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LauncherPro (Or ADW) on Xoom makes it much, much better

I started using LauncherPro and it's like a whole new tablet (I heard ADW works, too). Some things that I love about it (I hold in Landscape always). See screenshot to see what I mean
http://i.imgur.com/kTuHF.jpg
-Full use of screen real estate (I have set to 10 x10 grid). I can now have icons all the way to the edges and top/bottom of screen. No more enforced white space
-Widgets
- First, LauncherPro widgets...I prefer the list view of Bookmarks
- Resizable widgets - an absolute necessity imho. Can even resize things like original bookmark widget, gmail, etc.
- Method of adding - I love the vertical list view of what I'm adding vs. having to scroll horizontally through pages and pages of widgets.
-Dock - I love having my 5 favorite apps on the right side of screen. It feels natural holding the device and choosing with thumb. Still have top/right link to open App Drawer (Wonder if ADW allows for more than 5 icons in your dock)
-Folders - why isn't there folders capabilities in Honeycomb?
-Screen Preview - Being able to click home and see all 5 (or even 7) screens and quickly jump

How did you install launcher pro on it? I would also like to use this.
Thought he was still rewriting it. ?
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I own LauncherPro but was hesitant on loading it on Honeycomb. You layout looks real nice. Have you had any force closures?

Downloaded from his website and side loaded it. Here is the link to the latest version which I used.
http://www.launcherpro.com/apk/LauncherPro-0.8.3.apk
Also go to Settings > Applications > and check "Unknown Sources" to install.

keitht said:
I own LauncherPro but was hesitant on loading it on Honeycomb. You layout looks real nice. Have you had any force closures?
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Just loaded it on this morning and started fiddling with the layout, but so far no force closes.

Sweet. No fc or any? Worst case scenario installing this is just fc it right? Now software dmg or anything? Noob question.
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I'm definitely looking forward to Honeycomb hitting AOSP so that re-sizable widgets/folders/sense-style previews can be added to the stock launcher...

Seems kinda sluggish than the stock one.
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dadsterflip said:
Seems kinda sluggish than the stock one.
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Not sure what you mean by sluggish. Only thing that seemed slow to me was swiping through screens and launching app drawer until tweaked settings.
Preferences > Advanced >
Turned off Elastic Scrolling
Set Min Scrolling Speed to 100
Set App Drawer opening speed to 10
Set Screen Previews to 10

I love that you are a redditor. I thought you were when i saw the imgur lnk, then i knew for sure when i saw the reddit is fun app.

Lol yea that was it'
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schnoz said:
I love that you are a redditor. I thought you were when i saw the imgur lnk, then i knew for sure when i saw the reddit is fun app.
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Yeah, same screen name on Reddit. I converted over from Digg when the Digg v4 debacle happened and instantly quadrupled the amount of time I waste online once I figured reddit out.

stevieraveon said:
Yeah, same screen name on Reddit. I converted over from Digg when the Digg v4 debacle happened and instantly quadrupled the amount of time I waste online once I figured reddit out.
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I moved to reddit because of the HD-DVD thing, also the doucheness of Kevin Rose

I have been playing with adwlauncher ex myself. Works great and you can resize the stock Widgets the same way.
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Will my activation code work for the Pro version?

Lars1967 said:
Will my activation code work for the Pro version?
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Yeah, I used my activation code that I used for my Evo and that was how I unlocked widget resizing and LP widgets.

stevieraveon said:
-Full use of screen real estate (I have set to 10 x10 grid). I can now have icons all the way to the edges and top/bottom of screen. No more enforced white space
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Thank you for this! It's been driving me nuts trying to figure out how to use the whole damn screen!! It was those two settings!! Now my screen looks and feels great!!

10X thanks for this!!!
I love LP Pro but I wanted to give the stock launcher a chance.
SOOOO glad I ditched it.
Resizable widgets FTW!!!

stevieraveon said:
I started using LauncherPro and it's like a whole new tablet (I heard ADW works, too). Some things that I love about it (I hold in Landscape always). See screenshot to see what I mean
http://i.imgur.com/kTuHF.jpg
-Full use of screen real estate (I have set to 10 x10 grid). I can now have icons all the way to the edges and top/bottom of screen. No more enforced white space
-Widgets
- First, LauncherPro widgets...I prefer the list view of Bookmarks
- Resizable widgets - an absolute necessity imho. Can even resize things like original bookmark widget, gmail, etc.
- Method of adding - I love the vertical list view of what I'm adding vs. having to scroll horizontally through pages and pages of widgets.
-Dock - I love having my 5 favorite apps on the right side of screen. It feels natural holding the device and choosing with thumb. Still have top/right link to open App Drawer (Wonder if ADW allows for more than 5 icons in your dock)
-Folders - why isn't there folders capabilities in Honeycomb?
-Screen Preview - Being able to click home and see all 5 (or even 7) screens and quickly jump
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Regarding folders, try Apps Organizer in the market. It even allows you to select icons fr your folders!
LOVIN' IT!!!

stevieraveon said:
Yeah, same screen name on Reddit. I converted over from Digg when the Digg v4 debacle happened and instantly quadrupled the amount of time I waste online once I figured reddit out.
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Reddit is bad, I went there once and got many viruses. lol

Homescreen Lag

every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.

