I bought and paid for Nova Launcher like 15 years ago and it’s been my go-to for that time; however, over the last year or so it’s been abandoned and is a buggy mess.

What ship should I jump onto? (stock google launcher is giving me the ick)

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    1 day ago

    I love KISS.

    I change the settings to set swipes for common apps like browser and camera, set others as favorites like email and messaging apps, and then set it to show nothing else except the search bar. Tapping the search bar shows commonly used apps, or you can a search.

    Works great for my “workflow”, and leaves the “desktop” almost completely clear. Then I have the wallpaper set to the NASA astronomy picture of the day. Works great!

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        2 hours ago

        Interesting! Do you (or anyone) know of any similar one that’s FOSS and available outside of Google Play?

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      1 day ago

      I love KISS for the minimalism. I even hide the favorite bar, hide icons and make the search bar transparent too, just tap bottom to bring up recent apps + fuzzy search.

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        A warning, it’s different from a normal launcher. That’s why I love it!