[Android] SPB Shell 3D, anyone using it?

[Demon]

I've seen a few video's but didn't realise it launched a couple of days ago..

http://spb.com/android-software/shell/

Overview

Is it all a gimmick?, it looks slick, and some of the widgets look OK, but not sure if it's all show and no go..

 

[Demon]

I have no transitions on my home pages.

Why? 100% show. If it's just for 3D transitioning home screens seems like a waste of cpu cycles and battery power.

I agree, conventionally I just want quick/smooth seamless transitioning..

However, I have found myself limiting to 4 or 5 Homescreens, as there is no 'quick' way to spin through anymore, this does at least look as if you could have 6-10 Homescreens with something useful on each and have a quick way of getting to them, although it nearly feels like just a more streamlined App Drawer..

 

[Demon]

I have 4 pages, 1 home page, 1 page for commonly used apps, a page for hardware/network control and a page for info widgets.

I don't use anything else enough to warrant more home screens. Like you said, it's just an extended app drawer, if I use something once a week I can quite comfortably load it with 1 extra click into the app drawer itself

It's one thing I've never found yet, a decent 'app drawer' organiser, I do like the look of the smart folders and the widgets they provide have some nice 'resize' type functionality I've updated the vid with something a little more informative.

 

[Demon]

A review on Android Community sounds like a load of Hyperbole

What I first assumed with this whole project was that it was just for fun. I thought that the enjoyable to watch animations and flipping around in a circle were just for play, that they really served no purpose. I was wrong, oh my goodness I was so very wrong. What we’ve got here is not just a homescreen replacement allowing you to choose how your Android device interacts with you – it’s an utterly lovely upgrade to the system, supposedly using LESS battery power than an Android Vanilla build, and with much more amazing graphics flying here and there, plus there’s thing like unfoldeable folders, new wild widgets, tiny aesthetic improvements, and more!

Surely 'LESS power' can't be right? Although I imagine it's using the H/W Graphics accelerator for the graphics, common sense tells you it would be more..