Oasisplayer311 said:
every time I put my Xoom in portrait mode, the homescreens lag, likely around 15 - 20 fps. landscape mode is perfect, probably like 60fps. I'm just wondering if anyone knew a fix for this, or just an explanation lol
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same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.

p2flol said:
I also was getting that while using stock launcher, I stopped using it last week and switched to ADW so everything is super smooth.
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I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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could be. I haven't tried removing the Widgets and seeing if it increases the speed. might give that a try. But rendering Widgets in portrait shouldn't be any slower than landscape... "shouldn't" lol

Oasisplayer311 said:
I gave Launcher Pro a try since I use it's on my Droid X, but the small App Icons just bugged me. Is ADW any better?
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You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:

p2flol said:
You mean on the homescreen? Not sure how small you're talking about, here's my HS:
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I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific

Oasisplayer311 said:
I'm talking about the app drawer. sorry I wasn't specific
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I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.

martonikaj said:
same here. Not terrible but noticeably slower. Wondering if its because it has to render the widgets in portrait and theyre optimized for landscape? I really don't know.
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That seems logical, however, it's just as choppy and laggy when you have the Xoom upside down (camera down, HDMI up). I only observe smooth transitions when in the standard, landscape position (and even this isn't always lag-free).

p2flol said:
I have mine setup like this, transparent background, I beleive the icons are the same size as the homescreen ones. I could set it up to have multiple pages, but I like having everything on one screen lol.
I also have the text set to white instead of black, I can see it just fine, camera doesn't really pick it up though.
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that's how launcher pro looks. I just don't like the small app icons. Plus I'm ADD so looking for an app in that is like looking for buried treasure haha

dxTop
I use dxTop Pro on my Xoom, pretty nice interaction. But I didn't set it as default. So each time I hit the home button I get a pop up to select either dxtop or launcher (the xoom default home). I find dxTop as a good alternative. That's why I don't use it as default, just when I wanna play around with a new home. Plus it offer the same exact 3D effects as the default home on the xoom. But with dxTop you have a "cube like" interface. So you can swipe up, swipe down, swipe left and right, and there is a swip for the center. So in all u have about 5 different swipe positon. Not just the current left to right position on the xoom default. You can google it for a demo and more info. Just thought i'll add my 2¢.

[Q] Screen rotation in Honeycomb

I have an iPad and really love the way its screen rotates anywhere I rotate the device. Left-right-bottom-up, any direction.
Can Honeycomb do this? Or can Iconia do this?
Thanks

ahsya said:
I have an iPad and really love the way its screen rotates anywhere I rotate the device. Left-right-bottom-up, any direction.
Can Honeycomb do this? Or can Iconia do this?
Thanks
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It does ;-)
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Well, it seemed my Iconia doesn't have that flexibility
Even on homescreen, it doesn't rotate

Maybe your rotation lock button is set to the wrong position?
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bahuta8 said:
Maybe your rotation lock button is set to the wrong position?
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Tehe ;D
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Well, i won iconia and i have seen IPAD and IPAD2, but i think IPAD really works wonderfully smooth, Android and Honeycomb or whatever version and any android device is far away from iOS in either IPHONE OR IPAD. so you will be disappointed when u will use android cause no doubt iOS is far more smooth and better in animations like rotation etc. I know many here won't like it but i have seen both and can tell u exactly.

Yep, look for the little slide switch next to the volume rocker on the top edge.
As for iPad vs Iconia tab, ignore the Apple shill above. I have an iPad 2, the Iconia A500, and the Asus Transformer all layed out in front of me. I pick up the iPad an rotate it, and the screen rotates. I pick up the Acer and rotate it, and the screen rotates. Apple does a cute animation trick that makes you think the icons simply rotate in place (but they don't), while Honeycomb blanks out the icons then redraws them after the turn. Take about a 2-count for each to respond. Honeycomb slows down a little if you have widgets on a screen. Neither delay will prevent you from quickly getting back to work in the "new" orientation.
If the stock launcher bothers you, there are a few dozen amazing launchers to replace it using some clever animations of their own. Can't do that with the iPad.

