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Best launcher for SGS2

Hi
What is the best launcher for SGS2?
1- GO Launcher EX
2- ADWLauncher EX
3- LauncherPro
4- Zeam Launcher
5- MXHome Launcher

My vote goes to Launcher Pro because I've been using it for a long time and I've grown accustomed to it. For a while I used Go and I liked it a lot but eventually I got back to LP.
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I'm using GO launcher at the moment and really like it so far.
I've used LauncherPro with Litening 1.5, but ik kept freezing and force-closing on boot...

What's wrong with touchwiz?
I'm using touchwiz 4.5 and I'm very happy with it.

GoLauncher rulez._
On my previous phone (SGS) I used for almost 6 months straight LauncherPro and I was fine!
When I bought SGS II (2 months ago) I installed GoLauncher EX and I was stunned!!!
Of course I have also tried 99% of the launchers out there, so far.
None is as complete, smooth, revolutionary etc, as GoLauncher EX! Serious work is being made.
So my vote goes to extraordinairy GoLauncher EX.
2452sgtb said:
What's wrong with touchwiz?
I'm using touchwiz 4.5 and I'm very happy with it.
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Have you ever tried another 3rd party launcher dude???

Launcher pro gets my vote, used it on my hero and incredible, although that being said, the only other launcher i've tried is ADW and really didnt like it.
Can't say about the other launchers on the poll

I hate launchers with docks that have small icons. I like to use my phones with one hand and it's so hard to hit those small dock icons correctly everytime. ADW launcher is very flexible in this regard. You can even remove the dock altogether and put normal icons there and then make them %125 size, which is what I do.
What I really want though, is Windows Phone 7 like sliding launcher. I want just one single homepage with icons and widgets that slides up and down, but I want to be able to put more that 2 icons side by side, so WP7 clones don't work for me. Until someone comes up with something like that, it's ADW for me.

I think adb shell 3d is the best i have it and works perfect!!!!!

giokou said:
Have you ever tried another 3rd party launcher dude???
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I tried all the popular launchers available, and for me touchwiz is the best. And I see lots of people who prefers using TouchWiz.

I use vtlauncher.. a adw version for tablets were u ..can choose were to place the menu bar.. i have two.. the main with telefon msg camera and browser at the bottom.. and a secondary at the left with the spanish tv channels of zatto

i´m using ZEAM Launcher... it is small, clean and very fast....

I have used LauncherPro Plus on my 5 other devices (milestone, sgs, desire z, o2x and the sensation) and was planning to do that on the sgs2 but once I got it, I found myself liking touchwiz so I've kept on using it.
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2452sgtb said:
What's wrong with touchwiz?
I'm using touchwiz 4.5 and I'm very happy with it.
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4.5? thought it was 4??!
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jr866gooner said:
4.5? thought it was 4??!
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There is a modded version here on xda that's called 4.5 . Stock is 4.0
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LesserCure said:
I tried all the popular launchers available, and for me touchwiz is the best. And I see lots of people who prefers using TouchWiz.
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Here.
I don't know TouchWiz is the best or not but definitely far better than the launchers mentioned here. I've tried Go, Launcher Pro and ADW, I didn't like any of them, had a feeling that they all are unfinished. Couldn't even set a wallpaper without Hazy background! But of them, ADW was the simplest and nicest, but still I am talking about choosing something from a worst list
All are my opinion only, don't take it personally as I didn't mean it that way.
Regards.

I've been using Slidescreen 2 beta.

2452sgtb said:
What's wrong with touchwiz?
I'm using touchwiz 4.5 and I'm very happy with it.
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Confirm.... TW4. 5 is very awsome and very fast
I love also Zeam launcher,simply,useful and light

About myself, Go launcher ex is the best, i feel with free with this launcher, beautiful, faster and flexible

TouchWiz
Hi There,
I've tested every single launcher and my choice is definitely touchwiz

I use Go launcher atm.. Tried ADW awhile.. But folder functions wasent wery pleasing for it. I know how to create folders but I get bugged out because the app stays in main app folder too..

[Q] Launcher Suggestions

Hi people,
I'm looking for suggestions for a launcher that is good for both BATTERY LIFE and CUSTOMIZATION.
I've been using GO LAUNCHER EX for a long time now and found it really good, but there seems to be LOADS of you out there that use NOVA instead and i was wondering why this was... would you say Nova is better for battery life and customization over Go Launcher??
Thanks in advance...

ss launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.launcher&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

I use NOVA because it is a tweaked version of the stock Jelly Bean launcher. Wich is super smooth and has lot's of options to costumise it.

Why not post the question once more .
jje

JJEgan said:
Why not post the question once more .
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I realised it was probably better to have the question in "Themes & Apps" rather than "Q&A's" so added it to this one. Then couldnt delete it from Q&A :/
My Bad!!

