NX Launcher Comparison

NX Launcher Comparison

If there is one thing about Clie's that no one can agree about, it is which launcher is the best. Well, every person has different needs and wants, and different launchers work better for different people. So here is a comparison on what features each launcher has so you can see which one better fits your needs.

NOTE: This chart is still a work in progress. I have tried to make all the information as accurate as possible, but since the chart is not finished, please e-mail me if you catch an error, or if you know of something that should be added to the chart.

	Built-in Palm	Clie Launcher	Launcher X	ZLauncher	YiShow	SilverScreen	MegaLauncher
Version Being Compared	5.0	1.0	1.02	3.001	5.25	2.97	4.0
Minimum RAM required	0 KB	0KB	187 KB	300 KB	250 KB	150 KB	300 KB
Price	Free	Free	$24.95	$12	$19.95	$24.95	$19.95
/Palm/Launcher Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can categorize Memory Stick apps	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Built-in Image viewer	No	No	No	Some .JPG support	Yes	No	No
Background support	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can use .JPG's as backgrounds	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	???
Skin Support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tabs	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tabs Left/Right/Top/Bottom	N/N/N/N	N/N/N/N	Y/Y/Y/?	Y/Y/Y/Y	N/N/N/Y	N/N/N/Y	N/N/Y/N
Tab-less support	Yes	Yes	Depending on skin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Customizable Gadget bar	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Beam from Card	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	???	No	Yes
Built-in File Manager	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Favorites menu	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Built-in Palm	Clie Launcher	Launcher X	ZLauncher	YiShow	SilverScreen	MegaLauncher
Can sync apps on Card	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	???
"All" category view	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hide categories	No	No	Yes	Yes	???	No	Yes
Special Names for Apps in Launcher	No	No	Yes	Yes	???	Yes	Yes
Different Views per Category	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Selectable amount of rows	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Selectable amount of columns	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Left-Justify Icons	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Manual Icon Arrangement	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Change Tab Order	No	No	Yes	Yes	???	No	???
Password Protect Categories	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	???
Icons for Tabs	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	???

Special Features-

Built-in Launcher-None

Clie Launcher-Very good support for Jog Dial making one-handed navigation easy.

Launcher X- Built-in support for Hack applications and doc readers allowing hacks and documents to be displayed in launcher view and opened in the corresponding apps.

ZLauncher- Built-in support for Acid Image allowing images to be opened off Memory Stick in Acid Image. Built-in Lefty support.

YiShow-Built-in Image Viewer

SilverScreen-Built-in support for FontBucket fonts allowing and TrueType fonts from your desktop to be converted and used as the font.

MegaLauncher-Haven't tested this app fully yet

Some of the work on this chart is based on the work done by Brian Spradlinb of LaunchPlug.com and members of the ClieSource community. Be sure to check out LaunchPlug.com for a more comprehensive comparison of the different launchers.

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