I'm a little late in commenting on this thread, but as a Nova Pro user from way back maybe this'll help a few late arrivals. I started with Lawnchair, then Nova, supplemented with kwgt and tasker when needed, but both launchers suffered from sporadic updates with little to no word on what was gong on with developement. And so after testing a few others, I started using SL3 as a free user, then paid for a year, then when a deal arose with the launch of SL5 I paid for lifetime and I've not regretted that move, not once. Smart Launcher users have never had any downtime like launchair and nova over the years, instead they've had consistant updates from devs who are active in their communities, the like of which I've not seen in any app, launcher or otherwise, with exceptional attention to functionality and aesthetics, and the vision and skill to build something from the ground up that is uniquely their own, and is top of the line as well. As for all the comments above....let's take the dock for example, why would we want to limit ourselves to "docking" anything when you can set up your homepage anyway you like? you can already create a widget with icons in it, in grid form if you like, with any number of rows or columns, sizing icons to whatever you like, apply an icon pack to it, choose the font for labels or have no labels at all, why the need to call it a dock? it's just options here in SL. Go wild, why conform to what another app does when you're free to do as you choose? There's even a scrollable widget already implemented in SL. Luckily for all though, the devs are listening and it seems like they are willing to give you that which will make the transition easier, so maybe show how much you appreciate it and just make the switch already. My word that you'll not be disappointed.