a different approach to what a launcher can be
found this launcher last week and I've been playing with it since.
It still works with "muscle memory" but instead of placement, it's the gesture (or direction) that triggers the action. With time it can become quicker and easier, i think, than lawnchair, eblan &c or search based launchers
also on github.com/Elnix90/Dragon-Laun…
„Dragon Launcher“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
Fast and efficient Android launcher based on gestures and minimalismIzzyOnDroid Repo Browser
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i'd love to see a launcher like this on #sxmo #linuxmobile !
sadly my approach to compile kando.menu failed due to missing glibc on alpine 😬
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installed on android, already love it 💚
github.com/Elnix90/Dragon-Laun…
Release v1.2.6 · Elnix90/Dragon-Launcher
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in reply to Victor • • •They're on mastodon or another similar software
But some people on Lemmy are friends. People personally interact with each others on Hexbear for example (but that's a bit different, they've had history since their subreddit)
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On friendica myself, but otherwise yes. Friendica is kinda jank ATM, but feels the closest true vision of fediverse ish. I hope they figure out the jank..
And I'm subscribed to friends on mastodon & friendica as well as lemmy communities.
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in reply to Victor • • •When I had Instagram, I used to tag so many friends in so many posts.
I want some friends on Lemmy too! 🙁
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in reply to ferrule • • •My wife also hates my phone, she can't even use it, between the gesture navigation, the custom launcher and the custom theme and icon pack...
This launcher will probably make her throw the phone at me if she tries to use it.
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in reply to rnercle • • •Absolutely unusable for me. All I see is a black screen when launching it and after nexting through the settings. After adding some apps at the final step and attempting to try it out, it's just a black screen and I don't see anything. I'm lucky that I still had the settings app open for switching the default launcher so I could revert changing from the default. Otherwise my phone would've been soft bricked. Maybe I could've uninstalled it using adb or something. But I'm away for the holidays for over a week.
I would stay away from this. That we a close call for me. This would've been really bad.
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in reply to Victor • • •all you see is a black screen (in dark mode) until you touch the screen and slide your fingers towards a direction (that you configured for the app of your choice.)
the length of the slide gives you more options. For example I touch anywhere on the screen and push my finger towards 1 o'clock and i can open droidify. If i slide further, i can open fDroid itself.
you can also use it like another app, instead of making it your default launcher, to try it out. Close it like any other app and you're back on your habitual launcher.
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in reply to rnercle • • •I did slide my fingers, I did exactly as you said, but there was nothing showing. I sometimes released my finger and one of my apps would open. But it was just dark.
So yeah, not a user error.
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in reply to Victor • • •Calling it softbrick is such an exaggeration though. I can't tell if you faced a bug or if it was just that the launcher is very different from others and you missed some detail on how to use it.
I faced a similar issue, I saw the black screen and thought something was wrong, but I had read that long pressing for 3 seconds was supposed to open the settings, so I did that and everything was alright. It is strange enough to make it odd at first, the fact that they make it full screen as default doesn't help it, but swiping from the top or the bottom (as with any other full screen app) will show the system notification and buttons or gesture navigation. With any launcher I want to try I don't make them default right away, so using the home action of the system will bring me back directly to my default one. Using the launcher as an app will open it anyway to test and configure until I want to make it the default.
Anyway, anyone reading this and specially the above commenter if he wants to retry, there was nothing wrong and it is a very interesting novel idea. I'm actually
... Show more...Calling it softbrick is such an exaggeration though. I can't tell if you faced a bug or if it was just that the launcher is very different from others and you missed some detail on how to use it.
I faced a similar issue, I saw the black screen and thought something was wrong, but I had read that long pressing for 3 seconds was supposed to open the settings, so I did that and everything was alright. It is strange enough to make it odd at first, the fact that they make it full screen as default doesn't help it, but swiping from the top or the bottom (as with any other full screen app) will show the system notification and buttons or gesture navigation. With any launcher I want to try I don't make them default right away, so using the home action of the system will bring me back directly to my default one. Using the launcher as an app will open it anyway to test and configure until I want to make it the default.
Anyway, anyone reading this and specially the above commenter if he wants to retry, there was nothing wrong and it is a very interesting novel idea. I'm actually liking it more and more as I start setting it up.
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in reply to yyprum • • •Is it supposed to give a completely blank screen though? Not from the animations I saw.
I am usually a person not afraid to try new things, and I do so after thoroughly researching what I'm getting myself into because I've been using computers unassisted for over two decades and I've learned things the hard way, let me tell you, and I'm used to following instructions by now.
I followed the instructions. Added apps. Blank screen. Zero visual indicators, just guessing and releasing. Sometimes nothing happened, sometimes I hit my apps. Surely a bug.
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in reply to rnercle • • •GitHub - markusfisch/PieLauncher: Android home screen launcher that uses a dynamic pie menu instead of tables of icons.
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