+1 to Nova, absolutely love it.

Nova
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I recommend Shake(free) and TSF(paid). They aren't the lightest nor the fastest, but they have features that make your S3 impressive without too much customization effort.
Shake has its own Shake market for downloading themes, icons and their own live wallpapers. Most of them are very cute (and sexy ). It is a Korea app, but you don't need to know Korean to use the launcher and Shake market. (Don't confuse it with other "Shake Launcher". I provide the link to this app below so that you won't get it wrong)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minigate.app.home
TSF is a launcher with rich features, with many impressive themes, widget, transition and desktop's options. I particularly love that rotatable icons. The built-in sliderbar can partially replace Button Savior (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey), without needing to root.
I cannot say if these features worths the money you spend, though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tsf.shell

I have tried all of the big ones and have found that NOVA is the best. I'm not sure how it is with JB but if you have ICE then it's butter

TW Launcher? hahaha :highfive:

Apex is the momma for all launcher's

I recently did a test on Samsung's Jelly Bean.
Smoothest of the ics/jb launcher bunch(nova apex and holo) is Holo HD then Apex then Nova. But still not perfect. Holo which is the smoothest of the three occasionally hitches. especially in widgets if you go really fast. other than that it is a very good launcher
Smoothest of all launchers to my surprise is ADW EX ( with 4d drawer transparent) , looks great also, reminds me of gb but a lot smoother. Smooth as samsung stock launcher.
I didnt even try go launcher..

I used to use Go Launcher Pro. A lot of features but apex is a lot faster.

I use nova and i find it smooth, fast with many many customization, i can't make without now !

AndyGalaxy said:
I realised it was probably better to have the question in "Themes & Apps" rather than "Q&A's" so added it to this one. Then couldnt delete it from Q&A :/
My Bad!!
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do you mean: better for you, or according to This small guide, which precise where to put questions?

I would recommend HOLO HD. Very light, customizable, with nice effects.
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ADW or TSF
Use ADWLauncher EX or TSF Shell 1.7.5
(both are paid but you can get them for free from the blackmart )
Don't confuse ADWLauncher EX with ADW.Launcher
TSF Shell is a bit heavy but is surely the best launcher for s3. I am using it since a month and I love it more everyday!
ADW:
play.google*com/store/apps/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher
TSF:
play.google*com/store/apps/details?id=com.tsf.shell&feature=search_result
can't post any outside link (coz i am new user). so, remove the * and put a dot (.)

mylakhana said:
Use ADWLauncher EX or TSF Shell 1.7.5
(both are paid but you can get them for free from the blackmart )
Don't confuse ADWLauncher EX with ADW.Launcher
TSF Shell is a bit heavy but is surely the best launcher for s3. I am using it since a month and I love it more everyday!
ADW:
play.google*com/store/apps/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher
TSF:
play.google*com/store/apps/details?id=com.tsf.shell&feature=search_result
can't post any outside link (coz i am new user). so, remove the * and put a dot (.)
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not only are u insulting the developers of the app u are also talking about warez which is against xda rules
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portnoy.vitaly said:
I would recommend HOLO HD. Very light, customizable, with nice effects.
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+1

Touchwiz or custom launcher?

Hey there I am thinking about using a custom launcher to further customize my phone and was wondering if you guys and girls had any input in regards to battery life and performance. Do custom launchers typical have negative effevts on performance and battery. The way it seems to.me is that you are essntially always running a program in memory. Which would in turn use up ram and ofcourse battery life. If I am wrong in this please feel to correct me. Any and all input is welcomed.
Here is my current themed homescreen on touchwiz.
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I prefer tw, but if I was going to I would run GO launcher
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Optimuscle said:
Hey there I am thinking about using a custom launcher to further customize my phone and was wondering if you guys and girls had any input in regards to battery life and performance. Do custom launchers typical have negative effevts on performance and battery. The way it seems to.me is that you are essntially always running a program in memory. Which would in turn use up ram and ofcourse battery life. If I am wrong in this please feel to correct me. Any and all input is welcomed.
Here is my current themed homescreen on touchwiz.
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Touchwiz launcher is a program that's running and using memory as well. You could use something like holo launcher that is more lightweight than the tw launcher. The tw launcher isn't running in the background if you use a different launcher cause that one took its place. You can even freeze the tw launcher with ti backup (touchwiz home). A launcher like go or adw may use more memory though.
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I really like touchwiz, but as of recently I have been using lightning launcher.
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If you decide to use an alternate launcher then the default Touchwiz launcher will not be "running" in the background using up your battery.
Other launchers like Go Launcher , Nova, adw, etc., etc., do not necessarily use more or less battery. If poorly written software then yes.
However, the major launchers do a great job maximizing battery life...otherwise no one would use em.
I like alternate launchers simply for the added features such as gestures, resizing icons, different grid sizes, etc.. I really don't care about theming or changing colors but many do and alternate launchers allow that of course.
Try some, u can always uninstall.
Note: there is zero reason to freeze Touchwiz...no benefit at all.
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andrawer said:
If you decide to use an alternate launcher then the default Touchwiz launcher will not be "running" in the background using up your battery.
Other launchers like Go Launcher , Nova, adw, etc., etc., do not necessarily use more or less battery. If poorly written software then yes.
However, the major launchers do a great job maximizing battery life...otherwise no one would use em.
I like alternate launchers simply for the added features such as gestures, resizing icons, different grid sizes, etc.. I really don't care about theming or changing colors but many do and alternate launchers allow that of course.
Try some, u can always uninstall.
Note: there is zero reason to freeze Touchwiz...no benefit at all.
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Thanks my man. That was really helpful and informative. I am gonna give a few a go and see what I like. Nova launcher seems to be packaged with some roms and ADW seems to also get alot of recommendations.
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I use ss launcher.
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Try TSF Shell 3d launcher or Next Launcher

