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After Working on it alone for a year, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher Kevin Barry has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts. More Info: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

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[–] trk@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Padding and grid / snap to half-grid makes it so easy to get things lined up exactly how you like.

I also like having slide actions on the dock... I have a phone icon. If you tap on it, it opens a folder with my most common 9'ish contacts as direct dials. If I slide up on it, it opens the phone app. Repeat for other icons on the dock and you get over a dozen potential actions from 4 icons.

Not sure if anything else offers this.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yep. I forgot, I really need snap to half grid too.

And actively use swipe actions on app icons.

Things are super messy cause I haven't finished updating stuff after changing phones and a couple things are broken while I make changes, but I can't do this with any other launcher, sadly

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I can't tell if I love or hate the way your phone looks lol... It looks chaotic af

Edit: It looks like the gui of your character's in-game PDA device in an indie sci-fi game

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Lol, that's okay, it's very much to my own preference, and it's a lot less overstimulating when you're the one who placed everything and labored over every little corner. A lot of it is designed to help me stay on top of managing my sleep disorder

Styling-wise it's inspired by the in-show ui elements from cowboy bebop, and some typography from ghost in the shell