay long.
ADW and Launcher 7 are the best bets so far.
I've already tried adw ex, go HD, go ex, apex, nova prime, lightninglauncher, keys, spb, winphone7, Regina pro, tsf, sslauncher, zeam, nemus, fullscreen, launcherpro, and claystone.
I guess I'm OCD...
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I have to say my personal favorite is Apex. It gives all of the features needed, in a nice clean package!
I personally tried Go Launcher, but found it to be too obtrusive and it lacked the polish that I was wanting.
I will include a link that needs to be fixed for the time being, as I still am a "new" user :/
hxxps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbmRkb2VzLmxhdW5jaGVyIl0.
+1 For Apex.
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The list was the ones that I've already used
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maybe you should try stock. have you tried that yet?
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maybe you should try stock. have you tried that yet?
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I hope to god you're being sarcastic.
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I used to use Launcher Pro+ on my phone for the widgets. I have never used it on TFP tho, currently using ADW EX.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...e=search_result&rdid=com.fede.launcher&rdot=1
Are there anymore left to try? Lol. I'd wait until that chameleon launcher comes out
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I'm not sure what recommendations you're looking for, as you've tried 10+ launchers, including all of the popular ones. IMO, Apex and Nova work best with the TFP. They also have been built from the stock ICS launcher with added functionality. Personally, I use Apex and love it. I use a custom grid size that works well in landscape, as well as portrait without cutting off any of my apps or widgets. I'd say give one of those two launchers another shot.
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Are there anymore left to try? Lol. I'd wait until that chameleon launcher comes out
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From what I've read about it it isn't a launcher. Instead it will be built into phones/tablets kind of like sense on htc stuff. Hopefully someone finds a way to turn it into a launcher or modifies it to run on the prime, but it may be awhile before any of that happens.
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I'm not sure what recommendations you're looking for, as you've tried 10+ launchers, including all of the popular ones. IMO, Apex and Nova work best with the TFP. They also have been built from the stock ICS launcher with added functionality. Personally, I use Apex and love it. I use a custom grid size that works well in landscape, as well as portrait without cutting off any of my apps or widgets. I'd say give one of those two launchers another shot.
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Today, Apex in the morning, Go hd afternoon, Adw now. Well, I guess I'll just keep switching.
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Have you tried sslauncher?
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Stick with ADWex and setup a HUBs interface. That will keep you busy a while.
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Have you tried sslauncher?
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Going to now.
Edit: Mother of god! Over 9000 thanks to you good sir.
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The best GO Launcher HD
Apex is the best launcher i've got on my Prime. To phone I recomend GO Launcher Ex
Using SPB shell 3d. Awesome.
My prime in not near by. I will post screen shots when it is.
Used SPB shell 3d on my phone and was shocked when it looked better on my tablet.
Stack and scrollable widgets strangely work on the tablet and not on the phone!!!!
my favourite
my favourite launcher is the touchwiz ux launcher from the galaxy tab 10.1 although you got to have root to use it with widgets its realy nice and almost no lag
Hope you guys like the video.
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Good video. First launcher is pretty slick.
Awesome video :thumbup:
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Very nice video! Personally don't use any of them (have used adw and tsf). Didn't like tsf and I just briefly tried sslauncher. Definitely has a lot you can do, but I prefer nova and apex, for now
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I like TSF a little expensive but I want to try it out
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
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Thank you.
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I like TSF a little expensive but I want to try it out
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TSF I admit is probably the slickest launcher on the market. Adw is amazing too (I own both)
But to be completely honest ADW has more features than TSF shell.
Live wallpapers and icon customization; TSFUI has les than half of what adw has.
Yes I use tsf every day as a launcher but I'm pissed off that my $17 isn't $14 better than adw.
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Although it never lagged even once on stock let alone ics. So I suggest you wait until TSF shell has live wallpaper support, auto rotation, screen transition animations, etc.
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TSF I admit is probably the slickest launcher on the market. Adw is amazing too (I own both)
But to be completely honest ADW has more features than TSF shell.
Live wallpapers and icon customization; TSFUI has les than half of what adw has.
Yes I use tsf every day as a launcher but I'm pissed off that my $17 isn't $14 better than adw.
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Although it never lagged even once on stock let alone ics. So I suggest you wait until TSF shell has live wallpaper support, auto rotation, screen transition animations, etc.
