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Why do most people prefer launcher pro over adw?

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I have the paid version, so I like the widgets. But LP just always felt a little more well done IMO. Not that ADW is bad, it just felt a little sloppy despite all the features it had.

If u dont pay then they r equal...u can resize widgets in adw for free
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Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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DirtyShroomz said:
Lp seems faster and smoother, plus the widgets, can't beat it
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Ok.. I cant pay tho
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ADW seems slow as HELL. Launcher Pro is snappy, and I like the 3D drawer.

Who knows. I tried ADW before LP and immediately developed a distaste for it. Tried LauncherPro later on and immediately fell in love.

LauncherPro has better customization.. unless adw has implemented more since I last used it..
Being able to set your own dock background and icons is nice instead of having to chose a theme.
And LP is a lot smoother. There are settings around here to make adw smoother, but LP still feels better.
And one more reason for me, I like the 3d app drawer.
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i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????

Dan330 said:
i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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3d app drawer is in LP

Dan330 said:
i like LP too... tried ADW..
have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
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Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.

Launcher pro is 20x smoother, ADW is REALLY choppy. No clue why.

I used ADW for a couple of months and really liked it, but LP is much faster. Some of the new benefits I'm enjoying with LP are faster home screen rotation, smoother scrolling and animations when opening and closing apps from the home screen.
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I use LP just for the ease of customizability that ADW just doesnt seem to have

I use LP for the same reasons most people do. It's smoother than ADW out of the box. While on that subject, there are ways to set ADW to smoother operation but I don't want to fiddle with things out of the box to make them work.
I also prefer the 3 dock style of LP, it gives more options over ADW's slide up dock. Personal preference but the more quick launch options I have at my finger tips, the less messy my screens are. I prefer minimalistic setups.
The widget development by Fede is great. I don't make a lot of use of widgets personally but his work to make functional, good looking widgets is worth the few bucks for the program.
And I follow both devs on twitter and to be honest, the ADW dev seems a bit off. He's said a enough things about how hackish his program is or how he doesn't know what he's doing to make me wonder why I should use it.
Oh and the LP dev is working on a full rewrite to make his launcher more stable, faster, and expandable. I'm very excited for that product when it comes out.

i tried LauncherPro and completely fell in love with it. it does everything i need it to, it does it well and while looking nice.
why even try ADW at that point?

I tried both and switched between them every few days for a few weeks just to get a real feel for both of them. I really like LP much better than ADW. LP seems better for customizing to each individuals preferences and it seems faster and smoother. LP makes everyday use with my Evo so much easier and much more enjoyable...

orris said:
Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.
It's awesome.
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hey thanks...
it is interesting...

I like it for the multiple docks, and the dock swipe actions.

I love Lp, so much better than ADW, I tried both for about a week & was more comfortable with Laucher Pro because its easier to customize, i like the dock that you can put apps where you want them, plus the additional swipe actions, love the 3D draw, all my friends say its so cool. And now the widgets that he has added are even beter. Plus a complete rewrite comoing soon, so he can better customize it with our ideas we give him.

adw launcher ex or lpp?

So which of these launchers would u guys use? I'm using lpp atm and I'm thinking of buying adw.. But I would also like similar widgets to lpp like facebook,calender,bookmarks etc so if u guys know any alternatives to those please let me know

Lol all adw ex has is fancy transitions, and iphoney icon settings, pshhh and other not so awesome extra drawer settings. Still no support for custom docks like lpp, so nope for me. And lpp is faster and more easier to use, and a major app rewrite coming this month, which im waiting for.
Although adw ex is still worth buying, I just don't see the features that makes it worth that much. I would still use it, but at the end of the day for me, lpp wins.

kevin2516 said:
And lpp is faster and more easier to use, and a major app rewrite coming this month, which im waiting for.
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This is the reason why lpp rocks

I think you better google and you find boat apps and not pay for any...i use boat and adw ex rocks but its lil slower and big minus is ...no widgets like llp!
Maybe I halp!

