Over the weekend I finally got fed up with having such a nice large screen on my new Note 2 but only having the same number icon spaces on my home screen as my old crappy Thunderbolt so I installed Nova Launcher Prime.
So far I love it. I have a 6x5 grid on my homescreen with 7 items in the dock at the bottom. SO much more efficient. However, I'm starting to notice some of the negative side effects of using a launcher.
1. Multi-window seems completely gone.
2. Removing the S-Pen on the home screen no longer launches S-Note or whatever, and I no longer get the additional S-Pen home screen automatically. I'm assuming something similar will happen for headphones.
3. Unread bubbles no longer appear on the stock email and messaging icons. I was able to download the add-on for Nova Prime and so far so good with that.
Anything else negative I should be aware of when using a launcher like Nova? I'm still debating on whether or not I want to keep using it. I really don't need or want much customization, I just want more icons on the home screen and dock. If that was a built-in option on Touchwiz I'm be a happy camper.
So far I love it. I have a 6x5 grid on my homescreen with 7 items in the dock at the bottom. SO much more efficient. However, I'm starting to notice some of the negative side effects of using a launcher.
1. Multi-window seems completely gone.
2. Removing the S-Pen on the home screen no longer launches S-Note or whatever, and I no longer get the additional S-Pen home screen automatically. I'm assuming something similar will happen for headphones.
3. Unread bubbles no longer appear on the stock email and messaging icons. I was able to download the add-on for Nova Prime and so far so good with that.
Anything else negative I should be aware of when using a launcher like Nova? I'm still debating on whether or not I want to keep using it. I really don't need or want much customization, I just want more icons on the home screen and dock. If that was a built-in option on Touchwiz I'm be a happy camper.