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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Take Amazon's version of Android. It's missing an app drawer and it won't let you place apps and folders exactly how you want them to appear on the screen. It also doesn't support multiple blank screens nor will it let you place the same app in multiple folders.
I don't like the nine very cluttered pages on the Fire Tabs. I only want three pages. The left-hand page containing a calendar, clock and weather widget. The home page containing six folders (my most used apps) and a Google search bar. The right-hand page containing the rest of my folders.
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Let me add a bit to this: A launcher also gives you more control over how most of the user-interface looks. You can set how many rows and columns you want on home screens, so you can pack more apps per page if you prefer, or spread them out further. You can set how many home pages you want, as tubemonkey noted above, but Nova also lets you have multiple
dock pages. The dock in this case is the very bottom row of apps, where your phone will typically have the dialer and contacts. I have three on my devices, so I can swipe it to the right to get to one with my browser and e-book apps (Moon Reader, Kindle, Calibre Companion) or over to the left for things like Spotify, shopping list and two-factor apps. You can also change the appearance of folders, icon sizes and more.
It basically lets you make your phone or tablet's UI look like
you want it to, not how someone else (Google, Amazon) thinks you want it to. Some of the options would be quite useful for those with visual disabilities, such as making the grid smaller and the icons larger.
If you are happy with your existing UI, you don't need to bother with a different launcher, but it's quite nice to have the option to change.
