Am I the only one?

[beh]

I prefer Touchwiz to any other program I have seen.

 

[OWybPPgO]

I received an email while reading this post. Jumped to the homescreen and opened the email. The, I hit the homescreen button and brought up the task manager which allowed me to close the email and jump back here.

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Just hit back enough times and you'll get back to where you started. It'll close your email and you'll be back at your previous task.

 

[jaebberwock]

I don't know, maybe Sense 4.0 (is that the latest) is a lot better but I find I prefer touch wiz over whatever version of Sense I had on the Thunderbolt. Really, the only thing I find I miss from the Sense world is having the day's high and low temp visible without having to click the clock and the way that clocks were set up. With sense, I have to make a seperate widget for alarms whereas with sense I could adjust it by clicking on the clock.

 

[cjsmoove]

I kind of like it too and with Swiftkey installed its great. Hell I'm even digging the stock browser because it takes up ALL the real estate......if I had 1 complaint it's the weather widget somtimes delaying.....I dropped the animations down to 0 and it still does it occasionally,but hell this screen even makes that look nice!

 

[Serial Fordicator]

I'm scared of swiftkey. It says it can read texts and credit card information.

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[Roboticz]

Can you actually explain what is wrong with TouchWiz? Instead of just saying it's "utterly awful"...

Coming from HTC Sense, and then briefly a rooted stock ICS experience on a Droid Incredible, I was shocked at how utterly awful TouchWiz is. On top of that, the Samsung keyboard is the worst I've ever used.

After a few days, I installed:
* Nova Launcher
* Swiftkey 3 (paid)
* Handcent
* Fancy Widgets (paid)
* Zedge (for some normal ringtones)

and now this phone is awesome. Samsung makes outstanding hardware, but they leave a lot to be desired on the software side. I mean, who releases a phone that doesn't even have an actual ringing ringtone? If you're new to Android, try out a few of the apps above, and you will see that your user experience can be MUCH better. Swiftkey 3 has a 30 day free trial, I believe. With Nova, you can edit the number of rows and columns in your screen, as well as giving you a scrolling drawer at the bottom.... so much better than TW.

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[mizzoudrew]

Can you actually explain what is wrong with TouchWiz? Instead of just saying it's "utterly awful"...

Sure, for starters I dislike the static number of rows and columns. My screen is much too large to limit me to 4 apps across. I dislike the removal of scrolling wallpaper. I dislike the enormous default clock widget that takes up half the screen. I dislike the inability to resize apps. I think the keyboard is incredibly difficult to use efficiently. I don't like that the messaging app makes me sent pictures as slideshows.

I prefer the ability to have a scrollable tray at the bottom. I prefer the ability to remove text descriptions from apps if I want (just use icons). I prefer the ability to control a lot of options that just aren't available with TW.

Sure, TW is fast and works fine. It just isn't an improvement over what was there to begin with. When given a choice, which ICS thankfully does, I just can't think of any reasons to choose it.

 

[Colonel Kernel]

I don't know why people make such a big deal out of the skins, themselves. For newbies, certainly, the UI skin matters a ton. But for anyone who's been with Android for any length of time, 3rd-party app replacements render the skin discussion pretty much moot.

It's with the built-in app customization that the manufacturers have a real impact. If TouchWiz had been my first experience, I wouldn't have needed to replace every built-in app with something better, but I had to because MotoBlah on my Photon was so throughly horrid. Now those purchases have followed me to the GS3 and the only TouchWiz I see is the occasional button styling.


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[the1m.polo]

I actually like it too...I've had HTC sense its probably looks the best but far from as fluid as touch wiz ...I also hair the Razr and the new Blur is so Nice because it's simple almost stock....but touch wiz is a blend of both fluid simple and packed with options

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[GrooveRite]

I actually like it too...I've had HTC sense its probably looks the best but far from as fluid as touch wiz ...I also hair the Razr and the new Blur is so Nice because it's simple almost stock....but touch wiz is a blend of both fluid simple and packed with options

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Hey nice avatar!

 

[brewzer]

I don't hate TW at all. I don't really love it either. I've installed nova launcher and that's what in using now. The stock keyboard is the worst I have ever used. Good thing the new Swype application is amazing!

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[radyoactive]

It doesn't bother me very much either. The only thing I don't like are the ugly icons Samsung uses. That's about my only gripe and will try to not have to install a launcher. Like others have said, they keyboard sucks but Swiftkey 3 fixes that.

 

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

I didn't mind it, but this week I started playing around with other launchers and see that I don't like touch wiz all that much and prefer apex to stock touch wiz

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[mizzoudrew]

I suppose I shouldn't be, but I am a little confused of what exactly I'll lose if I switch launchers. Like, will I lose the ability in the dialer to swipe to call/message or the motions such as calling the contact if I lift the phone to my ear?

Is that all launcher functionality, or something else?

Nope, won't lose those functions at all!

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[the1m.polo]

Zedge....lol

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[jcp007]

Just hit back enough times and you'll get back to where you started. It'll close your email and you'll be back at your previous task.

Hitting the back button does not close the apps and the fewer the key strokes the better.

 

[Srambo217]

The only thing I don't like about TW is the big ugly icons.

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[KreepyKen]

I'm scared of swiftkey. It says it can read texts and credit card information.

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That's a standard warning that all keyboards display upon installation. You'll see it for Swype, Thumb Keyboard, etc. If you're worried about it, you can read their privacy statement here, outlining what they do and do not track:

Privacy Policy from SwiftKey™ ? Revolutionary text prediction for smartphones, by TouchType

Google’s third party keyboard warning

This is despite an alarmist warning displayed to Google Android users, which occurs whenever they enable a third-party input method and which states that keyboards “may” collect or log sensitive data (passwords, credit card information, etc.). This statement serves to protect Google legally and is completely inapplicable to any of SwiftKey’s Apps, which have been extensively tested and trusted by Google and millions of users worldwide.

Hope that helps!

 

[KreepyKen]

Touchwiz WORKS great...but it LOOKS like ass. I'm the type of person who likes to customize the look and feel of my devices, so my biggest gripes with Touchwiz are (1) the lame dock that only allows you to put four apps in it, and (2) it doesn't allow you to change icons for apps, folders, and dock items.

I just hate the way my screen looks when I run Touchwiz. I look at my phone a lot...I want it to reflect my tastes, not Samsung's. So I installed Nova Launcher and I'm happy a a pig in poop.

By the way, after a day or so with tweaking Nova Launcher, I discovered the ability to put folders in the dock. I LOVE this feature! I used to use Go Launcher and Launcher Pro with 3 docks of five items, for a total of my 15 most-used apps. Now I have a ton of apps in two docks, arranged by category. Now I just need to design some spiffy new icons to represent the dock folders.

 

[JimBen73]

Anyone try holo launcher plus?