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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

cmoG530 said:
Don't bring that mess around here, it's disrespectful. If you want to sing praises about Apex, go over to their thread and do it.

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What font is that?

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Well maybe the guy is a little right. I have minimal MIUI theme icon pack installed from playstore and it gives me a weird background for the unthemed icons. When i emailed the dev he replied to me with this:

Hey there! Sorry about the late response, glad you like the theme! I'll add those to the list for upcoming updates. As for the green background, that's a known issue, it only happens only Nova launcher, but it'll be fixed in the next update
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Anyways maybe its something between this specific icon pack and nova launcher.

Also when using icon packs made by stealthy chief (will windham), i had some trouble with some apps not changing their icon even though they are included in the icon pack and when i send him he also replied that there is a small problem with nova linking apps but he will try to make it work in an update.

Anyways other than that, nova is great and all is smooth and fast ;)

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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

This thread has become disappointingly bad. Between the whining, asinine and misplaced feature requests, GO and Apex trolls, and other squabbles, the thread has become an unreadable, non- informative mess (the worst I've seen).

I've been using Nova exclusively, since it's alpha phase, and I have to say that while I'm glad so many people enjoy the end product, I'm disappointed that we (as a community in general) can't conduct ourselves in a less childish manner. I guess this kind of behavior is to be expected in an app thread though... :(

Personally, I wish all of you guys the best, and I wish continued success for Kevin, but I'm done here. If people (myself included) can't act right, then there's no other option than to bow out, and spend time in other, more civilized threads. Best wishes everyone... Keep on "keeping it real".
 
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Stay on topic

I considered cleaning up the thread here because of a few entirely unhelpful posts. I ultimately decided not to do that because I'd also need to take down some other informative posts in the process. That would probably been more harmful than the good it could have done.

The purpose of the thread is to provide feedback and suggestions regarding the app in question. It's fine to have a differing opinion and offer constructive criticism, but if your only purpose is to throw a bunch of negativity around, take it somewhere else. To everyone else, keep in mind what zelendel suggested above and do your best to ignore those kinds of posts. Let's keep the thread on topic.
 
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That's not a bug that's just auto resizing to stop widget overlap

I get the same when I show/hide my status bar :) nothing to worry about mate

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I understand this but this is nonetheless looking ugly and behaves differently from the stock launcher. I'll try and compare the layouts of both launchers and post my results, I'm sure something is wrong in the way Nova layout the widgets when the search bar is visible.
 
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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

Just a minor issue to report. When using PA in tablet ui a long press on the recents button is meant to activate the menu. It works on stock, ADW and Apex but on Nova I just get the haptic feedback and no menu.

Would love it if this would work as Nova is my go to launcher but I use the menu button a lot.

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carlos67

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Widget scrolling cache - please increase it.

Kevin, please will you increase the widget image async cache and also the widget image cache in the next beta. I use Android Pro Widgets and scrolling is slightly choppy/jerky. I reckon a 25% increase in the cache size is all that's needed for smoother widget scrolling.

Its better than it was before you tweaked this last time but just needs a little bit more.

Thanks and keep up the great work. :good:
 
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[APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

Some strange behaviour on my new Nexus 4 that I never observed on my old HTC Desire S:

I have my apps organised in three tabs, General, Utilities and Navigation. I can flick through the tabs from left to right very smoothly. However, switching tabs from right back to the left is often "interrupted". Sometimes I have to flick two or three times before anything happens. I already deleted the settings and configured everything from scratch, no dice.

Same config on Apex works flawlessly.

AOKP M1B3 or stock 4.2.1, same result. Any ideas? N4 should be powerful enough for Nova, shouldn't it? ;)

I'm on the latest beta, same result as latest stable from the play store.
 
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my app drawer with Cobalt theme and my apex them (80% size and icon up and back)

no issue for me on Prime right to left and left to right

perhaps could you try to clear cache and data or reinstall Nova , I had similar issue with old launcher (SPB3D)



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arielgalula

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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

The new beta (new for me at least) is traslated to Hebrew, thank you!

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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

brunoisa10 said:
my app drawer with Cobalt theme and my apex them (80% size and icon up and back)

no issue for me on Prime right to left and left to right

perhaps could you try to clear cache and data or reinstall Nova , I had similar issue with old launcher (SPB3D)



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I really like that wallpaper. Is it part of the theme, or something you picked up separately?

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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

bruce7373 said:
Dang, I was afraid of that (I'm not rooted).

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Hey, if you want it that bad I can pm you just the wallpaper from Cobalt ;)

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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

ayoubij said:
Have you tried installing icon packs from the playstore? Every icon pack is not compatible with nova. And if compatible it will display some wierd stuff like either not all the icons are replaced properly or either there is a background behind the icons. I email the themers and devs and they tell me this is only a nova issue.

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Really don't think that's a nova issue, (icons not replaced properly) it's that the devs of the icons haven't themed them, for whatever reason...I've received responses from the devs of the icons as to why some aren't themed, but in the next update they are fixed.
I could be using launcher pro and still get the background behind icons or not replaced.


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Re: [APP 4.0+] Nova Launcher - 2.0.1beta3 Jan 11 2013

Does anyone know what font is used (I think it's roboto condensed) and what the settings are for the text shadow on the icon labels (like dx = 1, dy = 1, radius = 1)?

I'm trying to get the text in my uccw to match the icon labels on my homescreen.

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