Being one of the most popular upvoted feature requests of all time, I wanted to highlight a couple of reasons why the Dashboard in the Web app is still a much-needed feature.
The 20% usage reported earlier does not reflect much, in my opinion. The most interesting data would be to know, of all Homey users, how many launched the Web interface at least once. If this value is very low, it confirms what I see in the community, meaning they don’t know the Web App exists.
Use cases I saw in the community:
- Homey Dashboard on older tablets
- Homey Dashboard on smart TV (LG TVs being the best use case with their Magic Remote) and other media streamer / consoles with a Web browser.
- Advanced flow which is a feature you already spent time developing but in my opinion is not well advertised (at least not in the right place)
- Homey Dashboard on Raspberry Pi Touch Display and other similar devices.
If you decide to discontinue the web interface or not giving it the love it deserves, keep in mind that the Web app is still being the only option to fix many other issues.
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Adding devices not working with Mobile app but working with Web App. @martijnpoppen can confirms this as well as I have seen it being the solution for some of his apps:
[APP]PRO] Tesla - #485 by Michiel_van_Delft
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[APP][Pro] TP-Link Smart Devices KASA - central topic - #211 by Sharkys
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[APP][Pro] WhatsApp - Simple. Reliable. Private - #1060 by Capetrip
I can list many more but you got the idea -
Changing values for some apps where it failed with the Mobile app but works with the Web App: Aqara thermostat T1 issue on Homeypro with aqara App installed - #7 by SunBeech
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Deleting some devices when it fails from the mobile app: [APP] Netatmo - Same home, just smarter. (by Athom) - #393 by Hugo
@Emile @Harwin @Doekse Let’s hope you listen to your community and reconsider this
