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Why do you need to trust a launcher with your data at all? Why does it ever leave your device? This made me very skeptical about them.
A launcher needs a lot of privileges to do its work. I have to trust it that it does not collect/send anything to anywhere.
My AOSP launcher has zero permissions, except one that I optionally enabled to see notifications so it can do the little notification dots on my app icons.
I was referencing usual launchers with a rich set of features. As fas as I remember, one can also disable most of the permissions for no a as well, but this will kill all cool features.
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I can understand the flak they're having, but honestly Nova is the first thing I install on all my Android devices. Its so convenient and versatile
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Didn't believe them then, don't believe them now.
RIP Nova.
Can't blame the dev for selling out. I would for a windfall and retire.
But it's time to move on. Wouldn't touch Nova with a 1000 ft pole.
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Been using lawnchair since forever, I try to avoid closed source apps as much as possible, so Nova was never an option for me.
The play store says lawnchair isn't available because it was made for an older version of Android... The versions on F-Droid are 2 years old too ...
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Just wish it would get more development.
The last Alpha is from August 8 and even then the current iteration is a shell of what Lawnchair was during the V2 Alpha days
Consider using Neo Launcher. It's open source and actively developed and is basically what lawnchair aimed to be.
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the FLOSS alternative https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher/
I don't have a play store link if you do please post it for those in need
Thanks for sharing! They don't seem to have a Play Store listing, but they do have an F-Droid link on the IzzyOnDroid repo. Can also add their GitHub releases to Obtainium for easy updating.
And now I just learned about Obtainium. Thank you!
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It hasn't been updated since October 2022. Is it still in active development?
I beleive there is another release planned. They are slow tho. I think very much a volunteer project.
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Anyway, I just wish KISS offered a better widget customization.
I love KISS. Anyone picking up my phone would just see a blank screen with seemingly no function unless you know to swipe.
Mine just looks like a terminal with a pipboy scan lines background I love it so much I forget phones are supposed to have icons and can't figure out how anyone can find apps without a search bar
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I made the jump to Niagara and have enjoyed it so far. I really enjoyed Nova, but there's no going back at this point.
~~I've been on nova for like...a decade. What am I missing out on?~~
Nevermind, it's free so I tried it. Definitely not my cup of tea...does anyone have any suggestions more similar to how Nova works? I like my icon gestures
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Not updated since Dec 2021.
Yeah, this is what makes the announcement weird.
There are apks of the beta 8.x version on their site
And still no sign of the long-promised version 8 going out of beta yet ffs...
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I was like "Wait, aren't I using nova?"
And sure enough I was.
The fact that I don't care is a good thing. It means it doesn't piss me off and make me want to use something else.
I'm still on Nova because it just works so right for me, many others I tried didn't.
My needs are very basic
- A home screen I can place icons in specific positions (eg not forced auto sort)
- folders (drag multiple icons on top of each other to create a group/folder)
- Message count on icons, e.g my Whatsapp icon should show a little number indicating amount of new messages
- and finally, an app drawer showing all apps in a single list (without any fancy grouping)
Maybe this is normal now but years ago Nova seemed to be the only one that offered all these basic features together
Smart Launcher 6 has matured and is very fast and stable.
I personally use Neo Launcher because it has a unique feature.
I wanted a consistent launcher across different devices over time. I eventually settled on Nova Launcher, paid for it, and really liked it. I have been using it for about a decade. I just abandoned it a few hours ago because I finally determined why my tablet was grinding and halting. Nova Launcher was using over 600 MB of memory as well as leaking memory. My tablet is running like it's brand new again. I am unhappy about not being able to use it, but I'm a lot happier that I'm able to use my tablet again.
I stopped using third party launchers since they began to suck because the full screen gestures, I think since A11.
What issues do you have?
Short unresponsiveness to other inputs when you return home while having gesture navigation turned on. It's very annoying.
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I am so glad that Nova sold to that data mining owner of a company. If they hadn't I would have still been using Nova and would not have come across KISS launcher.
So fast, so efficient, with a real nice search feature. KISS has brought me great pleasure. Nova I hardly used any of the myriads of features and I was just there for the hype.
I have decided to stick with the stock GrapheneOS launcher.
Im not even sure what this all means? Ive been using Nova Launcher since my Galaxy Note 2, though... maybe I should stop using it?
This means that around a year ago nova was sold to a data collection company. But nova team declared that this had no impact on the launcher.
this is declared for mostly every company takeover, and very rarely happens in practice.
What to do, is up to you. Many stopped using nova .
I immediately stopped using Nova after 8-plus years following that announcement.
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