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[–] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

None of these are a good replacement for nova.

I've been using android since 2007. Nova allowed me to stick with the old school UI paradigm of dock and app drawer... nova was so good, that i set up my homescreen in 2013 and basically never touched the settings again until i migrated a new phone....

All these new launchers break my 20 yr old workflow... i dont like the "everything is a search bar" thing

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    dont like the “everything is a search bar” thing

    Same here. Been using Android since 2010. Currently running KISS for the last few months, but it doesn't quite work with my muscle memory. I don't want to type things to find them when I can just open the app drawer, or drop a shortcut on the desktop.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    @9488fcea02a9 hmm, didn't lawnchair also have an app drawer and a dock? Or other similar launchers like Microsoft, action, hyperion etc.? There are plenty more AOSP based launchers in the Play Store.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I feel the same. I like having my desktop with easy to reach commonly used apps, and a few widgets, such at a Google calendar widget and my keep notes. And I want all the things in the exact spot I put them, so I can build muscle memory to go where I want. The dock is not so necessary as long as I can have enough icons on the desktop. And then I want an app drawer, where I can divide it into tabs, one for regular apps and one for games.

    The closest I could find are either:

    Lawnchair launcher, but it's missing the drawer tabs (it has folders though)

    Pear Launcher, it has everything, but unfortunately it doesn't remove the games from the main apps tab when I add them to a games tab...

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Drawer tabs is really what i want

    Cant find any modern launcher with tabs

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Kvaesitso has tags. Each app can have multiple tags, and selected tags can be pinned (somewhat like a tab) to favorites, possibly resulting in something a bit like drawer tabs? You can also use the search bar to search for a tag and list the tagged apps.

    I use tags like #stream #media #video #audio #download #p2p #torrent #tools #navigation #maps #transport #social #chat #messenger #sms #appstore #files etc. and often I add multiple relevant tags for better brainless searchability, though only a few general useful tags are pinned to the favorites section (e.g. #stream #files #chat and #tools).

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Octopi and Smart Launcher also have tabs.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    I wasn't able to figure out how to do drawer tabs in Octopi. Can you help me figure that out?

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