Cliff Wade

@tejaplus Thank you for the kind words. I truly appreciate it. It was my job at Nova for almost 9 years, but it was one I did with passion and meaning. The community is what made Nova and I will forever be grateful to each and every one of them.

Thanks also to folks like @CliffWade who have supported Nova users along the way. And to the wider community, for shaping the world of Android customization. 6/8

Remember when Android home screens felt limited? Nova Launcher changed that for everyone. 1/8

I have a made a post on LinkedIn with regards to the current @NovaLauncher and @branchmetrics situation with regards to Nova Launcher needing to be open sourced since Kevin Barry has left Branch and is no longer working on Nova. You can read my post below. linkedin.com/posts/cliffwad…

Great write up by @jaypeters of @verge with regards to the Nova Launcher/Branch situation that I wrote about this morning. Dominic reached out to me via LinkedIn this morning and asked some questions to get some insight. You can read that here: theverge.com/news/773937/no…

Make Nova Launcher Open Source, Let the Community Continue Its Development! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/vypDc7LcH9 via @Change

For those not ready to switch, know that the original team has launched a petition to make Nova open source. It could give Nova a new future. chng.it/Tc5RD5nyN5 A big thanks to Kevin, @apex2504, and @CliffWade for everything you’ve done for this community.

I hope folks like @MishaalRahman and @apex2504 as well as websites such as @androidcentral @AndroidPolice @Androidheadline can share and bring full attention to this situation.

@cgadgetz Thank you good sir! We are doing well at the moment. I certainly hope you and the family are doing great!

@CliffWade I just saw the news about Nova and thought about you. I hope you and yours are doing well brother. Wishing you prosperity 💪🏾

@RushiBhatt184 @legofan5151 @lawnchairapp That is so far from the truth. More people use 3rd party launchers than you realize. Nova itself had millions of daily users.

@legofan5151 @lawnchairapp @CliffWade People don't use 3rd party launchers now days.

It's sad to see this happen to one of the longest running popular Android launchers, @CliffWade and the others are great who worked with passion.

Hi everyone, Rob here. I imagine you've seen the seen the news by now. It sucks. We've gone from a team of around a dozen people to just one full time developer -- the original founder, Kevin.

@DrumDestroyer @NiagaraLauncher @apex2504 Good to hear! Would love to catch up as well. I don't use Twitter any longer, as I moved to Mastodon. I'm only here because of things posted about the layoffs today. I'm also heavily on Discord.

@CliffWade @NiagaraLauncher @apex2504 Doing well man! Would love to catch up sometime.

Despite being somewhat competitors, it is depressing to hear this. @CliffWade, @apex2504, and everyone affected, I wish you all the very best in your future endeavors.

@DrumDestroyer @NiagaraLauncher @apex2504 Thank you Tim! I hope you are doing well.

@CliffWade @NiagaraLauncher @apex2504 Sorry to hear Cliff! 😘

@jimmytarraga @kurtph1969 @NiagaraLauncher @apex2504 Because Branch owns Nova and we worked for Nova and for Branch. So we were laid off, which means we're not there any longer.

@kurtph1969 @NiagaraLauncher @CliffWade @apex2504 I don't understand how this mass layoff would affect Nova Launcher :(

@ItsPravesh_ @apex2504 Thank you so much for the kind words!

An end of an era in Android customization 💔. The Nova Launcher team has been laid off. Huge thanks to @CliffWade, @apex2504, and the entire crew for bringing our screens to life. 🙏✨ Your work forever changed how we use our home screens. 🚀 #NovaLauncher #Android

@not_Shashank @beee_onka @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 Yet, you literally said those words in your original message. I'm asking you nicely, be positive, be respectful and don't do stuff like this. It's just not needed, regardless of your feelings. If my modding/support skills were so bad, then explain how I spent nearly 9 years.

@CliffWade @beee_onka @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 I'm sorry if I sounded that way sir. I don't mean anyone to lose their job and not be able to support their family. I wish you good luck and I'm sure you'll find a better venture and prosper. I truly do. I think moderating skills and taking feedback is the only weakness

A sad day: Branch, the company that acquired @NovaLauncher ~2 years ago, has laid off many of the great people working on/for it, including @CliffWade, @apex2504, and many more.

@SJDark12 @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 Thank you so much!

@MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @CliffWade @apex2504 This news honestly made me as sad as I was back when CyanogenMod was discontinued! @NovaLauncher has been the reason we've received so many awesome launchers over the years! Thank you for everything that you did @CliffWade & @apex2504! I hope we see you both back in action soon

@not_Shashank @beee_onka @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 Just trying to prove to you that your original statement is what is exactly wrong with this world today. It's negativity that isn't ever needed for any reason. I wish you well, seriously.

@not_Shashank @beee_onka @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 They only kept him around for legal, contractually binding reasons. As much as I hate to say this, as it truly pains me to say it, Nova won't be around or updated any longer in a year or so. Just my opinion and what I see and what I feel. This is the beginning of the end.

@not_Shashank @beee_onka @MishaalRahman @NovaLauncher @apex2504 You truly don't understand what this means for Nova. Without a support team, as they aren't hiring anyone to replace us, the app dies and goes away. Kevin is the only person on the team and if it weren't for the contract, he'd likely have been laid off too.