My favorite is nova launcher.
Touchwiz has page buddy which you wont get in the other ones I believe.
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TSF is a beast to get used to, thus far. Unless I'm a total moron, which is possible, it doesn't appear you can place apps in the app drawer in to folders. This makes for an awful navigation experience, despite the amazing eye candy.
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Optimuscle said:
Hey there I am thinking about using a custom launcher to further customize my phone and was wondering if you guys and girls had any input in regards to battery life and performance. Do custom launchers typical have negative effevts on performance and battery. The way it seems to.me is that you are essntially always running a program in memory. Which would in turn use up ram and ofcourse battery life. If I am wrong in this please feel to correct me. Any and all input is welcomed.
Here is my current themed homescreen on touchwiz.
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I was a 'stock' launcher user for a while. I gave Nova a try and have been happy. I don't utilize all of the features it has but it has been running smooth without any issues. You can always use a program like Home Switcher to try out different launchers easily.

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Try TSF Shell 3d launcher or Next Launcher
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TSF looks interesting. I watched the video but seem to have missed a place to download a trail version the price is steep to give it a shot.

I like touch wiz but I like scrollable wallpaper more. Nova ftw!
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I use Apex launcher and Nova launcher, but prefer Apex. It just seems like a smoother launcher compared to Nova. Plus I like that when I leave from the app draw it saves my place on Apex rather then reverting back to the beginning like Nova does. Besises that they're basically the same if u ask me, just my two cents. Have fun trying them all out, they all have at least one maybe two things that sets it apart from the others. Now all u gotta do is find the one that u like and customize the heck out of it!
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Im using xperia launcher, it uses less ram than touchwiz.
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Which launcher do you use?

i know, i know, this has probably been asked a million times, but i'm directing this to S3 users here in our little corner of the world, please don't hate
i've been using the holo launcher hd pro now for some time and i truly love the way it works. its smooth, elegant, doesnt get in the way, and best off all, gives me an AOSP look and feel when running a non-AOSP rom. i also use the holo locker as well. i use this launcher on both my S3 and my Xoom tablet
it seems to me that the holo launcher doesnt get enough respect. i see many a custom rom that includes nova or apex, but not holo (or even adw or go launchers for that matter).
when i search for "launcher" on the play store the first five results are in order GO, ADW, Nova, Apex, and Launcher 7, with Nova Prime and Apex Pro 6th and 7th.
Holo is on the first page of results, but is second from the bottom. hardly respectable if you ask me. there are themes that show up higher in that search
anyway, so lets keep it civil and not bash on each others choice of launcher. i just want to get a feel for how popular these launchers are on the S3 or do you prefer the stock TouchWiz interface?
let your voice be heard and vote above!

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why do you think that? launchers are apps.

My favorite one is the one that gets launched when i press the home button

I use nova prime because of the folders in the app drawer. Go launcher is too heavy.
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Apex is very light, smoth and dont use alot resource therefor batt last longer.
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I'm debating on nova, next, or atom launcher.. I'm using nova atm and i love it but i love the visual features of next and atom is pretty sleek too
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RedJack117 said:
I'm debating on nova, next, or atom launcher.. I'm using nova atm and i love it but i love the visual features of next and atom is pretty sleek too
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i tried Nova prime, alot of features but sometime is lagging for me, Next use too much power, Apex dont have alot of features like all the other once beside that very good
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HiT tHaNk If i BeEn HeLpFuL.

