PalmOS Launcher Replacement Poll - Page 3

radleyp · 06-05-2003, 05:44 PM

I don't see the point of PowerRun with either Zlauncher or LauncherX.

Yes, Zlauncher is indeed more customizable, but to what purpose? You yourself have stated here that you weren't too sure you even needed a supplementary launcher (and I must tell you that some other users, more sophisticated than I, that I have found on other sites, find no need for them). Remember that with the built-in launcher, you can put everything on one tab, and find any application quickly by simply entering the first letter of its name.

When I played with ZL some months ago, I "customized" to distraction only to find that I could not remember why I had done what I had done. I want any launcher to access the memory card and give me the ability to use what is there just I can use what is in RAM (thus the importance of the shortcuts). The rest is much less important. radleyp

lexhogan · 06-05-2003, 05:49 PM

I voted for the stock launcher, but in all honesty, I rarely find myself even using that. I use the EasyLaunch hack which I have configured to run 25 different apps/functions using hard key combinations. Drilling through any launcher is a waste of time IMHO.

radleyp · 06-05-2003, 06:09 PM

Noted. I also use EasyLaunch, but EasyLaunch can access apps on a card only if they have a shortcut. That means you must use a 3rd party launcher. I keep both Shadow and Wordsmith on my MS, and because I have set shortcuts, can access them via EasyLaunch. radleyp

brahamt · 06-05-2003, 10:06 PM

I use Powerrun to move programs and databases to the memory stick. I realize that the launchers can do that now, but I have not tested their capabilities and don't know if they can move as much data as I would like.

You got me thinking now. I am going to try this out with NetFront before going to bed.

I'll let you know in the morning.

Unregistered · 06-06-2003, 12:20 PM

You can move everything to and from the Memory Stick simply by using MSImport and mounting the memory stick as a drive on the PC, and it's a lot faster than with PowerRun. radleyp

jfs01 · 06-06-2003, 10:09 PM

Tried just about all of them...none really did it for me...YiShow was probably the nicest, though.

Hammer · 06-09-2003, 09:10 AM

im a recently converted zlauncher fan

Pride Of Lions · 06-12-2003, 11:48 PM

I'm the one who voted for SilverScreen. The only one.
Who was it who said "When everyone is thinking alike, no one is thinking."?
I must be the only Mac guy here, too.

It's lonely at the top.
POL9A

brahamt · 06-27-2003, 06:03 PM

There is a poll over on ClieSource and Zlauncher is taking the rest out behind the wood shed. Not exactly a fair fight tho. The people over a ClieSource introduced me to Zlauncher and I think it might have been the 1st to support HiRes+.

Between this site and ClieSource, my favorite PDA related sites.

Gary · 07-06-2003, 09:48 AM

Launcher X is my preference, and for me Launcher X is more than just icing. It allows me to keep icons organised as I wish regardless of being on internal or external memory, it provides extra utils, etc.

Pride Of Lions · 02-24-2005, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pride Of Lions

I'm the one who voted for SilverScreen. The only one.
Who was it who said "When everyone is thinking alike, no one is thinking."?
I must be the only Mac guy here, too.

It's lonely at the top.
POL9A

So, as humans we change and evolve and adapt and...yes, I've left SilverScreen. I liked it while I had it, but it didn't evolve with me. My T|T and T|3 crapped out on me and I got the Zodiac2, but SilverScreen didn't release a landscape version to complement it. I asked PocketSensei and other members of the Yahoo! group also wanted the feature, but it still didn't come. Since I couldn't use the launcher I paid for, I used the default Zodiac2 launcher and it was just alright. It was serviceable I guess, but I wanted more.

A fellow used-to-be SilverScreener mentioned that they moved to ZLauncher and I tried it...AND I LOVE IT!!

I dig the different-wallpapers-for-each-tab feature, the intense customization options, the iSilo support and everything else about it. It sucked to have to buy another launcher (would've been nice if the launcher I already bought offered me the little thing I asked for) but ZLauncher is just so wonderfully powerful.

I already voted in this poll, otherwise I'd add another tally to the ZLauncher constituency.
Life goes on.
POL9A

jlariviere · 02-25-2005, 02:33 PM

I mainly use LauncherX; I first started using it because it was, and I believe still is, the only launcher program to easily allow a user to define paths on a memory card to display programs - without the use of 'stub' applications. The programs are all integrated, unlike the default launcher, MegaLauncher, and others that seperate out the Memory Card programs and the RAM programs.
I do also use MegaLauncher because of the easy drag-n-drop in the Commander portion of the program.
One of my favorite things about LauncherX is that it is very functional and not cluttered, but also very nice.

