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[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Do you mean a few pixels being there and then abruptly disappearing as the scrolling settles? If so it will be fixed in the next update (hopefully another beta isn't needed so 1.0.2 final, but we'll see).

Could it be your browser caching it? The URL is the same but it downloads the latest version. Tested and downloads as Nova Launcher_1.0.2beta4.apk

Are you changing the DPI or something? 5 rows is correct for that resolution, but on my sensation (running leaked HTC ICS) they are evenly spaced.

I think they just wanted to be alphabetically first :).

Nova users have made it clear that speed, smoothness and stability are more important to them than any specific features and Nova Launcher reflects that. Not to stay I won't add more features, I definitely will, but not at the cost of the Three Ss and not half-assed implementations just for bragging rights. That said let's try to keep things on-topic.
[Nova Launcher] asianboy9:
Absolutely!

Thanks for establishing that as your priority as well, Kevin :D

Bravo for a fantastic launcher, have been using it since before Xmas (beta 3) and haven't looked back!
[Nova Launcher] silver04v:
Im trying to use nova launcher cm9 on my droid x, and it says root unavailable or denied and wont allow me to check on root helper. Any ideas?
[Nova Launcher] FineWolf:
I'm hitting three small bugs in the v1.0.1 of Nova Launcher Prime.

Updates of applications hidden in the drawer sometimes causes the icon to reappear. Selecting Apps > My Apps fixes the issue.

New applications installed are not shown in alphabetical order inside the app drawer when in "My Apps" mode

Some applications have the tendency to always appear at the end of the app list in the drawer (Aldiko Premium comes to mind). Selecting Apps > My Apps again fixes the sorting issue.
[Nova Launcher] JayBeezy802:
Bug in Market Nova release 1.0.1 I have "Show notification bar" unticked i.e. hide the notification bar, but it always seems to reset itself and then I have to manually untick it.
[Nova Launcher] PharmCAT:
You come off as such a cool guy, neat. :)
[Nova Launcher] Ov3rbyte:
Is there any way to get a notifier for messages on the messenger app? I noticed that when I was looking at a friends galaxy S 2 and she had a little notifier bubble on her icon of messenger (SMS).

Sent from my Asus Transformer of The Prime Kind.
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Go into SU, and uncheck Nova's root privilege. Then go into Nova settings, and check Root Helper on, and accept the Root permission request again. You may have accidentally hit "deny" the first time root was requested.

1.0.1

is old at this point. Go into settings--> check for updates, and choose Beta instead of Market, to search for updates. The newer version may correct some of your problems. :)

Try the same thing I just suggested above... Update to a newer version, and your issue may be solved.

There's no way to do this at the moment. Try going to User Voice (link in OP), and vote for the dock notifications option, or, create the topic of it hasn't been made already. :)

D3 AOKP
[Nova Launcher] iJohnny:
I did not change dpi or anything like that.

Sometimes it's working ok and sometimes it's like in the pic.

I just restart nova and everything is good again.
[Nova Launcher] serrum:
Very good launcher.

Please add dock scroll continue as for example Zeam launcher.

Tkanks.

Good luck.
[Nova Launcher] HiQ123:
Change the name of Market shortcut to Play Store :)
[Nova Launcher] silver04v:
Nope same issue. It says root unavailable or denied, goes away and the the su notification comes up saying nova launcher has been granted su. But root helper does not become checked.
[Nova Launcher] pl4cid:
@teslacoil

could you please remove the widgets entry in the drawer when it is deactivated in settings? would give the users a clean drawer experience, thank you!

bought your app, because it is great and fast plus i like the ability to hide apps! :)
[Nova Launcher] FineWolf:
1.0.2b4 seems to have fixed my issue with the sorting order (both instances of the problem).

I will take me a few days however to see if the issue with updates (not all updates caused the problem) still persists.
[Nova Launcher] longthanh:
great launcher, i love it so far
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
Hmm, the only other thing I can think of would be to back up your setup, and then do an uninstall -> reinstall, and see if that works. It's pretty strange that granting root permissions still won't allow you to enable root helper. :confused:

D3 AOKP
[Nova Launcher] spyderoid:
look like Go Launcher..
[Nova Launcher] mhwarfield:
Yeah, but... If that were the only criterion, Trebuchet would have them all beat. Seriously? A midieval siege engine that hurls huge rocks into the air for an app launcher? Classic. Nova, IMHO, is still the better launcher. And I've tried Go as well and it didn't cut the mustard with me either. You loose too much of the ICS experience with Go.
[Nova Launcher] brunoisa10:
the origin of the 2 progs : apex and nova is the same (standard ICS launcher)

just try both and you'll see by yourself :D:p:cool: (apex has more Actions like direct links to each page)

I like both of them , currently in apex but looking for nova updates (another great launcher is Nemus : no need to ICS for this one and very complete , even badges for SMS or missed calls)

I don't want to give confusion , just giving my 2 cents

kevin is doing a great job :)
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
no.

