And thanks for all the Tempeh
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Sad to read, but not at all surprising. I remember how much damage control Kevin was doing back when the sale to Branch happened.

I hope he has learned something about trusting the word and contracts from entities like Branch from the whole thing.

    • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Oooh, that’s concerning, that’s what I use. I don’t find Android particularly useable without it, the vanilla experience is pretty awful.

      I do hope it’s not going away!

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        3 days ago

        So it didn’t get opensourced and the last dev has stopped working on it. I think the conclusion you can make from that is that it’s gone.

      • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        It’s not like there aren’t several alternatives, especially ones that are basically the same. Lawnchair, Hyperion etc.

    • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Doubt it. The outcome of these kinds of things is usually determined by whoever has more money, and an ad company like Branch usually has more money than god.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      3 days ago

      Lawnchair is what I’m currently using, and it’s improving. They’ve had a large development push recently. Another one I’ve looked at was SmartLauncher.

      I tried Kvaesitso for a while but ultimately it wasn’t for me

      • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        Kvaesitso takes a little to get used to. It is not like a traditional launcher and is no where near as customizable as Nova but I still really like it.

        If you don’t like having a ton of icons, only use a limited number of widgets, you like to use a search bar, and you don’t like shoving things in the app screen in to folders, I suggest giving it a try.

        The home screen only allows one row of icons. You have a set of icons as your favorites in the app screen. You can use tags, rather than folders, to organize icons.

        It is different but it is very polished.

        • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          3 days ago

          I found that after a good part of a year, I wasn’t using the widgets menu at all and it would take me more time to find the right tag than if I had folders that benefit from muscle memory

          I do get the appeal though, it’s very polished

          • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            You seem to know what you need but if you decide to try it again, you can set favorite tags. Clicking a favorite tag will put all the icons to the top.

            But yeah I can understand why it’s not for everyone. The widgets only allow for full width so customization is limited. Tags and the search bar will limit muscle memory. I can probably open my most used apps blindfolded in Lawnchair or Nova. I can’y do that with this launcher. I see your point.

      • misery mansion@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I switched to action launcher years ago and it still works great. The ability to have a default app in a folder is so convenient, you tap to open the app you use most, or swipe to open the full folder. I’m not aware of another launcher which allows this.

        I only have one screen for everything I need because of this feature, with the full app list available on the left and a widget panel with my calendar and weather on the right.

        I never see it mentioned in these threads though, I guess because it’s not FOSS. I tried lawnchair and the gap in features is massive.

        • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 days ago

          Action can do this? I’ll have to check it out, because that’s the feature from Nova I can’t live without. My whole home screen has been built around it for years.

          • misery mansion@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Action can do this. I believe it was implemented on Action before Nova anyway but it’s years ago at this point… But yeah that’s the main feature I miss with all the other launchers.

            I can’t quite remember how the in app purchase element of it works, I appear to have paid to be a supporter in 2022, I think around then maybe is when they changed payment models and annoyed people idk.

            It’s too integral a part of my usage for me to worry about, as much as I love FOSS stuff. I’m totally happy with the small amount I’ve contributed. The app is still releasing updates.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I use Total Launcher - it has up and down swipe gestures but also left and right. It’s a bit of a learning curve, much less intuitive than Nova was at its peak, but very customisable.

        • hefty4871@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I tried total launcher. Even bought a license. It didn’t have the app icon swipe. For example if I swipe up on the phone app icon it launches the contacts app. Swipe up on the messages app icon to launch Signal. Great way to easily access a bunch of related apps without cluttering the home screen.

          • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Agreed, that’s exactly what I do too - I use icon swipe all the time though, so I’m confused why you don’t have it.

            Admittedly, I swipe folder icons rather than individual apps, but it definitely works, here’s a quick video (link lives for 2 days): https://streamable.com/liybvg

            EDIT - looking again, I can’t set swipes on individual app icons either, just the folder icons. Weird, never noticed that before!

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Nova is ridiculously big shoes to fill, but I’ve had a decent experience with hyperion.

      I mostly use Niagara these days though, I’ve come to like the list layout more than icon grids.

    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I used neo for a while, and it came close. but at least for me it had some issues with energy hunger and I think it lagged from time to time. maybe it’s fixed by now.

      edit: still no new release since December 2023. sad

      • DarkSirrush@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah if it weren’t for the laundry list of glitches and no new releases since I think 2022 (the December 2023 date was a mistake, there was no change at all, it just overwrote the release date) I would also be using neo. But i got really tired of accidentally resetting all my damn widgets because I moved an icon wrong, and having to manually remake them since they wouldn’t restore from backup.