I've seen quite a few launchers on F-Droid, but I really fail to see what their advantages over the stock one are. I mean, what can be meaningfully different about arranging apps in a grid? But I guess the existence of so many options goes to show I just don't get the gist of it.

So what launchers actually provide some interesting features that make it worth switching to them?

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Niagara or Pro Launcher. I accidentally paid for the latter before realizing Niagara does the trick just fine.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It's been a while since I tried Niagara, but I've been using Pro Launcher the past few years. Earlier this week I decided to try a more traditional launcher again. It was terrible. 😆

I like that Pro gives me the second set of apps on the right. Then a swipe in from the left gives me my Capy feed while a swipe in from the right brings up Pro's built in quick notes. Swipe up for all apps going straight to search.

Quick update: my home screen went totally unresponsive after I posted. Then I realized I was tapping at the screenshot. Derp.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

Hilarious. I've done exactly that before.