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[Nova Launcher] cenonmin:
Go Launcher is a memory hog and a sloth ;)

BTW, only thing irking me about Nova Prime is the Dock swipe sensitivity, anyone have any idea on the priority on this being fixed?
[Nova Launcher] tyraelasd:
Did someone notice that using CM9 trebuchet has smoother app drawer transitions ( card stack or whatever) than Nova?. Dont know why but itts a pitty becouse Ive paid for Nova and I like its features

Any ideas ?
[Nova Launcher] JayBeezy802:
Just did this, worked great! (I was unaware that I could choose to do Beta Updates). With that said, if you release the updates to the market app, I would then have to uninstall the beta app and reinstall the market app (since the beta is unsigned), right?
[Nova Launcher] Williamsss:
=] i prefer apex's features but thank you for all the hard work
[Nova Launcher] jjhiza:
I don't think so. I've installed both beta and market versions over the top of each other, and I've had no problems. The beta feature is just an additional option, in order to receive updates, and honestly, the betas get released a full day or so before they hit the market, so Kevin has a chance to receive some feedback before market updates. Either way bayou should be good. :)

A500 Thor ICS v96
[Nova Launcher] pluto22:
Apex has a couple more features but Nova seems MUCH smoother. Transition speed changes by how fast you move across the screen and there is no lag. I found Apex kept lagging switching between, and scrolling through, the app draw. Apex reminds me of go launcher - a lot of features but poorer performance. I'm sticking with Nova and can wait for Kevin to implement other features.
[Nova Launcher] PharmCAT:
I like the way Nova handles updating. Nice and informative popup dialog, you can tell what your version is and what options you have between stable and beta. Apex appears to hide those deep in the settings menu, and even then you can't manually check for updates, so you are kind of in the fog about if you are missing out on any updates.
[Nova Launcher] longthanh:
could u add more scrolling effects ...

is this launcher gpu accelerated? Or it's relying on the force gpu option?
[Nova Launcher] kravguy:
Omg, no more scrolling effects :-) no offense but seriously, how many effects do we really need? Jk, if he wants to add more, so be it. I'm still hoping that a fix for the dock bar gesture sensitivity is coming soon.. hint hint.

It's funny, cause the first thing I do in the morning when I get on my phone is check for nova updates. Kinda sad.

Oh, and btw, (and I know about requesting features on the site so no need to slap my hand), I played around with apex a bit cause everyone was raving how it's so much more feature rich than nova.. Umm, not. Biggest thing missing was dock gestures. I couldn't get it set up the way i wanted without them. There were a couple of things apex had though that seems easy enough to add: double tap action and some long press actions. Only thing was you couldn't set them to shortcuts. Which I hope that nova adds not only these new gestures but also allows them to be assigned to shortcuts. And last but not least, please add a nova action to go to a specific page and not limit it to only the default. That would really open up some options when customizing my screens. One thing I try to do is to be able to access things as quickly as possible and these added gestures and actions would sure help.
[Nova Launcher] ArmanUV:
+1 for gestures. I switched to apex just to use the swype up gesture to launch search.
[Nova Launcher] Staggers:
Are you asking for gestures in Nova? If so, they're already there

Nova settings > Gestures, and you can set them to launch nova actions, apps (like search) or shortcuts

Swyped from my AOKP-fueled Galaxy Nexus
[Nova Launcher] sefira:
This is only applicable if you purchased nova prime.
[Nova Launcher] kravguy:
How bout +1 to 'more' gestures?

PS.. how many people use the 2 finger slide up gesture? Either this was a joke by the dev or I just am not doing it right cause it just seems awkward.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Nova Launcher] Staggers:
Yes, but they are there. It should be well known by now that some features are Prime-only

Swyped from my AOKP-fueled Galaxy Nexus
[Nova Launcher] Xstop:
+100

Gimmicky features = :(
[Nova Launcher] PrimeDeluxe:
I'm using it.

