mrddu3at2End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone
Blaze (he/him)Bad news.
Still waiting for github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/releases to get out of beta
BeatTakeshiIt’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.
underscoresI’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.
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.
Wait it’s in Beta? I’ve been using it for like over a year
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.
Which really sucks as it’s the only launcher to have QuickSwitch support AFAIK.
redfellowDevelopment 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.
I’ve been using the 14 nightlies for months now, 0 issues. It’s very nice and responsive.
Fun fact: the original Lawnchair’s founding developer is the TSA nofly list hacker
Dont go selling me harder on it.
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/
Neo Launcher is the way. FOSS with all the same features as Nova.
MisterFrogTotalLauncher has been a great replacement for me. Jumped ship a number of months ago