End of an era: Nova Launcher's parent company lays off practically everyone - eviltoast

Branch Metrics sucks. They fired almost of all people working for Nova.

  • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s pretty much already very usable. I have been on version 12 alpha for a long time and now on 14 beta 2, all in all since nearly a year.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Seems like it is missing a lot of the conveniences that I was once used to with Nova, though. No ability to reposition the search bar or keep it in place on other pages, no docked apps, no button to open the app drawer, the home screen grid has fixed padding and so on.

      I’ve since switched to Niagara which has been okay, but I’ve never found anything else like Nova since.

    • underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      I’ve had it freeze up on me several times, where I had to reset the app to get it working again. It works most of the time, but I wouldn’t recommend it yet for general use.