For Alarm & Camera

Created with Galaxy S AOKP
[Nova Launcher] BasilofBakerStreet:
I use that. It adds more gestures that someone accidentally can't do unless they know them.
[Nova Launcher] kravguy:
I didn't mean I didn't want it, it is just it takes a little more coordination ;-)

And not that I haven't mentioned it, but adding a few more wouldn't bother me one bit. Can I assume that these don't really affect overall performance of the launcher? I understand it'd add a bit of size due to the added code, but that would be minimal I would think. And this is a launcher right, so adding additional ways to launch things isn't too gimmicky.

Oh, and today I accidentally removed a widget from my screen. It was at the top and must've somehow moved it to the X. Sure would like that lock desktop function. Just to prevent accidental deletes, moves or resizes. My pages are pretty easy to setup but I can imagine some peoples are a little more tedious.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Are you guys using 1.0.2beta4 and still having issues? The feedback I've received on it so far suggests people are happy with the dock swipe sensitivity as of 1.0.2beta2. If that's not the case definitely let me know. (Settings > Check for updates > Menu > Beta).

No need to uninstall. Beta and Stable are both signed with a "release" key. Market might not prompt you to update, but just opening the Market page and hitting Update would work. Or just update from within app (Beta updates includes stable if the stable is newer than the lastest beta).

Nova is hardware accelerated. I really don't recommend the force option as it can cause weird bugs for apps and devs have no way of opting out of it.

Performance and code size would be negligible (most of the APK size is images), however poorly implemented gestures can harm user experience. For example in some launchers scrollable widgets conflict with swipe gestures.

Double-tap is neat but potentially bad UX as every time you single-tap the app has to wait before acting to see if you're going to double tap (For example ADW Launcher Ex's dock does this, so launching an icon on the dock takes longer than launching an icon on the dekstop). We're talking like 300ms, which is short but noticeable.

For double-tap on desktop it depends on how it's implement, if it's double-tap-in-empty-space there's no impact on single-tap as taping empty space doesn't do anything. But if it's double-tap-anywhere then launching apps from the desktop is delayed. If it's limited to double-tap-in-empty-space it might feel inconsistent as if a desktop is full you'd have to carefully aim for the margins, or just accept you can't use the gesture here.
[Nova Launcher] sway40:
I've been good, so far so good.

~ Sent from my GNexus running Aokp~
[Nova Launcher] kravguy:
Damn you're right. I must've been brain dead I guess and didn't even notice the improvement. Gestures work like they should on the dock.

Ok, question then about double tap gesture. I am using a live wallpaper that changes the image whenever I double tap. I was thinking, if I could assign a double tap in Nova to launch a shortcut that changed the wallpaper, I could get rid of having to run the live one. I would ask about you just implementing a wallpaper change feature in Nova, but I don't really know how common that is among other users. Don't think I've ever seen it in any other launcher. I'll just add it to the request page just to see if there are any takers. Regardless though, double tap on an empty space gesture would be nice. Are people really filling up their screens that much?

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Nova Launcher] ArmanUV:
I use one finger slide up to open google search. wayyy faster than using the icon.
[Nova Launcher] Braneless:
Running the latest beta and all is well.

I love the extra swipe actions, I swipe up to open app drawer, down for notifications, upx2 for weather, downx2 for BMW. Pinch in opens market (I refuse to say play store).
[Nova Launcher] kravguy:
Hey, I like seeing what people are using gestures for. Gives me ideas. Mine, swipe up voice actions, swipe down app drawer, 2 slide down es task manager, 2 slide up nothing right now, maybe that'd be a good candidate for changing the wallpaper.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Nova Launcher] Dark Lazer:
Does the paid version of nova allow overlapping widgets? LauncherPro Plus does, but I like Nova better. But there's something I want to do with my widget setup that requires stacking two widgets on top of eachother. I would gladly pay $4 if this is included.
[Nova Launcher] pl4cid:
Dock Swipe in latest Beta is definitely better, before i had to aim very carefully the swipe gesture, now just start on dock and swipe away. good work!
[Nova Launcher] floepie:
Just would like to report that the cube performance on the desktop is fantastic! Very smooth.

