FreeBoard

(17 votes, average: 4.24 out of 5)

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Touted as a Summerboard replacement, FreeBoard has the potential to be so, but is not quite there yet. FreeBoard is an app by TheSpicyChicken (creators of Customize), and is available on the MMi installer source. The main feature that this app offers is a 5 icon dock, for free, on f/w 1.1.3 and newer. Previous to this, Kate (Caterpillar) was the only app that was able to accomplish this, though it was TrialWare. Other features include: “Show Wallpaper”, “Hide Icon labels” and a toggle for the app itself. A nice feature also is that FreeBoard simply adds itself to the front page of customize, leaving no extra icons on the springboard.

My first impressions of this app were that it worked just fine. However, (I didn’t connect the dots at first) FreeBoard messes with running apps (Kate, Intelliscreen, Pysl, etc.), stoping them at random. Also, when attempting to drag icons to the dock, it will make a 6 icon dock; cutting off the last icon. For now, the bugs out-weigh the benefits of the app. But look out for this app, if the Devs keep up, it will far surpass Summerboard.

Developer: TheSpicyChicken
Dev Site:  http://freeboard.googlecode.com/
Source:    Modmyifone

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