I’ve mentioned the preview setting in ADW Launcher previously. Recently I installed the Cyanogenmod 7.1 release on my Nexus S and started using that as my daily phone for a bit. There are a few additional settings in there I’m really liking. I like the dockbar a lot more than the main dock. What I really like to tune for is density of the screen. I wish there was an effective way to swap to the dockbar all the time. Instead what I’ve ended up doing is:

  • Enable the dockbar
  • Bind swipe up to show the dockbar
  • Bind swipe down to app the app drawer
  • Disable hiding the dockbar on app launch

And what I end up with is a dockbar I can drag shortcuts into/out of, and I just use the swipe action to open the app drawer. My homescreen ends up looking something like this:
Screenshot of ADW Launcher
You have to use the swipe up to bring up the dockbar instead of the main dock, but once you do it sticks around.