BUT, the there is now much more jerkiness in the app drawer with card stack. No special animation in the app drawer is still smooth however.
[Nova Launcher] rdk00:
verry smouth cube effect on the last update ..keep up the good work
[Nova Launcher] cramu:
Is there any way to expand the status bar by using the volume control buttons?
[Nova Launcher] gbalerdi:
hello ! Great app , thanks!

I noticed that the dock icons are lower than in stock launcher, and the separator line is also much lower. Makes the dock seem like "compressed" , and it lowers the importance of the dock as a visual element.

Is there any way I can configure the dock to look as stock ? (higher icons and higher separation line).

Or maybe could you consider an option in the future?

Many thanks!

Gonzalo

(I searched but couldn't find this asked, sorry if it's already been discussed)
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
Hi Kevin, why isn't it possible to see/enable the dock when using a tablet (ICS)?

What's the reasoning about that?
[Nova Launcher] brunoisa10:
Hi latino

just because it is like that in ICS stock Launcher and the original source is the stock launcher (with many seetings added from kevin for Nova)
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
Aha ok, in that case I hope my feature request is being picked up :p

I miss two big things in ICS for tablets:

- a possibility to switch Google-accounts on the fly (like Windows7 can)

- a dock visible in all homescreens for all much used apps (browser, market, settings, my favorite game)
[Nova Launcher] brunoisa10:
For the Dock : why not making a folder with Folder Organizer and set it on all your Pages ?

just thinking the way to do it on my tablet (SGT7)

to switch google accounts : isn't it somewhere in Settings ? if so : you can probably create a shortcut
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
that's how I do it now, but a dock would be a more elegant solution

AFAIK you can use only one google account. A while ago I swapped my phone with my wife's as she was complaining about the stability. I hoped to be able to just swap the google accounts on both phones so I wouldn't need to wipe and reinstall both, but it was not possible!

So on the tablet only my wifes gmail, favorites, calender etc is visible for me.

I should use that as an excuse to get my own tablet ;)
[Nova Launcher] brunoisa10:
lol

I'm pretty sure you can use more than one account

on Settings > personal > Accounts : I've seen we can add accounts

the settings of ICS , not Apex :D
[Nova Launcher] emarkd:
I've used multiple Google accounts on one device for years now - some personal and some business. Just go into settings -> accounts and sync and add all you want, then choose which parts of each account you want to sync to the device. Works great.
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
Yes, for syncing that works perfectly, but how do you 'login' with ONE of those accounts? This way you see both accounts in your calender, and both email-accounts in gmail at the same time.

But you can't say "I want to login as myself and see only stuff relevant to myself".

For Facebook e.g. you would have to logoff and login again with your own credentials.

Anyway, let's keep Kevin's topic clean ;)

If somebody knows a solution for my 'problem' just pm me :D
[Nova Launcher] blk_jack:
I realize this is offtopic but just in case there are others who weren't aware that there is an app for switching users on the fly.

Check out the app SwitchMe. It does exactly as you describe, complete with password authentication, user icons with a replacement lockscreen, etc. Each user has their own set of apps and settings, including completely separate google accounts.

Been using it for a month now with only amazing things to say about it. :)
[Nova Launcher] kevin@TeslaCoil:
1.0.2 released to the Market (only minor changes since 1.0.2beta4).
[Nova Launcher] HuStLaZ:
Great launcher.

Would love to be able to ad widgets in the dock though!
[Nova Launcher] refthemc:
Is it to late to request a feature? Lock Nova in Memory would be cool. These screen redraws are gonna be the death of me.
[Nova Launcher] OSully:
Updated to the market release.

It seems like the dock is not responding as well. Its not always scrolling when I swipe and occasionally my icon upward swipe gesture activates instead of scrolling my dock.
[Nova Launcher] blk_jack:
After using V6 Supercharger & patching my services.jar file, the launcher's priority has been changed to 1 permanently (the same effect as 'lock in memory'). I experience very very few redraws and usually only under memory intensive multi-tasking or games.

Give it a try, YMMV
[Nova Launcher] resynx:
Trying to push the new version as a system app via adb resulted in a constant force close upon reboot. I can't seem to remove the apk through adb either, can anyone run me through the steps to make sure I'm doing it right?
[Nova Launcher] dmonzel:
Easiest way: Use Titanium Backup. Long press > convert to system app, sit back and enjoy the show.
[Nova Launcher] resynx:
Well the thing is I can't access anything right now as all I get is a force closing of the launcher.

