[Nova Launcher] bubba1601:
I recently made a post here asking why nova refused to add several popular requests from their users.

Whilst I appreciate and understand nova wants to do its own thing, I still do not understand why even now, nova are telling their users

1. it's not "technically possible" to add the Google search bar to the app draw.

Lawnchair and Flick already have that and it's works very well

Before anyone comments that nova shouldn't just follow everyone else and add a Google search search bar to the app draw, hundreds of users still keep requesting it.

Its obvious people want that Google search bar

Obviously if nova doesn't want to add it, then they should be honest, upfront and say "no we don't want that in the app draw"

Why is there a need to lie to users?

2. The "new" Google search bar (AKA double bubble)

Novas own PR manager, Cliff Wade is known to hate this search bar with a passion, but again, hundreds of users are continually keep requesting it.

Its now been added to the latest Flick launcher and is on the modded pixel launcher.

3. The "at a glance" widget.

This is a sore point - Google have now added this widget to the Google app beta, and many nova users don't like / refuse to use the Google beta app because of claims the feed is very unreliable, something I've never seen.

But once again, nova users are requesting this widget comes built in to nova

Lawnchair, flick and others now have at a glance built in, whilst nova tells its users to use a third party widget !

4. The dynamic clock icon - another popular request, but one that nova refuses to add, claiming it causes more ram and battery usage

I've tested the Pixel launcher / lawnchair and the latest Flick launcher that all have dynamic clock icons

There is no excessive ram or battery usage I can see (tested on multiple devices)

5. Complaints / bug reports about the Google app / Google feed

Can someone explain to me (a long term nova user) why if the Google app or Google feed doesn't work your post to nova and complain about it?

What's the Google app or Google feed got to do with nova?

The only thing nova does is supply us with a means to access the Google feed.

Nova cannot change, alter, update or add to anything belonging to Google.

I assumed nova users are supposed to be knowledgeable and intelligent.

These reports show a rather different and sinister picture.

That nova users blame anything that goes wrong on their phone on nova, and assume nova controls "everything" which is utter crap.

It shows some nova users are not as intelligent as I assumed.

The verdict.

Now, before anyone starts criticizing my post, I just want to say that I'm being impartial here and also trying to play devils advocate.

I personally don't want to see nova add any of the features I've listed, I simply used them as popular request examples.

If nova adds all those things, it will just be another pixel look a like, no different to lawnchair, flick, action or the pixel launcher.

But nova users are the ones I see constantly requesting this stuff, and getting very upset and angry when anyone suggests nova doesn't want to follow all the other launchers and do its own thing.......

The argument of but you are a pixel launcher so you should have those things is not a valid argument.

Nova is not a pixel launcher.

Its an AOSP launcher 3 based home replacement app that follows google.

it does not add every single Google feature, but it does its own thing too.

So what does nova do in this situation?

This is the longest period I've ever known without a nova update or any announcements from nova about their plans.

I'm now using other launchers because to put it simply, nova has gone stale and Lawnchair is simply a much nicer and easier to use product than nova, in my opinion

Please let's discuss where nova goes now and why users simply want nova to copy what everyone else has already done, or get angry about novas decision not to add certain things.

Nova doesn't have to add anything anyone suggests, and I'm sick of seeing self entitled morons claiming nova has to add those features because they paid for prime.

That argument is totally Bollox and not even valid.

BTW

My screenshots are from lawnchair and flick launcher on an Oreo (8.0) device