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Branch Metrics sucks. They fired almost of all people working for Nova.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

😲 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.winworldpc.com%2Fuploads%2Feditor%2Fd2%2Ftoe3rv6udc3v.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=3aece61729c72898491d3dbfe7c7c767230ba63c1bc175f932e91874ab6bb5f6&ipo=images