[Android Apps and Games] b_hermon:
1.1.0beta1 User feedback

Hello dennisxl, I've been using the latest version of Apex for 24 hours or so now and wanted to report my experiences.

VZW GNex 4.0.2 Not Rooted

First it's surprisingly fast, adding all these features hasn't really slowed it down much. Job well done there. There are times however when it's a little laggy... more on that in a second.

Dock swipe gestures (and gestures in general): The gestures seem to be either too sensitive or unresponsive. For example, I found when doing pinch to zoom, not only would it register that gesture but also a swiping down gesture at the same time. Or If I'm swiping on a scroll-able widget it also registers a swipe gesture as well. This is the first time I've experienced this. Also, the two finger swipe gestures would register two fingers and one finger swipes at the same time as well. Keep in mind that this isn't happening regularly, rather it's sporadic. Also... swipe gestures on the dock icons sometimes take multiple attempts before successfully registering. I find that practicing the smallest of pauses at the start of a gesture creates a more successful result. I however would prefer more of a "fling" rather than a swipe (a fling being defined as an instantaneous motion, where as a swipe has a minuscule pause at the beginning of the motion.) LauncherPro seemed like a good example of responsiveness here. It's also worth pointing out that I can assign gestures to the dock shortcuts but not the 1x1 widgets or folders. Anyway that can be fixed?

I've been using the "cross" transition on my homescreen and its gotten "stuck" on transitory state. In other words if I have screen 1, 2 and 3, I transition from 1 to 2 and 2's screen shows the middle of the transition rather than the widgets on that screen. I transition from there to screen 3 and it's fine. 1 and 3 are shown correctly, 2 however doesn't and instead is stuck in the transition animation. Hopefully that makes sense.

Widgets work in the dock (AWESOME!!!! :) ) however they do tend to redraw and a slower rate than the other icons in the dock (though I suppose this is to be expected). Also I've noticed that when pressing the home soft key, there is a delay going back to my homescreen, rather than it being instantaneous. Sometimes in a similar fashion, there is a delay when going into and exiting the app drawer as well.

I've also had various instances where the launcher crashed on me entirely. Unfortunately I'm not able to give you an exact way to produce a crash though :confused:

Lastly I should say that after first installing the update the transitions wouldn't work and I don't know that gestures did either, however I restarted the app from the settings menu and that seemed to help.

This beta is definitely buggy, but isn't that what beta's are for? :) Besides you've added some terrific new features that I admire and am sure that are quite a task to get working correctly. All in all though I'd say this is decently reliable given it's your first release of these features.

Hopefully this info helps. If you need anything else (like what my settings are, memory, etc) I'd be happy to help. Great job and keep up the terrific work!