Ive become a huge fan of action launcher. Best new launcher I have used in a while.

jajaja ive tried them all..use to like golauncher but takes up to much ram.. nova lags to much when i add widgets on screen...next seems ok but you cant change icons on the ones that bring look awfull... atom is smooth but its not letting me add widgets only the one launcher brings...smart launcher is kinda boring...and action launchers is slow xD spb is to heavy to.... im using apex now... until i find another one to try out...lol
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Primo
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Nova prime is the best one I've found so far imo.
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I use the stock TouchWiz one, but when I root it I use LGUI3.0 It's so much better, and gives you alot more customization options than TouchWiz. I think TouchWiz is so bland...

I was surprised to see that the default launcher with CM10 doesn't have a back-up function. I switched back to ADW because I was familiar with it from CM7. I also missed the infinite scroll feature that's available in ADW (and some of the others).

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jajaja ive tried them all..use to like golauncher but takes up to much ram.. nova lags to much when i add widgets on screen...next seems ok but you cant change icons on the ones that bring look awfull... atom is smooth but its not letting me add widgets only the one launcher brings...smart launcher is kinda boring...and action launchers is slow xD spb is to heavy to.... im using apex now... until i find another one to try out...lol
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have you tried holo launcher at all? i just did a test and it does use about 59mg of ram where as apex shows as cached and ready when you need it, so from that, it seems that apex is much lighter on resources, but i still really love holo, you should try it
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I was surprised to see that the default launcher with CM10 doesn't have a back-up function. I switched back to ADW because I was familiar with it from CM7. I also missed the infinite scroll feature that's available in ADW (and some of the others).
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i should have added trebuchet to the list. it has a lot more than it used to

I used touchwiz for a while it was ok, then I tried atom launcher it was good and smooth except app drawer laggs little bit now using the latest sony home launcher from the xperia Z really smooth and packed whit good widgets..
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Moving to General, as I think that it will garner more votes/views/opinions as opposed to staying in the Themes/Apps section.

Touchwiz ... I purchased apex pro and nova prime and holo plus .. but I love touchwiz launcher
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Apex pro. Tis great
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Next launcher is the best....!!!!
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Launcher

What is the smoothest and lightest launcher for android?
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reza1995 said:
What is the smoothest and lightest launcher for android?
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Zeam launcher is light
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For GB zeam launcher is smoothest and very low RAM consume.,
But for ICS i think Nova launcher is best, costumizable, and smooth
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I'd say vire launcher. Cool transitions and works good on lower ram devices. Smooth on my g1
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smoothest one ive ever tried is launcher 8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lx.launcher8&hl=en its fast and simple but won't b interesting unless ur into windows phone 8 style

Lightning Launcher
The installer size is only 198 KiB.

If you can stand with just basic features, and you don't give a f**k with customization, then Lightning Launcher is your best choice. (Links in pep's post, just above mine). It is said that it is Super-customizable. (However when I used ssLauncher I realized a super-customizable launcher should be no grids so I can determine what's the best for my screen).
But if you give f**k to those and you want to express yourself (or just take some from MyColorScreen) then you may want to try ssLauncher, even if in an instructions he/she instructs to use any launcher.

Kreaz said:
If you can stand with just basic features, and you don't give a f**k with customization, then Lightning Launcher is your best choice. (Links in pep's post, just above mine). It is said that it is Super-customizable. (However when I used ssLauncher I realized a super-customizable launcher should be no grids so I can determine what's the best for my screen).
But if you give f**k to those and you want to express yourself (or just take some from MyColorScreen) then you may want to try ssLauncher, even if in an instructions he/she instructs to use any launcher.
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Well, LL is super-customizable alright... you can disable its grid, you can rotate icons and widgets, you can scroll any ways (left-right but also up-down), you can use labels instead of icons, and labels/icons can open a fully-customizable "surface" not just an icon-list folder...
What it doesn't have, is slick animations.
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Using stock launcher..trebuchet

i like stock launcher trebuchet 1.0 no problem for me so smooth and simple

reza1995 said:
What is the smoothest and lightest launcher for android?
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Checkout Holo Launcher as well as GO launcher. Both work well on my phone.

R: Launcher
Why don't we make a poll?
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rajprateekk said:
Checkout Holo Launcher as well as GO launcher. Both work well on my phone.
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GO Launcher is a bad choice for light launchers...
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Apex or Nova are nice and customizable. And light to although not as light as Zeam or lightning launcher.
But i think is the lightest launcher which offers a lot of customizable
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rajprateekk said:
Checkout Holo Launcher as well as GO launcher. Both work well on my phone.
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I think so... Holo launcher is good.

trebuchet IS THE BEST

FTL launcher is nice! You just need a Sense 4 clock
Too much flashing! I'm blinded on my Galaxy W!

with ics or jb i would prefer apex. with all the things mentioned above, i think it's somewhere in the middle, balanced.

So far I think next launcher is the smoothest, but its lack if costumization
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I do like launcher pro. Very simple, so don't have greatest "addons" in relation with the others. Very fast as well. I did like it between all I tried