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I've been following Sailfish for a couple of years and finally bought an Xperia XA2 just to put Sailfish on it. It's only been a week but so far I have very mixed feelings about but overall, don't think I'll be able to use this in the long term as my main device.The swipes, I both love and hate, it's not really intuitive or obvious to use (e.g. I just learned yesterday that swiping down will kill it). The built-in browser is pretty terrible (thank god for Android support) and email equally bad (does it just open up the web browser?). I also don't feel like the "Home" page is super useful either, it's just a bunch of screenshot of recently used apps plastered onto a wall which I'm not sure I even want exposed (e.g. my messages), if by any chance devs are looking at this, please at the minimum add app name either beneath or above the windows to show which apps is which, small change that would improve usability ten times. For the app drawer, I haven't found a way to organize it either, which is terrible. What I do love, is actually the swipes to kill or place the app in the background, I love the feeling of that, it feels super fast. I also kind of like the weather/notification page (be nice if we could have news there as well).

Anyway, I digress. I'm here to find if it's worthwhile to stick with the OS. So... For those that have had Sailfish for a while I'm curious what is your overall opinion on the OS. Are you using it as your main phone? Are there features that you're in love with that makes it a lot better? What are some features/experiences that newcomers like me might be missing out on?

I've been following Sailfish for a couple of years and finally bought an Xperia XA2 just to put Sailfish on it. It's only been a week but so far I have very mixed feelings about but overall, don't think I'll be able to use this in the long term as my main device.The swipes, I both love and hate, it's not really intuitive or obvious to use (e.g. I just learned yesterday that swiping down will kill it). The built-in browser is pretty terrible (thank god for Android support) and email equally bad (does it just open up the web browser?). I also don't feel like the "Home" page is super useful either, it's just a bunch of screenshot of recently used apps plastered onto a wall which I'm not sure I even want exposed (e.g. my messages), if by any chance devs are looking at this, please at the minimum add app name either beneath or above the windows to show which apps is which, small change that would improve usability ten times. For the app drawer, I haven't found a way to organize it either, which is terrible. What I do love, is actually the swipes to kill or place the app in the background, I love the feeling of that, it feels super fast. I also kind of like the weather/notification page (be nice if we could have news there as well).

Anyway, I digress. I'm here to find if it's worthwhile to stick with the OS. So... For those that have had Sailfish for a while I'm curious what is your overall opinion on the OS. Are you using it as your main phone? Are there features that you're in love with that makes it a lot better? What are some features/experiences that newcomers like me might be missing out on?