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Old 11-22-2009, 06:52 AM
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Re: Need advice on Home products

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried GDE and here are my thoughts:

- Liked the softkey buttons. Reminded me of Windows Mobile.

- I didn't like any of the scrolling options. None of them were as smooth as the standard Vanilla slider.

- I liked the ability to have multiple (more than 3) desktops.

- Randomly widgets would not work unless I rebooted the device. The Google Search Widget never worked.

- This was the deal-breaker: It took several clicks, sometimes different clicks depending on the menu, just to get to my Applications Menu. This was so frustrating that I simply uninstalled the app for a refund.

If I could have mapped one of the Softkeys to display the Applications menu I would have kept the software. Why the developer didn't include this option I will never know.

The only feature that was worth much was the extra desktops and frankly I can use Folders on the Vanilla to store extra icons.

Still searching, GDE wasn't for me.

Richard
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