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What are your favorite Launchers? Only ICS please
Based on customization, smoothness, and eye-candyness
can I say GO LAUNCHER ??
The stock launcher. Gotta love those shortcut folders.
davidsteele1975 said:
The stock launcher. Gotta love those shortcut folders.
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P.S: no stock launcher
Nova launcher seems promising, but I would say trebuchet is a perfect fit for its stability right now.
Nova
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Nova launcher
Nova has the best settings and stuff, so NOVA for me. I needs me my custom icons. Apex Launched will be promising though... it might even become better than NOVA. With the plans they have for it, Apex should become the CM9 Launcher. Why? Because honestly Trebuchet is sucking so much right now. You can hardly do anything with it and I haven't heard any news from it... If it is going to stay CM9 launcher it has major work to do.
Nexus S - CyberGR Hybrid ICS (5), Matrix Kernel (15)
Another vote for nova. Great launcher and only getting better
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GO Launcher is by far my favourite of the ones I have used.
I have used ADW, Helix, LauncherPro and Zeam Launcher but have not tried Nova yet.
I really like launcher pro. Not very fancy but quite functional.
I'm using Nova, while it is very fast and smooth, it does have way too less customizations.
Apex is the fastest one then nova after that when apex gets a few more opinions it could be the beat of all of them right now Nova got more customization but apexs is faster
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Definitely the Trebuchet launcher if not the stock one
Nova is my current pick. Custom icons, number of icons in dock, homescreen grid and resizable widgets are must-haves for me. I do wish there are gestures and more dock customization options, but neither of those are deal-breakers.
ADW Ex remains my favorite.
I've used Go, Claystone, Nova, trebuchet, QQ, Live Home, Regina 3D, and SPB, but ADW provides the smoothest operation, great customization, and the backup/restore function works great.
Adw Ex
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OP said only ICS based launchers.
My vote is for Nova also.
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so far Apex Launcher for me...
minor side, some bugs on transparant drawer...
Launcher Pro
I also like Launcher Pro. It's not the best looking, but it has a wonderful set of features.
What's the best launcher for the N7? If other, please specify which one.
In my opinion, I enjoy using NOVA.
Nova
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I should've added Go Launcher to the poll.
I've never used a bad launcher. Apex is my current favorite. My least favorite was Go.
*nvm*
Nova for me, just like how they are showing the initiative
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completely stock, Jelly Bean!
When using Samsung, HTC phones you become so jealous of the stock android launcher that it becomes an obsession.
Whilst touchwiz and sense offer some things that are better, as a past/current user of these phones, we just want to speed and compatibility that nexus devices can offer.
I don't think I'll ever root & install a custom rom on my Nexus 7, it's sexy, super fast & smooth & just what I wanted.
Enough to make me also consider a Nexus phone as my next phone too.
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I use go launcher ex, not the HD tablet version. The one for the phone just works better for me.
I like the paid version of Nova the best, but if I wanted a free replacement I'd go with Apex.
At the moment I like the stock launcher the best. I can't really seem to get either Nova or Apex to look the way I want them to.
Apex for some reason I can't have 6 rows in landscape mode, because the gap between the icons and the labels is larger than normal that the labels end up vanishing with more than 5 rows in landscape.
Also I don't like how the dock bar rotates with the screen.
Nova launcher seems to have gotten better after the recent update, I can move icons easier now. One cosmetic issue that bugs me though is I've turned off the google search bar, however in landscape mode it still shows the divider bar between where the search bar was and the rest of the screen on the left side. I really wish that could be removed.
raptir said:
I like the paid version of Nova the best, but if I wanted a free replacement I'd go with Apex.
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Mandated from Stannis Baratheon
Currently using apex pro, also use adw pro
But I have pre ordered chameleon which will dominate.
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Nova is amazing, and blazingly fast. Very clear difference from Apex, which I used for a few days. Sticking with Nova Pro.
I like sslauncher. Different and loved it on my note as well. Just wished had more themes
From the Note to Nexus 7
Stock is great, using Nova to hide apps and sort apps into folders though, and is just as good
Using Nova Prime. Mimics 4.1 quite well and adds more function. No regrets. The reason I purchased Prime is because I already own Widget Locker and I chose to continue my support for the developer.
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Using Nova Prime. Mimics 4.1 quite well and adds more function. No regrets. The reason I purchased Prime is because I already own Widget Locker and I chose to continue my support for the developer.
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Does nova have the new jb launcher features like auto size and move /toss away effects?
I know apex doesn't.
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Yea it does. And nova is my favorite so far, have yet to try apex though.
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clankfu said:
I should've added Go Launcher to the poll.
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Should also add Stock as well Not everybody uses a 3rd-party launcher
Hi guys! What's the best and smooth launcher for the s advance on Jelly bean? Standard touchwiz by Samsung is too heavy and slow.
Sorry for my bad English
Next launcher,apex and nova launcher, and tsf shell
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Touchwiz launcher.
