I’ve switched, but this really is my one major gripe. Good to see others see it as a priority too, but if it’s been a conversation for 4 years then I’m not optimistic
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Tanoh@lemmy.world 1 day agoLawn Chair looks ok, but unless they fix this issue I will not switch.
github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/…/2683
Basically you can’t set the main “home page”, ie where you end up on home press. I like to have it set up so the home is in the middle and then you can swipe left to go to another screen(s), and swipe right to go to other screen(s).
Forcing the home screen to be the first means you can only swipe right, and have to go through many useless screens to get to the one you want.
Doubt they will fix it either, as it has been open since 2022. Without knowing their stack it sounds like a really simple fix, just storw which is the main screen. Normally it is [1], 2, 3, 4. But let the user choose to put it as [3] for example if they want.
sm1dger@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Without knowing their stack it sounds like a really simple fix, just storw which is the main screen.
Soooo… if it’s simple… contribute then?
I’ve learned an app’s stack for far more mundane things. If you want others to build something you want, it helps to build things other’s want. Sounds like there would be a lot of interest if you took this on.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
They recently started on wraparound homescreens (still a little buggy), so that might indicate they could soon add it. Still waiting on a way to remive widget paddings. In general lawnchair has so much more padding than nova, and not enough customizability to remove it.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
Two things.
Clean your shit up and prioritize. Everything I could ever dream of is on one screen.
Second, it’s foss. Contribute.
tuoret@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
Classic “the product/UX doesn’t need fixing, you’re just using it wrong” mentality. Not exactly how you win users on your side.
Agree on this point though
tomiant@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Or, hear me out, solve this trivial problem by reintroducing what has been a basic feature of launchers forever.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Has it though? I can’t say I’ve ever seen it, and I go out of my way to look at settings for everything
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
It makes sense to have it, but what is one thumb movement really? After once, the benefit goes away. And even then, it’s literally a thumb movement, and it’s to access something that you use so little, that you’ve put out of the way. You’re saving like a swipe a year at that point. I’d deprioritize the fuck out of this
Tanoh@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I like having home on 3.
Only a calendar widget on 2 (one swipe left), so you get a quick glance of upcoming events. Then two swipes left are various games. One swipe right are various overflow apps from the main screen.
People use software differently, just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean it is wrong.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Like I said, I understand it, but I’d deprioritize it
cley_faye@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
PR welcome. Either by you, or by paying a dev to do it.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
What am PR