And thanks for all the Tempeh
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This was posted by Kevin Barry, the original developer and founder of Nova Launcher.

So long and thanks for all the fish

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    37·
    3 个月前

    Ad company buys popular launcher -> promises its not going anywhere°> breaks promise

    Who could have seen that coming? /s

    • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
      7·
      3 个月前

      Open sourcing Nova would be a huge game changer. Hopefully the original creator can find something in legal where he can release it himself. I am sure a lot of devs would love to help him clean it up ready for open sourcing.

  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    16·
    3 个月前

    So Branch reneged on their agreement? Super scummy.

    I’ve been using Lawnchair ever since the buyout was announced. It’s a downgrade from Nova tbh but it’s good enough.

  • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 个月前

    Dang. I still haven’t found a replacement that has features I use like pulling up on an icon giving different actions, the separate “work” tab in the app list for my pornwork profile apps, assigning apps to categories such as ‘games’, etc.

    I’d love suggestions if anyone is using something feature full that they like

    • Undearius@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 个月前

      I’ve been quite pleased with Neo Launcher

      A build hasn’t been released on GitHub for awhile, but there is an active branch and a more recent build on the telegram/matrix chat. The 0.9.3 version has worked well enough for me.

      I haven’t used the features but in the Drawer section of the settings, there is “Categorise Apps” and “Second tab for Work apps”.

      I do wish that Nova was open source, that’s basically the only reason I switched.

      • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 个月前

        Hmm. Doesn’t look like it supports traditional put-them-where-you-want-on-multiple-screens icons. That’s a deal breaker for me, but thank you

      • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        Sure, I’m using Island for that (found it first years ago), but my point was that Nova launcher handles it nicely.

    • Aldursil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      Check out Octopi Launcher. It’s in early development but it’s been usable for awhile now. I like it so much I contributed to the developer.

      Octopi Launcher

    • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      Smart launcher has auto app categorizing. You can add a catergory for work apps and put their work related apps in there.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    8·
    3 个月前

    Weird, launchers like this have such a small niche community already. I’m surprised they want to piss them off. Linux/nerds like us aren’t well known for being forgiving.

    • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      ever since I got my new Samsung phone, I’ve been us8ng the default launcher just fine.

      but I think it’s time to get back to Niagara.

  • Brokkr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 个月前

    Any replacements? I’m looking for a traditional launcher that let’s me put apps and widgets on screens, let’s me choose the grid size, and which let’s me set a search bar that is not chrome.

    The minamalist ones or the ones with everything in a list aren’t what I need.

        • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
          1·
          3 个月前

          I think there’s a system level permission for that.
          As I remember it, the pop up asking, appeared automatically the first time.

    • darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      I’ve been on Neo Launcher ever since Nova was sold. It’s FOSS and has the features you’re looking for but not nearly what Nova had. Been happy with it all this time.

      • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 个月前

        Unfortunately, it hasn’t updated in nearly 3 years, which doesn’t bode well for future Android release compatibility.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 个月前

          Unfortunately, it hasn’t updated in nearly 3 years, which doesn’t bode well for future Android release compatibility.

          Commits to the Github repository keep going but the developer doesn’t seem to realize the importance of more regular but smaller in scope releases which attracts users and more users mean more contributors.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    the buying of it by the ad company was awful but there were never any open source fdroid launchers that were as good. kevin open sourcing it will hopefully help get a decent open source launcher going, hopefully!

  • OminousOrange@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    3 个月前

    I’m looking for a launcher that can hide a folder under a typical icon. I love the swipe up to open the folder, or tap to open the app functionality from Nova. It looks nice but still has everything i commonly use just a swipe and tap away.

    I’ve taken a quick look at Lawnchair, Kvaesitso, and KISS, but those don’t seem to have that capability.