The S Advance is fairly capable, and Touchwiz is stripped of the unneeded features found on devices like the Note II and SIII. Still, the only way you can slow it down significantly is if you go ahead and download 70+ apps (which you don't need, obviously), and launch 5 apps at the same time and expect a mid-low range device to perform like a supercomputer.
apex runs great on this phone!
One more vote for apex! Very smooth and good looking.
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Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher.. and Atom Launcher is pretty good too...all are clean and fast.
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I prefer Nova Launcher over Apex Launcher...
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Yep, nova launcher is the best!!
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i try all launchers on googleplay best launcher = GoLauncher -} best devs alot thems alot app alot widget ...
low cpu - low memory - never crash - never black screen - alot settings - light without lag - and it's Free xD
Gz
Yes, but fastest and slim launcher is APEX.
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The last time I tried GoLauncher, it was laggy sometimes, consumed more than 30 MB RAM and ate about 6% of my battery...
I tried it when I was on Gingerbread... After that experience I never tried GoLauncher again
Let's hope that it got improved now ..
(One more thing)
Let's not fight about which launcher is the best.. because different people have different opinions....
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Apex
To OP: edit first post and open some poll with that launchers, and let the vote begin.
Adw launcher. Still no.1 for me, even with JB.
Next launcher = Smoothest 3D launcher
Apex Launcher = Slim, smooth..
Go Launcher EX = RAM eater. not very smooth
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
To OP: edit first post and open some poll with that launchers, and let the vote begin.
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I did it
I use native touchwiz launcher and I'm happy with it.
nagato.fm said:
I use native touchwiz launcher and I'm happy with it.
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c-c-c-combo breaker!!!
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Add GT Launcher to the poll. It still needs some refining but its good anyway. :good:
there is no smart launcher in pool :crying:
Ive gone from Samsung devices to lg to Nexus.. Never really gone with a 3rd party launcher.
Robert7107 said:
Ive gone from Samsung devices to lg to Nexus.. Never really gone with a 3rd party launcher.
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Google Now Launcher.
Nova Launcher prime
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Robert7107 said:
Ive gone from Samsung devices to lg to Nexus.. Never really gone with a 3rd party launcher.
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Nova Prime...no matter how often I try others, I keep returning to it. Constantly improving, intuitive, lean and fast.
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micmars said:
Nova Prime...no matter how often I try others, I keep returning to it. Constantly improving, intuitive, lean and fast.
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Me too. I gave up looking about a year ago.
Nova prime. It so flexible yet so much like stock launcher. I love it. I use it on all my android devices
Nova Prime as primary and Apex Launcher as Secondary
Nova launcher prime because it has the coolest name.
Nova Prime is the way to go! Respect to the Dev for constant updates and beta's!
Nova Prime, it looks like stock google now launcher, only with the best options and customizations.
Robert7107 said:
Ive gone from Samsung devices to lg to Nexus.. Never really gone with a 3rd party launcher.
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Nova Launcher Prime. The best launcher I've ever used. Simple, Minimal, Heavily Customizable, Smooth, looks very close to GNL.
Did I hear someone say Nova Launcher Prim?:good:
Nova Prime!
Nova Launcher Prime
Sure Nova Prime
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Nova prime on all my devices.
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Nova Prime on all my devices.
Action launcher 3! Can't use any other launcher now.
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Nova Prime on all my devices.
Google Now Launcher.
The only gripe I have with Nova Prime is that the Google search bar is just so damn slow to use, takes a long time to open (as it opens the Google app) and the Google now launcher has (obviously) a much faster access to Google search and Google now.
Hi,
Has anybody measured if Nova eats less resources than stock launcher?
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Not a comprehensive report by any means but I have not noticed any slowness or resource issues with Nova on the Note 9. However, I would be curious to see what others say, perhaps in more detail.
bat0nas said:
Hi,
Has anybody measured if Nova eats less resources than stock launcher?
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I started using Nova Launcher the day I got the note 9. Everything is snappy, quick and zero lag.
bat0nas said:
Hi,
Has anybody measured if Nova eats less resources than stock launcher?
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I used accubattery for a while and noticed that Nova drained less for me than the stock launcher.
Using Nova + Navigation gestures + Edge gestures: still abit better than stock launcher in term of battery.
I've stuck with stock for the last few years.
I'm also a Nova lover here.
But was surprised that stock is pretty much useable as well already.
But I'm still missing some functionality.
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Use Nova.
-multiple dock
-resizing widgets
-use gestures and double click etc
-etc etc....
No problems whatsoever.
Huib
I use lawnchair launcher and it's a little faster than nova. It's much quicker to open and close the app drawer etc. Haven't used Nova in a while now as the animations are too slow even when turned up in dev options and nova settings. Lawnchair launcher doesn't have that problem and is very customisable too.
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I use lawnchair launcher and it's a little faster than nova. It's much quicker to open and close the app drawer etc. Haven't used Nova in a while now as the animations are too slow even when turned up in dev options and nova settings. Lawnchair launcher doesn't have that problem and is very customisable too.
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I agree with this i have used lawnchair on my pixel and now note 9 forever now! Nothing else beats it imo