usman3206 said:
Well, i won iconia and i have seen IPAD and IPAD2, but i think IPAD really works wonderfully smooth, Android and Honeycomb or whatever version and any android device is far away from iOS in either IPHONE OR IPAD. so you will be disappointed when u will use android cause no doubt iOS is far more smooth and better in animations like rotation etc. I know many here won't like it but i have seen both and can tell u exactly.
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people do take animations and the act of scrolling more important than actually doing something.
hey my buddy is having a heck of time transfering music off his iphone to his ps3 to play over his sound system. how to you transfer music over
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BrianDigital said:
people do take animations and the act of scrolling more important than actually doing something.
hey my buddy is having a heck of time transfering music off his iphone to his ps3 to play over his sound system. how to you transfer music over
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That´s true... one iSheep here in the office said his iPad is better 'cause it has smoother transitions. I asked, and what else? He fell silent.
I really don´t understand why people prefer cute animations better.

screen rotation
Works fantastic. Plus you get a hardware lock switch to lock it in place. Sure, the EyePad might have a cuter way of rotating the screen, but when you consider no flash support, no USB host, no MicroSD slot - is the cute animation really worth it?

gasparzim said:
That´s true... one iSheep here in the office said his iPad is better 'cause it has smoother transitions. I asked, and what else? He fell silent.
I really don´t understand why people prefer cute animations better.
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Yeah I had like five in my last office they are so funny. Commenting "oh you don't have that app" and I'm like well I have apps on my PC and how does crysis look on your thousand dollar Mac.
My best rebuttle is usually showing a isheep how I delete songs of my inferior os with two button presses
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Troll thread. Just say no, folks...
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well tbh even though it does rotate every which way, in any other orientation other than the original landscape (with the port at the bottom) scrolling between screens shows a slight, but noticeable, framerate drop.
I'm hoping this is due to 3.0 and that the 3.1 upgrade will fix it.

[Q] Getting a Note 3 but using a different launcher.. what do i lose?

Coming from Verizon going to the TMO Note 3 I hate TW and will use Nova Launcher my question is how much of the phone needs TW?
Does the S-Pen stop working? What other features will I completely lose if I switch to a different launcher?
Also does the Note 3 support all the new Google Play Services and features? Hardware Geo-fencing and other 4.3 features?

Just a quick question. What was the last version of Touchwiz that you used?

wiimonkey9 said:
Just a quick question. What was the last version of Touchwiz that you used?
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I honestly couldn't tell you maybe around two years ago since I've used it but I've seen it lately. I just don't really care for it, let's just assume I don't want it at all.

GiZiM said:
I honestly couldn't tell you maybe around two years ago since I've used it but I've seen it lately. I just don't really care for it, let's just assume I don't want it at all.
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I have to say try it yourself before you hate on it. It has really come a long way. As someone who has first-hand experienced it from the original Behold, to the Behold II(hell on earth), to the S1, S2, S3, and Note 2, I must say it has gotten pretty good. The Note 2 was the first Android phone that I ever had that I didn't immediately put a custom rom on it(well, not the g1 because it had none for a while). I actually used stock on it for 8 months because of how good it was.

wiimonkey9 said:
I have to say try it yourself before you hate on it. It has really come a long way. As someone who has first-hand experienced it from the original Behold, to the Behold II(hell on earth), to the S1, S2, S3, and Note 2, I must say it has gotten pretty good. The Note 2 was the first Android phone that I ever had that I didn't immediately put a custom rom on it(well, not the g1 because it had none for a while). I actually used stock on it for 8 months because of how good it was.
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Fair enough, however let's just say I decide I want my other launcher..

You only loose TW widgets all SPen features will work
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I'll be flashing a the first stock ROM with SPen features lol
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snowwhite007 said:
You only loose TW widgets all SPen features will work
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I'll be flashing a the first stock ROM with SPen features lol
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So that's it? Just widgets? okay do you know if it will support Geofencing?

Response based on Note two experience should have mentioned that
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wiimonkey9 said:
I have to say try it yourself before you hate on it. It has really come a long way.
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Personally, last time i tried it, 6 months+ ago it didn't rotate to landscape yet, so i hated it, super impractical to use. I didn't keep up with the updates but if it still doesn't have such a basic option then it hasn't really come a long way at all, any extra function is irrelevant and i will never use it without landscape.

Elusivo said:
Personally, last time i tried it, 6 months+ ago it didn't rotate to landscape yet, so i hated it, super impractical to use. I didn't keep up with the updates but if it still doesn't have such a basic option then it hasn't really come a long way at all, any extra function is irrelevant and i will never use it without landscape.
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Except you can turn it landscape... If you are talking about for the homescreen, then as pointless as I think turning that landscape is considering it is still a phone, there are non-root apps on the market that can force turn it landscape and the UI is still flawless.
I'm just confused on how you think portrait is super impractical to use on a phone.