I prefer LPP im using adw ex at the moment

I use LauncherPro (Plus) and I tried ADWLauncher EX for some days. I think ADW tries to make too many things, so it's too "big", too many options. I almost go crazy.
ADW has lots of themes, and that's cool, but at least for me, LauncherPRO makes what it has to, and smoother.
But you should try it anyway! (But paying for just try... with 15 minutes market now... :S)

Using ADW EX on my Desire (with LeeDroid latest ROM) and it flies
Tried LP on my wifes wildfire a while back and it was very smooth too
Try both, they each have pros and cons.

Been using ADWEX and like the way you customise it but I have stopped using it because ADWnotifier does not work on my Wildfire. Tried endlessy but it just does not want to work. Lpp is good but prefer ADW if the notifier worked I would use it.

adw rocks. I've removed the nexus type dots and got 5 apps on bottom. Also changed the apps drawer to horizontal swipe . I liked launcher pro but ADW is so customisable.

Man i wish LPP and ADW made out and had a baby. Custom docks and the speed from LPP + the transitions and extra stuff from ADW would be win. , trying ADW ex atm and the only complaint i have is the lagginess when scrolling across the homescreens and also it's a bit difficult to resize the widgets haha.

kevin2516 said:
Man i wish LPP and ADW made out and had a baby. Custom docks and the speed from LPP + the transitions and extra stuff from ADW would be win. , trying ADW ex atm and the only complaint i have is the lagginess when scrolling across the homescreens and also it's a bit difficult to resize the widgets haha.
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Kevin
Do you ADWnotifier ? does it work on your wildfire?

Yes it does, make sure you set the app it shows notification bubbles for in the adwnotifier settings, I'm using handcent and youlu.

kevin2516 said:
Yes it does, make sure you set the app it shows notification bubbles for in the adwnotifier settings, I'm using handcent and youlu.
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Hi Kevin thanks for that , followed your instructions but still not showing notification .Must be doing something wrong because I dont even see then with LLP.
Saying all that ADW notifier is kinda working but instead of showing a number in the bubble theres a ? in the bubble , also what ever color I choose for the bubble it always turns up red .
Any ideas?

Launchers with no dock?

Hi guys,
I currently use ADW, which comes with CM7. I like ADW, but it definitely does not seem to be quite as smooth as other launchers (go and launcher pro). I was thinking about switching to one of the others, but I really enjoy being able to disable the dock on ADW. Is it possible to do this in other launchers? I have tried to find an option in Go and Launcherpro, but I can't.

try out ADW EX, a lot smoother than regular ADW

ADW and ADW EX are the only ones that let you remove the dock..

Launcher pro has a sliding dock. You can make one of the sets blank. And have to chuck full of quick links.
collins521 said:
ADW and ADW EX are the only ones that let you remove the dock..
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clarknick27 said:
try out ADW EX, a lot smoother than regular ADW
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Thanks for the tip. I would consider trying it out, but having a lite version of a program that does not run that smoothly does not inspire a lot of confidence. I would be bummed if I bought the full version and it was no better, because the choppiness is the only feature of ADW that I want to change. All of the other potential features of the full version are not really of consequence to me.
collins521 said:
ADW and ADW EX are the only ones that let you remove the dock..
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That's what it seems like. Bummer.
neidlinger said:
Launcher pro has a sliding dock. You can make one of the sets blank. And have to chuck full of quick links.
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I had tried removing all of the items from a dock, but that doesn't allow me to place items along the bottom of the screen. It is probably as close as I will get, though.
Thanks for the input, guys.

Launcherpro is smooth and you can change the dock its just not as customizable

fresh329 said:
Launcherpro is smooth and you can change the dock its just not as customizable
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Thanks for the tip! I went with Go launcher, and I am just working with a dock (I think I have a pretty good look in the works). I might try LP in the future, though. I tested it briefly before going with Go, but did not really check it out. I went with Go when I read some review that said it was nearly the same, but perhaps slightly better (cool app drawer).

Wow.. go launcher ex

If u havent tried it, go get it! The best. Grab it in the market for free.
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Go sms pro is pretty phat too.

I think it's hands down the best launcher out there. The Honeycomb theme is awesome with it.

