I've tried practically every launcher, in the end the smoothest with good features are Holo launcher and smart launcher (both unique), the best looking are next launcher (ram heavy..) and go launcher.
I really liked nova but it is more expensive and pro feature notify is broken and still not fixed :S
What do you mean with notify broken? It works as it should be here on Prime... Latest Nova 2.0.1 with Tesla Unread 2.2 shows ok in the menu. XXAMA2 deodex with BLN kernel.
Last time i used it im almost certain i had same versions if nova and tesla unread, benzrom v3 xxama2. Install would be fine until reboot then constand tesla unread fc. Looked it up and it was an ongoing bug. What date is tesla unread 2.2 release?
Anyway, holo has practically all features of nova with better menus (especially app drawer tab or folder management), and uses less ram.
Worth a try, nova uses to be my favourite but now holo won my favour.