This was posted by Kevin Barry, the original developer and founder of Nova Launcher.

So long and thanks for all the fish

  • davidgro@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Dang. I still haven’t found a replacement that has features I use like pulling up on an icon giving different actions, the separate “work” tab in the app list for my pornwork profile apps, assigning apps to categories such as ‘games’, etc.

    I’d love suggestions if anyone is using something feature full that they like

    • limerod@reddthat.comM
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      6 days ago

      Smart launcher has auto app categorizing. You can add a catergory for work apps and put their work related apps in there.

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        8 days ago

        Hmm. Doesn’t look like it supports traditional put-them-where-you-want-on-multiple-screens icons. That’s a deal breaker for me, but thank you

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      7 days ago

      Check out Octopi Launcher. It’s in early development but it’s been usable for awhile now. I like it so much I contributed to the developer.

      Octopi Launcher

      • davidgro@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        Sure, I’m using Island for that (found it first years ago), but my point was that Nova launcher handles it nicely.

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      7 days ago

      I’ve been quiet please with Neo Launcher

      A build hasn’t been released on GitHub for awhile, but there is an active branch and a more recent build on the telegram/matrix chat. The 0.9.3 version has worked well enough for me.

      I haven’t used the features but in the Drawer section of the settings, there is “Categorise Apps” and “Second tab for Work apps”.

      I do wish that Nova was open source, that’s basically the only reason I switched.