Homey suggestions
I’ve had my Homey Pro for like two weeks now - and as a full stack software developer for many years, I really love and hate the Homey Pro.
Homey Pro feels to me, like when you’re streaming an exciting thriller and then in the last two minutes when everything is about to be revealed … you looses your internet connection for good.
Things that needs to be fixed a LONG TIME AGO!!….
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Flows, scripts etc. should all be possible to rename without breaking flows (except when used in Homeyscripts). They should be stored with an ID (like a guid) hidden from the user and then the Name, which we can change. Everything is then linked using the ID, so we can rename everything without breaking flows. This is a NO BRAINER!
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Like in Apple Shortcuts, flows should be able to have multiple “If/Then/Else” sections. Without it we have to create tons of flows and then we loose the clarity.
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Using the card “Flow - Flow start” is one big mess. We should be presented with at tree structure, so we would pick the flows folders first then the flow itself. As it is today, if I have a “Turn on the lights” flow in the kitchen and the livingroom, then I have to name the flows “Kitchen - Turn on the lights” and “Livingroom - Turn on the light” (prefix them with the folder name) to be able to tell them apart in the huge list we have today.
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We should be able to organize Homeyscripts in folders too.
Things that should be fixed also…
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Push notification “confirm”, should also have an “action” version. Instead of only being able to chose yes and no, we should be able to have an action list to chose from, so I for example from my Apple Watch could get a question and then a list of actions to chose from - and the action-reply could be stored in a variable.
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In the “Else” section of a flow, we should be able to put a “case” section - like…
Case #Variable
When "Turn On"
Add card (eg start flow)
When "Turn Off"
Add card (eg set variable)
When "Dimm"
Add card (eg set timer)
Else
Add card (eg send push notification)
End
Things that annoys me…
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We can’t learn the Homey Pro new IR commands? I have a Yamaha RX-V3067 and the built in IR commonds does not work … and I can’t teach it new commands?
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iOS version is extremely unmanageable because I can’t see the entire flow - I have to chose sections (If / Then / Else).
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Homey web has been in beta for over a year now.
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No built in Timer.
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No fading of HUE bulbs.
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A year ago and 5 months ahead, Homey went from v5 to v7.1 - and nothing has happen since.
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Minor blog posts the last 5 monts.
Is Homey still alive? Is there a roadmap? What can we expect from Homey in the future?
Update 28-2-2022:
Removed Variables not renaming - they actually do. My bad.