Comments on: Launcher X Acquired, Will be Revived

I agree. I use Launcher X on my T3 and my TX. It still works well, and i just like it's powerful simplicity....

Mike

I've used Launcher, Launcher 2, Launcher 3 and Launcher X... Have tried Zlauncher and many other ones but keep coming back to LauncherX for simplicity, good graphics, and minimal configuration.

It was a real shame the developer died and development stopped just before the 650 came out. Luckily it's been hacked for the 650, but having active development once again is excellent news.

Sweet! I was sorry to see when Launcher X floundered, and hopefully this will give it new life.

Launcher X was overrated because Launcher III was so great. If you don't like ZLauncher, try another skin. There are millions. ZLauncher is hands-down the most powerful launcher ever seen for the platform.

-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + S710a

I too have tried ZLauncher, although it was a few years ago. ZLauncher wasn't as good then, IMO, as LauncherIII or LauncherX, and I switched back, and haven't look back once. ZLauncher may be more powerful, so I would say that better features and more power are not what I want in a PalmOS launcher. Instead, give me ease of use, an elegant interface, quickness or response, and reliability. Personally, I'm now looking forward to more LauncherX improvements/innovations in this direction, and updated compatibility, and not towards added complexity and "power".

This is great news. I mourned when Bozidar left us, but about a month later I realized there were not going to be any updates to his program without an intervention or acquisition.

I just couldn't accept any other launcher on my treo. Everytime I try to switch to a new launcher, I keep getting back to Launcher X for my treo 650. It is just plain simple, clean, responsive, and does what I need well.

There are bugs on the treo though that I hope they fix soon, like the annoying resets caused by launcher X.

Hey, it's only 2006... don't expect Palm/Access/whatever to try catching up to what third-party freeware was able to do over 5 years ago!

Some people *like* the brilliant "catagory" of "CARD" that Palm has developed and nurtured over the years. Patent Pending.

Anyone who wants to catagorize their programs located on external media by what they actually *ARE* (as opposed to where they are located) or simply prefers to otherwise have them integrated and able to launch from one place is obviously an absurdly overdemanding "power user." ...And we know how Palm feels about "those people..."

Using the builtin hi-res skin, switch to landscape mode. Click the battery meter to change it to percentage. Then switch back to portrait view.

Mike

Doh! click = tap

Wow! Cool. Thanks!

It could use more visible tabs in the 320x480 mode. The tabs on the side are the thing that really sets this one apart. I used to love Launch'Em. Launcher X is what Launch'Em could have been if development was continued. Can't wait to try the next version.

I wonder what kind of features they might add that would be useful on a Treo?

...easy access to the "restore from backup" button?