LauncherPro Plus [
website,
appbrain]. The free version is alright, but pay the couple bucks to use the Plus version - it's worth it! If I seem excited about this app in the following description, that's because I am. It is one of only a few apps I've felt worth paying for in the past 6 months.
LauncherPro is based on the stock Android launcher, but extends the functionality quite a bit. For awhile, I was sticking to HTC Sense for the widgets and a few other features, but then LauncherPro Plus added similar widgets and even more features. Now, the only feature I miss from HTC Sense is scenes. If you're
not using HTC Sense, there's really no reason at all not to switch to LauncherPro Plus.
There's a lot to love about LauncherPro, but I'll try to keep this relatively concise:
Customize the number of screens
With LauncherPro, you can choose to have anywhere between 1 and 7 home screens.
Fully customizable, and scrollable, dock
This is one of the best features of LauncherPro. The dock on the bottom of the screen is a great combination of simplicity and power. It has a total of 15 customizable slots. Five show at a time, and you can scroll the dock to the left or to the right. Add whatever apps you want, and free up space for more widgets!
There's more, though. Maybe you're thinking that you need to take up a slot for the app drawer and to display which screen you're on? Nope. As you scroll through screens, a bar moves across the bottom to indicate your location. As for the app drawer, each slot in the dock can be customized with an action for when you swipe upward. What I've done is set every slot to open the app drawer when I swipe up, so I don't have an app drawer icon anywhere, but if I swipe up from anywhere on the bottom of the screen it opens!
Maybe you'd prefer some other activities when you swipe up? For example, maybe you'd like swiping up on your browser icon to display your bookmarks? It can do that too, and much more!
Hide apps in the app drawer
This is pretty simple, but a great feature nonetheless. It's less of an issue on the Nexus One - you don't have pre-installed crap from your carrier - but even so there are some apps that show up and the app drawer and just don't need to. For example, why display apps in the app drawer when they're already on your homescreen? Hide them, and make browsing the remaining apps in the app drawer that much easier!
HTC Sense-like widgets and widget resizing
This is what got me to finally switch. I liked what LauncherPro had to offer, but I just couldn't go without the HTC Sense calendar widget. Then LauncherPro Plus got widgets, and the calendar widget is even
better than HTC Sense now!
Is there a widget that you think is too big or too small? LauncherPro lets you resize your widgets however you choose!
There are a lot more customization options, from icons to docks, and there is even a nice website to get some of those things:
http://launcherpro.droidicon.com
Here are some more screenshots, since a picture says a thousand words...
