• Krudler@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What even is a launcher, what does this app actually do? I’m asking earnestly I’ve never been able to figure it out

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      1 month ago

      Basically the home screen. Third party launchers used to be the frontier of introducing new features, like gestures, app drawer categories, different icon layouts like more columns/rows, customer icon theme packs, custom animations, etc.

      The iOS equivalent if you jailbroke was SummerBoard/WinterBoard, a pun on SpringBoard (name of iOS launcher).