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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

On graphene, don't feel like switching launchers again - just disabled all network access for nova launcher and its supporting apps... Thanks for the heads up!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Truly the saddest news of the day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also KISS launcher is the goat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I love KISS!

I love testing out weird stuff! I was using Pielauncher before, then worked out this one gives me a clean home screen and swipe gestures!

I've been using it a few years now. I use Muzei and the NASA APOD plugin to get the astronomy picture of the day as my background, then have swipe actions for commonly used apps, favourites for the less commonly used apps that I still want an icon on the home screen, then I have the app list show with commonly used apps when I tap the search field.

It's also a great talking point when people see me use it, because most people don't realise you can change how this core part of your phone works with a couple of taps.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Switch to the open source Neo Launcher!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That has not been updated since 2022 tho. Is Neo launcher dead?

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

Their Github page looks like there's active development, but yeah no actual releases for a long time

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

Till now we have no alpha release of 1.0.0, but this would come in the next weeks.

Finger crossed!

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

Ooh where are you seeing that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No mentions of an alpha for nearly a year, all the recent comments are people lamenting its apparent abandonment!

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

Well, first of all, let me say that people lamenting over an open source project is very sad. The comment I've linked is from a Neo Launcher contributor and, as you can see, there's been continuous work on the project.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I know, that was my original point. I think it's fine to be sad that an open source project is stagnating, especially if you're a keen user but don't have the knowledge to change the codebase yourself. Thankfully I didn't see anyone being rude or demanding, that's the real bad sign.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that you were the same that wrote that message.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a system over at Nova Discord where we reply to polls about the new features, we're basically guinea pigs trying out stuff Branch is going to push out via their deals with OEMs. That's how I've understood it.

There is no bytes being sent out with the beta, and replying in Discord is voluntary, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Sounds actually quiet reasonable and respectful.

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