Edit: So I need to know how to remove it from /system/app so I can redo this. And I've never had a problem pushing it via adb before.

Edit: Nevermind, I just pushed Apex so I could access Titanium via that launcher.
[Nova Launcher] Dark Lazer:
Asked a few days ago but my question was ignored. Does the paid version allow overlapping widgets?
[Nova Launcher] XlAfbk:
no .......
[Nova Launcher] cenonmin:
The swipe on the dock is working a lot better but could still be improved...

Problem: If I swipe the farthest icon on the dock from my thumb, it still sometime misinterprets the swipe as a scroll. So a little more adjustment and then it will be great!
[Nova Launcher] adriancool08:
Love the launcher! switches from ZEAM to get a bit more customazation.

1 request / bug? - When you are on a homescreen that is not the "main" one and you have switches the tab on the dock also and press home the home screen and dock jumps to main/start of the icons. But if you are on the main home screen and have swithces the dock and press home it zooms out to the overview of homescreen but does not reset the dock..

i want the home button to reset dock even if i am on the main home screen and not only if i am on a different one...

i dont know if my expleation is any good but :P ye...

keep up the good work and ofc make the main focus of the launhcer speed, low memory usage and i will use it forever! :P
[Nova Launcher] erto90:
I have got a annoying issue

there is a disalignment of the screen, using tablet transition effect ( 1.02 version stable)

1 image worth 1000 words

if you look at right side you will see the problem :)
[Nova Launcher] wilcomir:
and if you look at left side you will see pr0n. :D
[Nova Launcher] erto90:
xD who knows? Joke apart is really an annoying bug, please solve it!
[Nova Launcher] mishko:
Question to the developer: Are you planning more special features for us Prime users?
[Nova Launcher] dialmformostyn:
Yes, I'm hoping for some pretty special updates soon (sliders on the homescreens from the WidgetLocker chaps, perchance?!) as Prime wasn't particularly cheap and is not a million miles away from what Apex Launcher has on offer for free...

Looking forward to see what's in store for us!
[Nova Launcher] dboechat:
What about the possibility to reflow icons on home screen like in folders? Can't believe there are only 4 votes for this feature in the request site!
[Nova Launcher] 270maniek:
Super launcher:)

Wysłane z mojego GT-S5660 za pomocą Tapatalk
[Nova Launcher] floepie:
I can't think of a greater disaster that would be. The focus for most on their homescreens is the customized layout. If you misplace an icon, it could be troublesome to move things back to their original position. The folders are very different in that there's just no formatting options in terms of layout. It's simply a matter of cramming the icons in the folder.
[Nova Launcher] Ghazkul:
Is there anyway to get a folder into the Dock somehow ? I used to do this with Folder Organizer and LauncherPro but currently I can not drag a Folder Organizer shortcut to the Dock.

Edit: I think the shortcuts are widges, maybe that is why it doesnt work
[Nova Launcher] :
You are wrong. Just tested. You can set a folder orginizer in dock AS SHORTCUT. You are trying as widget, that's why you cant..
[Nova Launcher] orihuri:
After the last update my widgets stopped to refresh again.. Only restart the launcher refresh but after and hour or so its happen again
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
Should this work on all ROMS? I have MIUI ICS atm with Semaphore kernel.
[Nova Launcher] blk_jack:
Try patching your services.jar at http://android.mimic.ca/, should be easy with your ROM.
[Nova Launcher] latino147:
Wouldn't it be handy to include this in a ROM when it's being cooked?

I guess you have to repeat this everytime the ROM is updated as the services.jar could have been updated too?

Edit: too bad, it doesn't recognize my jar as a ICS jar (MiuiV4)

* Selected services.jar must be from Android 4.0.X (Ice Cream Sandwich) and under 2.5MB in size.
[Nova Launcher] blk_jack:
It should still work. What's the link to your ROM & are you sure it uploaded properly?

Sent you a PM to move this outta Kevin's thread
[Nova Launcher] coolstory:
I have problem. I don't know how can i move apps in app drawer to other place. I want to customize app drawer and put apps in my order. Tell me how can i do it please!
[Nova Launcher] PrimeDeluxe:
There is no option

Created with Galaxy S AOKP
[Nova Launcher] Ghazkul:
Well I dont have that option in CM9 running Nova Launcher.

Update: ok this work with Simi Folder, seems Folder Organizer dont play nice with CM9.