Very nice!
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I loved the launcher, but ended up trying out others for a second time when they were already bundled with ROMs. Also, as far as I know, GO Launcher EX doesn't allow for higher grid settings on homescreens, which is absolutely essential to my current setup. If this has changed, I will surely go back, as I loved how smooth it was and how much customization there was elsewhere in it!
Also, I second GO SMS Pro (was just GO SMS, just added features in Pro, like the long-awaited, at least for me, support to check drafts! and is still free).
They update a lot, and not in a bad way. They're usually adding more and more features. Ever since I found out about the GO Dev Team when actually looking to use Handcent or Chomp SMS, I've loved 'em.

I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/

phatmanxxl said:
I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/
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That's kind of how I feel, too.

Go Launcher EX is the business. I think so many people are loyal to ADW and Launcher Pro though(why, I can't figure out). I'll bet you that most folks who have tried all three will tell you that Go Launcher EX is superior. The fact that it's free alone sets it apart. And the regular updates are a nice plus too... If you haven't tried it I suggest you do. Then come back here and give an honest opinion of it.

I tried it but can't remember what it was that turned me away. I admit, it has been a little bit so I'm sure it's better.
Does it have it's own widgets. gesture swipes, resizable widget option, able to change app icons on your homescreens, ability to choose any dock you want? These are some of the things I love on ADW ex/ LPP.
It may very well have some of these things now, it has been a bit. I'm on a Sense kick right now, but I'll give it another look.

I love go launcher but I need to reload the icons when I come out of the browser our youtube.
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I wouldn't go as far as saying go launcher is superior that's a little much eh? Its good but its not great. I've used almost every launcher out there for more than a weeks at a time each and I always come back to adwEX.

I'm interested to see what this complete rewrite of Launcher Pro...whenever it happens....will bring to the table.

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I loved the launcher, but ended up trying out others for a second time when they were already bundled with ROMs. Also, as far as I know, GO Launcher EX doesn't allow for higher grid settings on homescreens, which is absolutely essential to my current setup. If this has changed, I will surely go back, as I loved how smooth it was and how much customization there was elsewhere in it!
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They did add that feature.

Batman58 said:
I tried it but can't remember what it was that turned me away. I admit, it has been a little bit so I'm sure it's better.
Does it have it's own widgets. gesture swipes, resizable widget option, able to change app icons on your homescreens, ability to choose any dock you want? These are some of the things I love on ADW ex/ LPP.
It may very well have some of these things now, it has been a bit. I'm on a Sense kick right now, but I'll give it another look.
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The answer is YES to all of your inquiries, execpt for the 1st one(it's own widgets).. Atleast, I dont think it has it's own widgets, but it has so many add-ons, so there might be one. But YES, it has gesture swipes, you can resize the widgets, app icons can be changed on the desktop and in the dock, you can change your dock, the dock is scrollable and supports up to 15 apps, etc...

dirkyd3rk said:
I wouldn't go as far as saying go launcher is superior that's a little much eh? Its good but its not great. I've used almost every launcher out there for more than a weeks at a time each and I always come back to adwEX.
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The main reason I called it superior is because it's FREE.. and the other two that are comparable are not(ADW EX and LP+). Of course once you put price aside, the opinions are gonna vary as to which launcher is better. To me the 3 are very comparable though.

mattykinsx said:
I'm interested to see what this complete rewrite of Launcher Pro...whenever it happens....will bring to the table.
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Same here. I'm a LP user 100% of the way. ADW has a lot of flash but poorly designed, Go Launcher is actually okay but performance isn't all that great. LP is very well designed and very fast. Can't wait for the rewrite.

phatmanxxl said:
I just hate using free launchers cause I have ones I paid for. :-/
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Yeah I'd hate to not use ADW EX simply because I paid like $3 for it

Only thing that's pissing me off is adwEX hasn't been updated since beginning of January. I hope anderwebs is cooking up some hot features, buts I've purchased adwex, launcher pro plus, and launcher 7. I like to switch back and forth. Go launcher being free simply doesn't make it superior; what's 3 bucks when you can buy 2 launchers for the price of one Burger king combo lol. I bought them to try them all and go launcher simply isn't that impressive. You need to try some paid launchers man I bet you won't find yourself saying that anymore.
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Philosuffer said:
They did add that feature.
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They added the feature but the max is 5x5, combine that with the fact it does not support shuttered dpi and I have to say LPP is still my favorite.
It's cool and neat but far from owning the competition at this point.

