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Re: Niagara Launcher

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Post by arcanemachiner »

FireInsight wrote: post #40

This a good place to plug my favorite launcher? Search-based launchers in general are something I just cannot live without nowadays, there's way less friction there with openint apps and such. Kvæsitso is the one I use currently: https://kvaesitso.mm20.de/ . The design is really good, and the widget support is nice. Search is not as perfect ass the classic KISS, though: http://kisslauncher.com/ .

> as perfect ass the classic KISS

KISS is the be-all-end-all launcher for me.

I guess that makes me a KISS ass.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#42

Post by seraphine »

peheje wrote: post #39
ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #31

This launcher has solved launchers imo, organization barely matters when if you simply remember the name of the app, you can get there in under a second easily. Sometimes I forget something was in my favorites and just use the scroll by habit, its just that big a non issue.

Your thoughts about the Niagara Launcher and how it solves your problems, is quite interesting to me. You mention you simply remember the name, I find that difficult for me. I don't remember whether it's "Google Maps" or "Maps", if it's "Headphones" or "Sony Headphones". I have tried a few times to get into the Niagara launcher, but without luck. It's too mm. "sterile" for me?. I really like being able to group apps…

You can rename apps in Niagara btw. Spotify -> Music for example

Re: Niagara Launcher

#43

Post by radlad »

quaintdev wrote: post #10

If you want to go further on minimal design check out Olauncher https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher Available on both fdroid and play store

I've been using Olauncher for a few years now - it's rock solid!

Re: Niagara Launcher

#44

Post by NelsonMinar »

I'm a fan of this launcher; I switched to it when I realized I only ever launched things via typing the app name into search. Why not just have a list of apps by name then? Works great.

It's a real testament to Android's flexibility too. It's terrific to be able to radically change the UI for the phone.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#45

Post by NelsonMinar »

chasil wrote: post #19

Unfortunately, this is not on F-Droid, and it does not appear to be open source.

Fortunately it is an excellent piece of commercial, closed source software with a long history and a responsive developer.

I tried searching for open source launchers on F-Droid but there's no way to sort a search by date or popularity that I could find.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#46

Post by BadHumans »

aloisdg wrote: post #34
Sytten wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not everything needs to be OSS, it is OK for people to charge for software and make a living...

You can pay for free and open source software. I do it to support FOSS developers and maintainers. software example: Krita https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ source code under GPLv3 https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita game example: Shapez https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ source code under GPLv3 https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io

If people paying for FOSS was the norm, we wouldn't have a post on the FOSS developers not making money on the front page every 2 months. I don't blame people for not going this route.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#47

Post by jurgenkesker »

janice1999 wrote: post #32

https://help.niagaralauncher.app/article/27-privacy-policy > Personal Data collected: Cookies, unique device identifiers, Usage Data and IDs (package names) from installed apps. It sends a unique device identifier, your IP address and your app usage to Firebase. I understand why the developer would want crash reports but he gathers a lot of data on users.

Seeing there is no business model (or did I miss that?), how likely is it that this app is sending installed app lists to 3rd party for appstore analytics like Data.ai and similar services? Something needs to pay the bills?

Re: Niagara Launcher

#48

Post by zmk5 »

whycome wrote: post #17
senkora wrote: post #11

I really appreciate how Android made the “graphical shell” a user-replaceable component of the OS. Back in the day, I used Nova Launcher and an icon pack to completely re-theme my home screen. I felt so cool. I encourage anyone curious to take a look at the following subreddit for some neat themes that users have created for themselves over the years using custom launchers: https://www.reddit.com/r/androidthemes/top/…

On iOS, the thing I miss most is Nova. Replacing icons with images of your choice. Changing the swipe transition. Icon organization. Removing text.

Honestly it's the one thing I don't miss about Android. I always felt compelled to tinker with things a lot more than I should've.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#49

Post by wiseowise »

BadHumans wrote: post #46
aloisdg wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can pay for free and open source software. I do it to support FOSS developers and maintainers. software example: Krita https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ source code under GPLv3 https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita game example: Shapez https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ source code under GPLv3 https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io

If people paying for FOSS was the norm, we wouldn't have a post on the FOSS developers not making money on the front page every 2 months. I don't blame people for not going this route.

You assume them being commercial would imply their success.

Re: Niagara Launcher

#50

Post by oohffyvfg »

FireInsight wrote: post #40

This a good place to plug my favorite launcher? Search-based launchers in general are something I just cannot live without nowadays, there's way less friction there with openint apps and such. Kvæsitso is the one I use currently: https://kvaesitso.mm20.de/ . The design is really good, and the widget support is nice. Search is not as perfect ass the classic KISS, though: http://kisslauncher.com/ .

kiss is pure shit when you first install it. but if you take the time to set it up, it's like vim/emacs. things start to make sense
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