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Except you can turn it landscape... If you are talking about for the homescreen, then as pointless as I think turning that landscape is considering it is still a phone, there are non-root apps on the market that can force turn it landscape and the UI is still flawless.
I'm just confused on how you think portrait is super impractical to use on a phone.
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Im using Go Launcher and it rotates perfectly the Home Screen in my S2

wiimonkey9 said:
Except you can turn it landscape... If you are talking about for the homescreen, then as pointless as I think turning that landscape is considering it is still a phone, there are non-root apps on the market that can force turn it landscape and the UI is still flawless.
I'm just confused on how you think portrait is super impractical to use on a phone.
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ye, i'm talking about the launcher.
It's not that portrait is impractical, it's the lack of landscape that is impractical, i use the phone in landscape maybe more than 50% of the time, so whenever i want to go back to homescreen to do whatever, it's very annoying to keep having to physically rotate the phone to portrait just to read things properly and then moving it back to landscape.
But if there are apps that can turn the TW homescreen to landscape then i didn't know about them, i never even thought of searching for that as it should be an option of the launcher itself and not need an extra app... I use and prefer Go Launcher Ex cause it's much more customizable, but having the TW as a lag free alternative with landscape option would be great, i have to see if i find those landscape apps for the TW launcher.

You can force TW rotation with adaptive rotation lock and other apps on the Play Store, though it looks a little wonky
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Google Experience Launcher

Just wonderering if anyone is using the Google Experience launcher? Looks really good on the note almost feels like a Nexus experience. Also it responds to the OK google command on the home screen. Always listening which I thought was only a feature on the Nexus 5 / Motorola?
I hate touchwiz and it was one of the main reasons I was hesitant about buying the note. Now I have the best of both world, best tablet and nexus like experience. The Spen etc still work perfectly. Worth giving it a try..
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57618555-285/get-the-google-now-launcher-on-your-android-device/

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Just wonderering if anyone is using the Google Experience launcher? Looks really good on the note almost feels like a Nexus experience. Also it responds to the OK google command on the home screen. Always listening which I thought was only a feature on the Nexus 5 / Motorola?
I hate touchwiz and it was one of the main reasons I was hesitant about buying the note. Now I have the best of both world, best tablet and nexus like experience. The Spen etc still work perfectly. Worth giving it a try..
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57618555-285/get-the-google-now-launcher-on-your-android-device/
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I used it but ended up back on nova as i am comfortable with it and love the endless customizing.

I'm using it. Wont go back to TW anymore. I wish that there would be option to make folders in application list.
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Sudbury78 said:
I used it but ended up back on nova as i am comfortable with it and love the endless customizing.
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I was using Nova previously. Agree Nova is also superb. I have moved over to google experience as I have a nexus phone and like the fact basically consistent. I have been using android devices for years now but only used Nova a few months ago. Really impressive how it changes the feel / look of the tablet.
Googles launcher is free of course. I got the paid version of Nova...

Doesn't it work in landscape view??!

Ahmedmoataz said:
Doesn't it work in landscape view??!
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Yes it does.

valexi said:
Yes it does.
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But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?

Hello guys,
I'm coming in from the Note Pro side and wanted to reflect the OP comments. The launcher is smooth as butter and as stated it's as though the GNL was made for the Galaxy Note lineup. I've noticed all S Pen functionalities are fully intact. The best of both worlds...multi Window SPen features with a PURE Google experience!!!
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Ahmedmoataz said:
But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?
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For me it is portrait when tab is horizontal, and vertical when held normally.
As you can see in this picture:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50487738
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Ahmedmoataz said:
But how?!
When I launch it the portrait view is the only one available and I don't know how to access the launcher settings
Thanks in advance ?
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Have you turned off screen rotation by mistake?
Just access the normal Samsung setting screen (by tugging the top of the screen down with your finger) and it is the 4th option from the left. Make sure it is selected... Only thing I can. Think of. Bet you have unselected it by mistake.

andyzarins said:
Have you turned off screen rotation by mistake?
Just access the normal Samsung setting screen (by tugging the top of the screen down with your finger) and it is the 4th option from the left. Make sure it is selected... Only thing I can. Think of. Bet you have unselected it by mistake.
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No bro....., it is off!!!
Could u please post the version u r using?

is there a dock for the homescreen?

nymikey said:
is there a dock for the homescreen?
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Yes, if you put the icons on the bottom row, then it is a dock and doesn't move as you swipe between screens.
I've got the paid Nova Launcher as well. I've stuck with it on my S3, but I haven't gone back on the tablet yet. On the S3, I thought the icons were too big and there is zero customization. However, I've enjoyed the Google Now Launcher on the tablet more so than I thought I would.
If there was a Google Now widget that is always listening that I could use with Nova, I would go back. Heck, I might still go back after the novelty of "Ok Google" wears off.

I finally did it......GREAT LAUNCHER!!!