I have Launcher Pro plus, ADW Ex. I've always liked ADW Ex better because -
- lockable screens. Can't tell you how many times I've accidentally moved stuff or even dropped and deleted (or had a friend do that while looking at my phone)
- performance especially with the homescreen transitions
- easily edit and resize icons/shortcuts
- I have Pure calendar and Beautiful weather widgets, so I don't really miss LP widgets.
- got tired of waiting for the "re-write" (not a criticism - I just itch for new stuff)
Go Launcher
Pros
- Matches everything ADW Ex does
- Unread Notifications even on the dock (not on ADW, even with notifier)
- Much easier to manipulate entire screens
- discovered go sms - it's gorgeous!
Cons
- Haven't seen a "lock" feature yet. Need to explore.
- Performance doesn't have the same "snap" to it as ADW Ex, but I need to explore and tweak that a little more
Pretty pleased with Go Launcher Ex so far, I'll use it for a while and check.

[Q] What launcher?

I'm curious. I have been running Launcher Pro Plus for a few weeks now and was wondering what other options are better as far as 'tweaking' goes. I keep noticing everyone seems to lean towards ADW Launcher - is it more configurable? Does anyone out there have any experience to mention about trying out the SPB Shell 3D? I recall I had SPB on my Palm Treo ages ago and it seemed to be a decent loader back then.. Not sure about now though and I'd rather get some community feedback before I go buying the thing.. or any other one for that matter..
Thanks!

Adw its my current launcher an my favorite be sure to get the ex version for full customizations
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Try out Go Launcher Ex, It's my favorite launcher. It has a load of widgets and themes to choose from.
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I recently moved from Adw to Go Launcher Ex. It has two features that Adw (AFAIK) does not have, which I like a lot:
circlular home screen pages; i.e. if you keep moving right on the last page you're back on the first one
more than one row in the dock; also circular (see above)

So out of the 100 or so people that have viewed this thread, not a single person has anything to say about spb shell 3d? I'll just assume its not worth even checking out then..

flir31207 said:
I recently moved from Adw to Go Launcher Ex. It has two features that Adw (AFAIK) does not have, which I like a lot:
circlular home screen pages; i.e. if you keep moving right on the last page you're back on the first one
more than one row in the dock; also circular (see above)
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ADW/EX has endless scroll.
And ADW/EX has a hidden dock with a scroll feature.
FWIW, i use ADW/EX as my daily driver. It's fast, reliable and has little drain on the battery. I also have LPP [paid] and it's nice, quick, but IMHO feels like a Sense/ADW hybrid. Where as AWD is more AOSPish. I've also use Regina which IMHO is the most elaborate. Each workspace can have a wall paper of it's own, and the 3D effects are pretty snazzy.
Zeam launcher is BLAZING fast will little options. and little memory usage.
GoLauncher EX is to bloated for my liking.
and Shell is 15.00 bucks. I'm not spending that much for a launcher..... sorry.

VoiD_Dweller said:
I'm curious. I have been running Launcher Pro Plus for a few weeks now and was wondering what other options are better as far as 'tweaking' goes. I keep noticing everyone seems to lean towards ADW Launcher - is it more configurable? Does anyone out there have any experience to mention about trying out the SPB Shell 3D? I recall I had SPB on my Palm Treo ages ago and it seemed to be a decent loader back then.. Not sure about now though and I'd rather get some community feedback before I go buying the thing.. or any other one for that matter..
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LPP is my favorite, I have tried most launchers and LPP is the best. I like the customization of it, the swipe actions on the launcher doubles as a hidden launcher, you can hide the garbage in the app drawer, great for someone like me that is running stock gingerbread.

