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MaryJoS
10-01-2003, 11:43 AM
Just got the latest issues of HHC and they had an article rating all the most popular launchers. They prefaced it by saying that this was one category that had a LOT of excellent programs. Well, I sure was ticked off after reading it, you'd never guess what their lowest rated one was? ZLauncher!! Okay, they did give it a B, but they gave LX, ML, SS, and even YiShow higher ratings! Their main complaint was the cluttered interface which yes, is a bit much at first, but you can totally configure it to be non-cluttered! Never mind the tons of other features that make it such a killer app. They mentioned some of them, but guess they don't count as much as looking pretty. Makes me wonder if they spent more than an hour with each one. I guess simplicity is most important to some people.
rldunn
10-01-2003, 12:08 PM
Yeah, a lot of people were unhappy with the review. Here's another thread on it.

http://www.cliesource.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26456
n2ifp
10-01-2003, 01:24 PM
I was one of the unhappy ones!:mad:
MaryJoS
10-01-2003, 02:34 PM
Originally posted by rldunn
Yeah, a lot of people were unhappy with the review. Here's another thread on it.
Okay, thanks! I looked to see if there was any other threads on it, guess I didn't look far enough back. My mail must be a tad slow!
jbarr
10-01-2003, 03:26 PM
Although, I have to admit that their point is somewhat valid in that "out of the box", ZLauncher can be ugly and intimidating. Only after you read the manual and play with it and tweak it for a whiledo you finally learn how to tailor it to your specific needs. It's probably the most "powerful" of any launchers available, but it's not the most user-friendly (until it gets tweaked.)

BTW, ZLauncher is my launcher of choice.
*yellowrose*
10-01-2003, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by jbarr
Although, I have to admit that their point is somewhat valid in that "out of the box", ZLauncher can be ugly and intimidating.I agree wholeheartedly. I wish they'd change the defaults to make not so much show on install. I honestly think it scares people away. And the red icon font? What is UP with THAT?
hucsman
10-01-2003, 05:45 PM
I guess Zlauncher is like datebk5 and the others are like Agendus, looking pretty at first, but lacking a looot compared (hey, that rimes...)
rob_squared
10-02-2003, 04:40 PM
Ignorance shall be their downfall.
n2ifp
10-02-2003, 10:43 PM
I must have been reading your mind as I was going to say the same thing after seeing the couple of threads in the forum.
Unregistered
10-03-2003, 06:11 AM
It really is not drastically life altering if some of the population does not love the same launcher you do.