[Q] Where are the Dock controls in Apex Launcher? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Oh my gosh!!
I'm using Apex Launcher with the Tablet ModUI on my E4GT (Sprint GS2) and for some reason I don't have anything related to "dock" in Apex Launcher.
I have dock options, and a dock in ADW and Nova. I prefer Apex just because I can have 8x8 as compared to 7x7 in Nova, and ADW makes the icons too little.
With all this screen space, I can tolerate not having a dock, but I still want one. Anybody know what's going on, or where are dock settings? Maybe I turned them off or something.
The weird thing is I don't see anything related to the dock. Lyk "scrollable dock" or "dock pages" or anything. It's as if Apex Launcher doesn't have a dock.
Here are some screen shots of the Apex Settings and home screens. The tiny icons are ADW and the ICS icons are Nova. The screen with no Dock is how Apex looks.
I even uninstalled and re-installed the app.

I believe apex does that when it detects a tablet UI, seeing as you don't need a dock
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Why do all launchers squish the darn dock icons?

I've used ADW Launcher, Launcher Pro and both these launchers for some reason squish/reduce ALL the damn dock icons [even HD icons] down to ridiculous levels. It makes the dock look like a wack job put together by an 8 year old, it makes the dock look infinitely bad. I'm sick of this stupid n00by ****.
So are there any launchers who do NOT squeeze down the damn dock icons to insignificance? I just need the damn dock icons to LOOK like icons, not stupid friggin bastid icon childs.
How does Sweeter Home perform in this area, people?
Adw launcher has an option to pick how large the launcher icons are. It is in adw settings~ui settings~ main dock settings.
fiscidtox said:
Adw launcher has an option to pick how large the launcher icons are. It is in adw settings~ui settings~ main dock settings.
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Yeah, I tried those, even then the icons go up only a certain bit and they STILL are way smaller.
Weird i dunno what to tell you it worked for me... mine are huge
I used to use Zeam launcher. I found it to be quite nice.
Not sure if it is available in the market or not. But you can certainly google it and find it.
Try adw ex that has the option to make the icons bigger or remove the dock completely and just use regular icons on its place
I just moved to FreeX10 beta 3 - let me try ADW EX / Zeam and i'll report back.

Who decided that dock icons should be smaller than other icons?

In almost all custom launchers, dock icons are smaller than normal icons, which makes them harder to press, especially on smaller screens.
Other than ADW EX, I don't know any other launcher that allows us to change the dock icon size or hide the dock all together and put normal icons in that space. For this reason, ADW is the only launcher that I can use. I can't use LauncherPro, Go Launcher EX, Zeam, etc. etc.
This is a horrible idea that doesn't make sense at all to me. I mean, what is the reason behind the dock icons being smaller? What purpose does it serve? Is there any logical explaination that I'm missing?
Anyway, if you know of any other launcher that allows normal size dock icons (other than Touchwiz, please) please post here.
yes you're right
dock apps must be larger than the other because they're used almost more than desktop apps
unfortunintly I don't know any other launcher with big icons

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and I have try other launcher as well,
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Only LauncherPro and ADW Launcher is working normal on my Android Touchpad.
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Has anyone else noticed the stock launcher gets very slow/laggy when there are a lot of icons on the homescreens?
Try this: Fill one of the home screens completely with shortcuts to various apps, after each app try sliding between screens by dragging your finger across the screen, or try moving the icons around. after about 5 or 6 i find it to get slow, and after completing an entire row the lag is very noticeable.
Put all those icons in a folder and its back to normal speed. Anyone else notice this? are there any fixes for this?
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Stock launcher works well for me. I have Widgets and tons of icons n folders. No lag at all swiping screens and no lag at all with app launcher.
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