Chapter 2Personalizing Your Home Screen
For those old enough to remember the days of Windows 3.0, a key differentiator between that GUI-based operating system and the competing Apple Mac OS 7 was that Microsoft’s offering allowed third-party shells to transform the look and feel of the Windows experience. As time went on and Microsoft’s dominance was assured, this level of customization was practiced less frequently but could still be applied for those who preferred an alternative user interface.
Within the mobile space scenario, Google’s Android has replaced Apple as the dominant operating system, in part because of the same openness to customizing the user experience. A variety of home-screen shells, better known as launchers, are available ...
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