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limerod ,

Yeah, I read about this on the Nova launcher discord community. I had already moved to Smart launcher in 2022, seeing the slow development speed and the branch buyout.

Still, seeing so many people being laid off was sad.

RippleEffect ,

It sucks that people are laid off but I’m not shocked. I can’t imagine the launcher raking in tons of cash. Maybe it does, but I wouldn’t expect it to. Honestly I’m surprised that nova wasn’t just a passion project by someone.

PlutoniumAcid ,
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I just reset my phone (because reasons) and while I was happy to use Nova for so many years, I decided to switch - trying ADW Launcher now.

Looks like it was a smart move.

cereals ,

Isn’t ADW already dead for years? Last update on f-droid was 13 years ago.

PlutoniumAcid ,
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😲 13 years?? I had no idea! Wild. Okay maybe I need to find a modern alternative - but haven’t found anything yet that’s so nice as Nova was.

cereals ,

The play store Version is only 6 years old. Still not great.

You could try lawnchair 14 which is currently in beta on github. The version you can load in the play store is very old.

BearOfaTime ,

Wow, there’s a name I haven’t heard for years, not since my Bionic!

I have a copy hanging around. I need a software indexing tool to keep track!

PlutoniumAcid ,
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Nova just worked so well for me. Have looked into other launchers and they just aren’t the bee’s knees. ADW might not be the best either.

BearOfaTime ,

To me the whole home screen paradigm just doesn’t work, at all. I don’t keep anything on the home screen, I find it clumsy and disorganized, with things hard to find - just like with the desktop paradigm on Windows.

It seems like a good idea, it just doesn’t work for me. I can’t find anything on my computer desktop - the inability to organize it other than giant icons of stuff just makes it overwhelming, and it’s the same problem on a phone.

I use a combination of folders (Folder Organizer) and Notification Shortcuts (Notification Toggle), because that makes so much more sense to me. Notification Panel

It seems a different paradigm for phones would be more effective than reproducing a desktop.

PlutoniumAcid ,
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than reproducing a desktop

Oh you sweet summer child 😊

I get what you mean, I really do, but the mobile launcher is very different from desktop.

Let me find an image of what a mobile desktop used to look like. It was literally the original Windows95 desktop, complete with recycle bin and start menu and task bar. Now that does not work on a mobile device, and modern phone launchers are light years ahead of those olden days.

I hope this link works:

external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F…

Blaze ,

Bad news.

Still waiting for github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/releases to get out of beta

BeatTakeshi ,
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It’s pretty much already very usable. I have been on version 12 alpha for a long time and now on 14 beta 2, all in all since nearly a year.

underscores ,
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I’ve had it freeze up on me several times, where I had to reset the app to get it working again. It works most of the time, but I wouldn’t recommend it yet for general use.

Stovetop ,

Seems like it is missing a lot of the conveniences that I was once used to with Nova, though. No ability to reposition the search bar or keep it in place on other pages, no docked apps, no button to open the app drawer, the home screen grid has fixed padding and so on.

I’ve since switched to Niagara which has been okay, but I’ve never found anything else like Nova since.

pineapplelover ,

Wait it’s in Beta? I’ve been using it for like over a year

LiveLM ,

Lol development on it halts and resumes almost randomly, I’ve given up hope long ago.
Which really sucks as it’s the only launcher to have QuickSwitch support AFAIK.

red ,

Development has been steady. 8 beta has been available with about monthly updates for a few years or some such, in official Nova Discord.

They launched the beta in play store recently as well. Been using the beta since they shared the first apk.

Codilingus ,

I’ve been using the 14 nightlies for months now, 0 issues. It’s very nice and responsive.

Emerald ,

Fun fact: the original Lawnchair’s founding developer is the TSA nofly list hacker

mosiacmango ,

Dont go selling me harder on it.

Emerald ,

I mean it is a fine launcher. Personally I use Pie Launcher cause I’m a bit insane. f-droid.org/…/de.markusfisch.android.pielauncher/

fmstrat ,

Neo Launcher is the way. FOSS with all the same features as Nova.

MisterFrog ,
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TotalLauncher has been a great replacement for me. Jumped ship a number of months ago

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