Tried them all and I still stay with ADW (ex) fast, stable and option packed. I liked GO at first but having to install everything I wanted separately is a pain and the last couple updates made it slow and power hungry.
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I was loyal to LPP for 3rd party launcher for a long time, but recently tried Go Launcher Ex after hearing/reading about it forever but being reluctact to switch. Though I'm now running VU's native Sense 3.0 launcher, Go is my new go-to (pun intented) 3rd party launcher. Does everything LPP does and better IMO. Plus it's free, whereas you have to pay for LPP's widgets and advanced features. I found Go to be much smoother too, and it has the support of a full team of devs whereas LPP seems to have stopped being updated a while ago.

I usually prefer LPP for the included widgets and its blazing fast, but ADW EX does seem to have more customizable options and looks great. I have read some good reviews on the SPB Shell 3D and it looks really nice, but I just cant see myself spending $15 on a launcher...

I personally like ADW so many customizable options and tons of themes you can never get bored with. Go Launcher is pretty good too i use go sms n theme make so it all compliments each other but above all id go with adw extremely smooth practically feels like a stock launcher

I am personally still exploring all of these. I wish there was an easy way to copy everything from the stock launcher (shortcuts, widgets, etc.) over to one of these new ones. Is there?
Anyways, I tried ADW first, but it has never really worked well, always lagged, frozen, etc. I think Go Launcher seems pretty nice, as does Launcher Pro, but I'm still exploring.

royhobbs said:
I am personally still exploring all of these. I wish there was an easy way to copy everything from the stock launcher (shortcuts, widgets, etc.) over to one of these new ones. Is there?
Anyways, I tried ADW first, but it has never really worked well, always lagged, frozen, etc. I think Go Launcher seems pretty nice, as does Launcher Pro, but I'm still exploring.
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in ADW and pretty much every other launcher, there is on option to increase the transition speeds of the homescreens and window animations. you can also download Spare Parts from the market and itll also improve the speed of the transitions. overclocking will help too

Well thanks for the info on all of these, I ended up purchasing ADW Ex and I'm really digging it. I think it's kind of odd that you have to install a separate service to get the global notifications on the dock icons for gmail/sms counts unread but I guess that's o.k. Otherwise it's looking great..

VoiD_Dweller said:
Well thanks for the info on all of these, I ended up purchasing ADW Ex and I'm really digging it. I think it's kind of odd that you have to install a separate service to get the global notifications on the dock icons for gmail/sms counts unread but I guess that's o.k. Otherwise it's looking great..
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Google changes gmail so often that a separate service for notifications just made sense since it must be updated so often.

neidlinger said:
ADW/EX has endless scroll.
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Do you mean on the home pages? Launcher Pro has that.
I still use Launcher Pro (and paid for it). I've started using the 'swipe up on icons in dock to launch other programs', which is a neat feature, but don't like that it has to be FC'd on boot with CM7.

LPP is smooth and has many options and SPB shell 3D is freaking awesome BUT, it sucks the life out of your battery like crazy (like horribly crazy).

aznprodgy said:
in ADW and pretty much every other launcher, there is on option to increase the transition speeds of the homescreens and window animations. you can also download Spare Parts from the market and itll also improve the speed of the transitions. overclocking will help too
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I agree with you on all but your last statement. There is absolutely no need to overclock and run your battery anY harder. In fact, I run Underclocked and my transition speed is actually better than most people running stock or otherwise.
I had used LPP for a long tiMe but use ADW EX now. I used LPP mainly for the widgets it offered. Now that Android Pro Widgets is in the Market there is no need for LPP.

CBConsultation said:
I agree with you on all but your last statement. There is absolutely no need to overclock and run your battery anY harder. In fact, I run Underclocked and my transition speed is actually better than most people running stock or otherwise.
I had used LPP for a long tiMe but use ADW EX now. I used LPP mainly for the widgets it offered. Now that Android Pro Widgets is in the Market there is no need for LPP.
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my bad, thanks for the clarification

excarnate said:
Do you mean on the home pages? Launcher Pro has that.
I still use Launcher Pro (and paid for it). I've started using the 'swipe up on icons in dock to launch other programs', which is a neat feature, but don't like that it has to be FC'd on boot with CM7.
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Yes the homescreen has endless scrolling feature.