An excellent, thoughtful, and thorough review of a most excellent
product.
Thanks!
-- Bill
On Apr 18, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> Hello, Martin Eisenstein.
>
> >Thanks for the posts about Initiate, and the comments about
> Zlauncher. I
> >used Zlauncher until it caused faily common resetting with
> destruction of my
> >saved preferences.
> >
> >I am now using PowerRun as a launcher with good results. I would
> ask Jeff
> >K, and other, what advantages beyond a launcher can I get from trying
> >Zlauncher again with Pref Doctor?
>
> My main reason for using it is the status indicators and "gadgets".
> With a single glance at the launcher screen, I can see my cell signal
> strength with roaming or data indicators, BT on/off, speaker on/off,
> memory usage, battery level, time and date. I also have gadgets
> on-screen to give me direct access to prefs, a backlight brightness
> controller with finer 5Way control, and Send Via BT, plus others I may
> put in.
>
> ZLauncher also supports plugins, and 4Cast has a ZL plugin so I can
> access the weather forecast without having to switch views.
>
> ZLauncher is also a DeskAccessory launcher, I can add DAs to the
> gadget
> bars.
>
> I can put apps into hidden tabs, be it because I want to hide them
> from
> others or because they're ROM apps I never use and don't want them
> cluttering my launcher views.
>
> Launchers such as ZLauncher have better control over
> uninstalling/deleting applications than the built-in.
>
> I can also move apps between the internal and card storage without
> having to open a file manager. The Info gadget provides more
> information about a file/app than the built-in Info list. I can
> change
> the category of an application without having to scroll through a list
> of every app on the device.
>
> If you've used ZLauncher before, then you should already know most of
> this stuff. The question is, do you want or need any of these
> features? Features you cannot get with the built-in launcher. For
> me,
> the answer was "yes". And until I was able to get ZLauncher running
> without crashing, my fall-back was LauncherX, which I was using since
> my days with the OS4 Clies.
>
> Quite simply, I like this style interface and always have.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
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