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OpenLauncher is a nice home screen replacement. I would be fine with the standard one if Google would just let us hide the damn search bar. I use Simple Contac

OpenLauncher is a nice home screen replacement. I would be fine with the standard one if Google would just let us hide the damn search bar. I use Simple Contacts so I can keep my contacts out of the cloud and away from other apps. Good 'ol manual entry/editing and .vcf importing/exporting when needed, which is maybe twice a year for me. No named caller ID or call/text history though, have to use my brain for that. Maybe there's a way to make that work without sacrificing the benefits, but it hasn't been a problem for me yet, so I haven't looked into it. For weather, I just add a DDG search for "weather [zip]" to my home screen. No need to turn on location for something that changes very little and is trivial to look up when it does.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago
For launchers, I like [KISS](https://kisslauncher.com/ https://kisslauncher.com/) a lot. A GPL3-licensed launcher with a sort of different paradigm. Very customisable.
- jasonkostempski 8y ago
  I've played with that. I like the smallness but it actually adds either extra steps or cognitive overhead for me. It doesn't get simpler than turning on the screen (I don't have a lock screen) and tapping the icon I need. Everything I need easily fits on a single screen so I don't gain much from search. OpenLuncher gets me what I want but it's big and can waste a bit of battery I've noticed. I'd like a launcher just as small and efficient as KISS but has a single page home screen (no need for widget support) and a full app list menu with a search bar.
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    KISS has a favourites bar and you can set up the largest list to sort by frequency of use, so most of the time I can do something similar.
    - jasonkostempski 8y ago
      That might do what i want if it can be made to not sort. I hate things moving around on me. Ill give it another look, the battery thing has been bothering me lately.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago

For launchers, I like [KISS](https://kisslauncher.com/ https://kisslauncher.com/) a lot. A GPL3-licensed launcher with a sort of different paradigm. Very customisable.

jasonkostempski 8y ago
I've played with that. I like the smallness but it actually adds either extra steps or cognitive overhead for me. It doesn't get simpler than turning on the screen (I don't have a lock screen) and tapping the icon I need. Everything I need easily fits on a single screen so I don't gain much from search. OpenLuncher gets me what I want but it's big and can waste a bit of battery I've noticed. I'd like a launcher just as small and efficient as KISS but has a single page home screen (no need for widget support) and a full app list menu with a search bar.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  KISS has a favourites bar and you can set up the largest list to sort by frequency of use, so most of the time I can do something similar.
  - jasonkostempski 8y ago
    That might do what i want if it can be made to not sort. I hate things moving around on me. Ill give it another look, the battery thing has been bothering me lately.