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<div dir="auto">I was using Octopi Launcher for a while when I thought that Nova Launcher Prime was going to be dead, but I am back on Nova for a while. There isn't any launcher as good as Nova that I have found.</div><div><br></div><div>--<br></div><div><div dir="auto">Gary Walsh<br></div><div dir="auto">Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox.<br></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">20 Feb 2026, 13:59 by kb@2bits.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small" class="">Thanks for the feedback.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">My use of the phone is atypical. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">It is not my primary device by any means. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I absolutely hate both the small screen and the touch keyboard.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">At home, it sits next to me, and I check it only when a notification, calendar or alarm goes off.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I don't have any social media on the phone, except for some chat applications for relatives and friends 1:1 (no groups, ...etc)<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">Neither do I have the news feed enabled.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I did try some of the mentioned launchers previously, before posting.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">Smart Launcher was promising.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I did Niagara too, but the rolodex interface is too big a jump for me. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">One launcher that I did like, but could not continue to use, is <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.launcher&hl=en_CA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microsoft Launcher</a>. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">It is highly rated, but it does collect app usage and other telemetrics. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><div style="font-size:small" class="">Later, I decided to give precedence to launchers from F-Droid, because being there means it has much less chance of anti-features. <br></div></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I did try several others from F-Droid, but they are all either a) extremely minimalist, b) use very different UI/UX paradigms, c) require typing (did I say I despise touch keyboards?), and so on ... <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I will stick with Fast Draw for now. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">On the tablet, the icons are squished into a small area (no configurable number of columns/rows), but I can get used to that.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">The main annoying aspect is when adding an icon to one of the screens, it shifts all other icons.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">That is because of the forced alphabetical sorting.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">So mind/muscle memory of where Gmail or Calendar or whatever no longer works. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="">I emailed the author about custom sorting, but no reply so far. <br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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