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really it doesnt have any of that those seems like basic things at least to me in most launchers, wow ok well I'm definitely gonna hold off I dont want to spend almost 20 bucks on something that has less features than a 3.99 launcher
nice video! shows off some good apps and launchers.
I used TSF for a while when i first got my note- great launcher.
I also played around with Regina 3D launcher. this one was actually pretty dang cool, and free on top of that! its a fun little launcher.
even with all these cool launchers out, i still cant pass up my Apex Pro
I have been tsf and I like it a lot. The only question I have is there a way to auto space and align the program icons on my home screen? I see the + where I can do it manual but would like something easier than that.
Thanks
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Nice vid..:good::good:
I have and use it TSF...I like Xperia launcher also, runs smooth on the Note...
Fantastic video!
Thanks a lot
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Nice video. TSF looks slick but seems like it might drain some extra juice off the battery. I think another good launcher would be Go launcher EX. It's fully customizable in regards to grids and transitions and it's free in the market. I gave up ADW Launcher ex for Go launcher. My personal opinion of course.
Enjoy!
Go launcher is a resource hog...I'll never use it again lol. Tsf doesn't even use up as much .I just with apex ..very customized ..themes that aren't colored by a lil kid
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I always return to Go Laucher. It may be a resource hog but it runs faster than ever.
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So what launcher you guys using. I'm trying to figure out which is a good one.
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Nova launcher, paid version
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fuego77 said:
Nova launcher, paid version
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+1... even on my one s
Love it... especially on the amaze tho since you guys don't have a working cm9 or aosp... it at least gives a similar look
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I am using Apex paid version pretty nice so far no complaints
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I have apex launcher and is awesome. I'll try the rest and give my opinion.
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Been using Apex for a while and it's fantastic. Going to upgrade to paid version soon.
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Stock AOSP launcher, .
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Stock AOSP launcher, .
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Just want it so bad... How did you managed to have it? Ah maybe you just trollin' since you have it on an other phone?
For my part I'm on stock sense I find it's really not bad compared to LG or Motorola stock launchers. I still prefer the aosp one mostly because it's open source. I Love open source.
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johnride said:
Just want it so bad... How did you managed to have it? Ah maybe you just trollin' since you have it on an other phone?
For my part I'm on stock sense I find it's really not bad compared to LG or Motorola stock launchers. I still prefer the aosp one mostly because it's open source. I Love open source.
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I don't troll, lol. I just gave my opinion that I like that one, . There was one of the guys/girls testing AOSP files on sense, they pulled them from the AOSP roms for the sensation, most seemed to work fine, so you could probably grab the AOSP launcher from that and give it a try, should work since I doubt it's name rosie.
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+1 for apex. used to use go launcher but found apex to be more minimalistic, smoother, and simpler.
Usually ICS stock... Works well enough, but still a battery hog.
Tried Apex, but didn't see a huge diffrence fron Go Launcher. I go back and forth, but usually stick with Sense.
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Apex Launcher is amazing. I was using Go Launcher forever, but Apex is faster, smoother, and lighter.
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Will I'm on gingerbread still...sadly lol
But I've found holo launcher and its great so far
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Out if all the launchers I've tried on this phone and previous phones. My favorite was ADW EX. Since owning the Amaze I can't steer away from Sense. I like the widgets and things. I know its just personal preference but everytime I use other launchers I can't set up my screens like I do with Sense. Once we have AOSP or any CM then I will probably change it up. But until then I'm sticking with Sense
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Panda home anyone?
Double0EK said:
Out if all the launchers I've tried on this phone and previous phones. My favorite was ADW EX. Since owning the Amaze I can't steer away from Sense. I like the widgets and things. I know its just personal preference but everytime I use other launchers I can't set up my screens like I do with Sense. Once we have AOSP or any CM then I will probably change it up. But until then I'm sticking with Sense
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Make the best widgets with uccw.
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+1 for Apex - it's smooth, fast, light, and just snappy. I also like that I can hide programs in the drawer if I can't disable them...
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+1 for Apex - it's smooth, fast, light, and just snappy. I also like that I can hide programs in the drawer if I can't disable them...
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Try the atom launcher then see what you say then.
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+1 apex launcher paid version