What's a Launcher?
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Im using nova and very pleased. Memory use is around 125MB which is less than running large apps like facebook, browsers etc., my notification badges work well on text, facebook, gmail, email, and others. Im a big fan of icon packs as well. The customization is awesome. I really dont see a downside. Havent had nova crash even once on the note 5. The home screens look better and are more functional saving time. Im fond of the infinite scroll and app drawer organization. I haven't noticied any extra battery drain or decrease in performance. It's free to try so i would give it a go. It makes other launchers look very bad.
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Based on some research I've done it seems like TouchWiz did suck in the past, but many are now saying that TouchWiz on the Note 5 is actually pretty good. I'm not too clear on exactly what we lose (or gain) by going with one over the other, so I guess I'll need to try them both and see for myself. 
The only reason I gave up on Nova is it wouldn't allow the correct weather widget to run. It never would display the weather on the lock screen. I went back to TW and all was great. Play with the themes, I think you might be surprised it changes the backgrounds, icons, and look of the phone. I've used Nova on my last 4 phones and endorse it. Lately I've been playing with "Google Launcher" it allows the widget I need and the icons are larger. The point is to play and see what you like.
I guess they fixed it! Nova now allows the weather on the lock screen!
I guess they fixed it! Nova now allows the weather on the lock screen!
This mirrors my experience with Nova and launchers in general. I've always liked touch wiz all the way back to the Note 3. Launchers used to not allow any widgets which is why I didn't use them. The THEMES in settings are a really nice improvement as well.
Ah ha! Both Nova & Google won't let you pin an s-note to the home screen. I use this feature of not every day, it's every week for sure.
Based on some research I've done it seems like TouchWiz did suck in the past, but many are now saying that TouchWiz on the Note 5 is actually pretty good. I'm not too clear on exactly what we lose (or gain) by going with one over the other, so I guess I'll need to try them both and see for myself.
Gestures.
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You can program gestures to do various things in Nova. For example, on mine...
I removed the app drawer icon, but can open the app drawer by swiping up anywhere on the screen. Swiping down anywhere opens the notifications, a double tap opens the settings for Nova, etc...
You can also program gestures for folders, such as swiping up on the folder to open the first app in the folder...
Yes gestures are cool. And not exclusive to nova. Many apps in playstore control them but i dont use gestures, too much sh** going on.
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YUP . AZ is the next tech hotspot
Edit: PATS vs Cards Superbowl
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No like this, that's a tag from an unsaved s-note. At any rate nova won't do that, just checked.
like this? Nova with snote and action memo pinned? The little +sign is annoying though through the widget. I also can't pin action memos unless i edit the memo and save as S Note. The resize option is nice on the widget.
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Yeah it is. I work in the Tech industry in downtown Phx. Live in FAR West Valley.
Pats / Cards would be awesome. Pats are my home team but I'd love to see the Cards get one after they were robbed by the Steelers last time.
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