<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Your question got me nostalgic for iGoogle, which was a customizable home screen for Google with lots of widgets that you could arrange arbitrarily. I don't know why Google got rid of it!</div><div><br></div><div>But there are some 3rd party clones that look pretty nifty. These are all browser based:</div><div> * <a href="https://igtab.com/">https://igtab.com/</a></div><div> * <a href="https://www.protopage.com/">https://www.protopage.com/</a></div><div> * <a href="https://www.symbaloo.com/">https://www.symbaloo.com/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>As for Nova Launcher, I've heard that Smart Launcher 6 is the one that most people have migrated to, but there's also Hyperion, Niagara, Octopi, Lawnchair</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 9:35\u202fPM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hello all,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A bit off topic, but I don't think the cabal would mind much ...</div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">The Android launcher (i.e. home app) that I have been using for many years has gone to the dark side.</div><div dir="auto">It was Nova Launcher. </div><div dir="auto">They got bought, then sold again, and the current owner is in the data collection business ...</div><div dir="auto">So I uninstalled it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I want a basic multi page launcher, i.e. you swipe left or right for more icons, and make each page for a category, e.g. utilities, weather, astronomy, and so on.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It should have also have a configurable number of columns and rows, so it works on a tablet and a phone.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ideally it would be open source, so it would be on F-droid, and contains no anti-features.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Presently, I am using Fast Draw from F-droid.</div><div dir="auto">It does the job but forces the icons to be alphabetically sorted, which is annoying.</div><div dir="auto">It also forces the phone aspect ratio on the tablet, which is also annoying.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Any other recommendations, experiences?</div><div>--<br>Khalid Baheyeldin<br>Composed on a mobile device. <br>Please excuse any typos and/or brevity. </div></div>
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