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samjunctio

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2.0 Dec 31, 2012

Changes since 2.0beta10:
  • Translations
  • Minor fixes

Changes since 1.3.4
  • Custom Icon Size (Prime)
  • Swipe actions on any desktop icon (Prime)
  • Custom wallpaper cropping
  • Increase maximum desktop grid size
  • Infinite Scroll Drawer Setting
  • Alphabetical list drawer style
  • Small Icons Dock Setting
  • Force wallpaper scrolling on USA SGS2
  • Aggressive Desktop Setting (Keep in memory)
  • Lower memory usage
  • Improve scrolling performance
  • Fixes, optimizations and tuning

Feature request :

Add new action to show / hide desktop content. (shortcuts, widgets, everything).

Right now I am using "cleaner pro" app to achieve same functionality.

Thanks in advance.

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mattdm

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Dec 31, 2011
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All I want in the world is customizable dock backgrounds and new screen transitions.

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topcaser

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Was the swiping feature for any desktop item already in the beta included? It's great.

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Vaetheran2107

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What is this swyping feature? Can someone please describe it to me?

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wolverine73

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What is this swyping feature? Can someone please describe it to me?

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This is a feature which before was limited to dock icons but now is available to be used on any home screen icon..
If you long press on a home screen icon a little menu pops up - choose 'edit' and you will have another menu pop up with the 'swipe action' listed - just choose an action to be launched when you swipe upwards on this icon :)
For example I have a folder on my home screen containing a load of bookmarked websites. Now with this swipe feature I have added the function of the following ;
If I swipe upwards on this folder it launches straight to my browsers homepage - of course I could have my home page as a bookmark in the folder but with this new swipe action enabled it is one less step to getting where I want!
You can set swipe gestures for applications and all sorts - have a play and see what you come up with!
God I love android :cool:

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steveria79

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happy new year!

can you make tesla app with tapatalk,what'sapp and Facebook message!!??

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Gambler_3

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Oct 30, 2011
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Read about the 2.0 version and decided to reinstall nova. Suffice to say my purchase of nova prime might just be worth it afterall as I am loving nova now. Smooth and has the all the missing features now that really annoyed me previously.

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DaOldMan

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Still can't decompile nova!?? Green letters? I have to be able to change that.

odexed for efficiency, blue for beauty

I have the same problem. I am translating Nova to hebrew in our IceBulletRom. Now I can't decompile because of an error in AndroidManifest.xml :(. I hope this get fixed, or there is a workaround. Sent email to developer, but from experience I am not sure he will reply.

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Thanofski

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Dec 16, 2010
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just bought prime after a long 3 months testing...simply the best launcher...gotta love the swipe addition on the desktop icons...was something I loved in go launcher....many thanks for the greatest launcher....

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babylonbwoy

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Here & There...
I tried to apply GL UI3.0 Theme and the result was strange... I know that it isn't specially designed for Nova but usually I can apply GL Themes in Nova and they works just fine. Is it fixable for this one ?

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