radleyp · 02-25-2005, 02:57 PM

Just FYI, Zlauncher allows for all this, and is much more customizable. I had used LX but when development stopped (owing to the shocking death of Benc), I tested out ZL and switched. BTW, I think you are mistaken about the operation of LX: as I recall, it required the user to create stubs to access applications on the memory card. ZL does not. Philippe Radley

jlariviere · 02-25-2005, 06:20 PM

I thought LauncherX can run apps directly from the card w/o stubs (at least on the PDAs that I've had); however, if those programs have data that need to be HotSynced (like with money management programs, some graphical programs), then you do need a stub application in the main RAM for HotSync to see. I believe this is a PalmOS or a HotSync problem, however. I could be wrong though.
It is a bit difficult since there is no developement of LX though; at least it is stable for me. ZL, ML, SS, and other Launchers all have a lot of features and look nice, I've just stayed with LX. If I upgrade my PDA again (won't be anytime soon

) I probably will switch....
J

Quote:

Originally Posted by radleyp

Just FYI, Zlauncher allows for all this, and is much more customizable. I had used LX but when development stopped (owing to the shocking death of Benc), I tested out ZL and switched. BTW, I think you are mistaken about the operation of LX: as I recall, it required the user to create stubs to access applications on the memory card. ZL does not. Philippe Radley

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06-05-2003, 05:44 PM	#31
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	I don't see the point of PowerRun with either Zlauncher or LauncherX. Yes, Zlauncher is indeed more customizable, but to what purpose? You yourself have stated here that you weren't too sure you even needed a supplementary launcher (and I must tell you that some other users, more sophisticated than I, that I have found on other sites, find no need for them). Remember that with the built-in launcher, you can put everything on one tab, and find any application quickly by simply entering the first letter of its name. When I played with ZL some months ago, I "customized" to distraction only to find that I could not remember why I had done what I had done. I want any launcher to access the memory card and give me the ability to use what is there just I can use what is in RAM (thus the importance of the shortcuts). The rest is much less important. radleyp

06-05-2003, 05:49 PM	#32
lexhogan Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2003	I voted for the stock launcher, but in all honesty, I rarely find myself even using that. I use the EasyLaunch hack which I have configured to run 25 different apps/functions using hard key combinations. Drilling through any launcher is a waste of time IMHO.

06-05-2003, 06:09 PM	#33
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Noted. I also use EasyLaunch, but EasyLaunch can access apps on a card only if they have a shortcut. That means you must use a 3rd party launcher. I keep both Shadow and Wordsmith on my MS, and because I have set shortcuts, can access them via EasyLaunch. radleyp

06-05-2003, 10:06 PM	#34
brahamt Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 6622 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T3	I use Powerrun to move programs and databases to the memory stick. I realize that the launchers can do that now, but I have not tested their capabilities and don't know if they can move as much data as I would like. You got me thinking now. I am going to try this out with NetFront before going to bed. I'll let you know in the morning.

06-06-2003, 12:20 PM	#35
Unregistered Nameless Being	You can move everything to and from the Memory Stick simply by using MSImport and mounting the memory stick as a drive on the PC, and it's a lot faster than with PowerRun. radleyp

06-06-2003, 10:09 PM	#36
jfs01 Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 66 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD, USA Device: Sony Clie TH-55	Tried just about all of them...none really did it for me...YiShow was probably the nicest, though.

06-09-2003, 09:10 AM	#37
Hammer Member Posts: 18 Karma: 46 Join Date: Mar 2003 Device: TT	im a recently converted zlauncher fan

06-12-2003, 11:48 PM	#38
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	I'm the one who voted for SilverScreen. The only one. Who was it who said "When everyone is thinking alike, no one is thinking."? I must be the only Mac guy here, too. It's lonely at the top. POL9A

06-27-2003, 06:03 PM	#39
brahamt Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 6622 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T3	There is a poll over on ClieSource and Zlauncher is taking the rest out behind the wood shed. Not exactly a fair fight tho. The people over a ClieSource introduced me to Zlauncher and I think it might have been the 1st to support HiRes+. Between this site and ClieSource, my favorite PDA related sites.

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07-06-2003, 09:48 AM	#40
Gary Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Australia Device: Palm	Launcher X is my preference, and for me Launcher X is more than just icing. It allows me to keep icons organised as I wish regardless of being on internal or external memory, it provides extra utils, etc.

02-25-2005, 02:33 PM	#42
jlariviere Member Posts: 18 Karma: 11 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rocklin, CA, USA, Earth, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe Device: Onyx Boox Note 10.3 (want), Kindle Oasis (have)	I mainly use LauncherX; I first started using it because it was, and I believe still is, the only launcher program to easily allow a user to define paths on a memory card to display programs - without the use of 'stub' applications. The programs are all integrated, unlike the default launcher, MegaLauncher, and others that seperate out the Memory Card programs and the RAM programs. I do also use MegaLauncher because of the easy drag-n-drop in the Commander portion of the program. One of my favorite things about LauncherX is that it is very functional and not cluttered, but also very nice.

02-25-2005, 02:57 PM	#43
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Just FYI, Zlauncher allows for all this, and is much more customizable. I had used LX but when development stopped (owing to the shocking death of Benc), I tested out ZL and switched. BTW, I think you are mistaken about the operation of LX: as I recall, it required the user to create stubs to access applications on the memory card. ZL does not. Philippe Radley