Third-party launchers used to solve a problem that Android phones no longer have.

Lately, I've been using my Android tablet as a laptop replacement when I'm travelling. I hook it to my wireless mouse and keyboard, tweak a few settings to make it work for writing and editing tasks.

There are a lot of very good launchers designed to replace the stock Android launcher, and the fact that many of them have millions of downloads speaks to the underwhelming nature of the stock version ...