HELP! Installed HTC home now when i flip phone up...
 

It cuts off half of my screen. It does not show the live search or voicemail options that it used too. It does not bring up a scroll down bar....help! I am on Rom 2.17

As far as I can tell, this is normal behaviour of the HTC Home plugin. One of the reasons I don't use it is because it takes up the whole screen in landscape mode.

so is there a better one?

I'll defer to other members on this one. At the moment I keep my phone pretty stock/clean, and I'm not too familiar with the alternatives.

Also check your settings in the Start\Settings\Today Icon; items. You may have to re-arrange or remove some plugins to better capitalize on the left over space after the HTC Plugin.