I just tried out the trial version of dxtop on my droid and I've gotta say I'm impressed. It is pretty damn cool, is there a way to just have dxTop straight up replace the default home/desktop?
It should do that. Well, if you press the Home button on the bottom edge of the phone, if you recently installed a new home replacement app, it should pop up with a prompt asking which Home you want to open, with the option of making whichever you choose the default Home as well.
I was using OpenHome, and recently switched to GDE, and with the recent Droid-specific updates, it just keeps getting better and better. It's very nice, and with the Fade transition, absolutely amazing and so smooth.
If anyone tries it, I am using the "Obsidian skin for GDE", and it's very nice.
I like having two permanent soft touch options on the left and right of the drawer, and the skin makes them not intrude with the feel at all. I have Phone and Contacts permanently accessible no matter which screen I'm on. And sounds like the developer has taken a request to make Gmail an option for the two soft-touch launchers flanking the drawer, and has even said "it's at the top of the list now" for upcoming features to be introduced.