I just noticed that Haiku is no longer in the App Store. Is it gone for good?

What happened to Haiku?
#1
Posted 04 February 2016 - 12:06 PM
#2
Posted 04 February 2016 - 01:23 PM
#3
Posted 20 February 2016 - 04:16 PM
#4
Posted 21 February 2016 - 01:24 AM
My guess is that they are working through the financial realities of their current business model. I'd love to see a pivot that would bring HAI/Omni into a future that looks inceasingly likely to be dominated by big players like Apple (HomeKit), Samsung (SmartThings), and Google (Weave). I'm dreaming of a HomeKit-certified bridge for Omni but I'm not sure it's something that can be done by anyone other than HAI under HomeKit licensing. The only bridges I've seen that are multi-vendor are free, unlicensed software bridges that lack the encryption required of commercial HomeKit offerings. As best I can tell, Apple is tolerating them at the moment but things might change as the number of official HomeKit devices grows.
#5
Posted 21 February 2016 - 04:20 AM
Thanks for the feedback, interesting comments. Have you ever tried openHAB? Leviton/HAI is supposedly supported and it seems like an interesting approach.
#6
Posted 22 February 2016 - 01:44 PM
Edited by lupinglade, 22 February 2016 - 01:45 PM.
#7
Posted 22 February 2016 - 02:07 PM
That sounds like it might be welcome news for Space users, but what about those that are happy with Haiku? Are you abandoning the app in the hope of force upgrading them to Space?
#8
Posted 16 March 2016 - 03:51 PM
We install many omni system every year. On ALL of our installation, we make the customer install HAIKU. ALL OF OUR INSTALLATION. I am extremely disapointed that we can't get HAIKU anymore. In my opinion, Space does not come close to HAIKU.
Bring this great app back, it's well built, works well, has many feature not found in other app.
If you don't want to maintain it anymore, SELL IT TO LEVITON ! That have this horrible snaplink with many bugs in it and does not even come close to the nice operation of HAIKU.
#9
Posted 16 March 2016 - 07:24 PM
We install many omni system every year. On ALL of our installation, we make the customer install HAIKU. ALL OF OUR INSTALLATION. I am extremely disapointed that we can't get HAIKU anymore. In my opinion, Space does not come close to HAIKU.
Bring this great app back, it's well built, works well, has many feature not found in other app.
If you don't want to maintain it anymore, SELL IT TO LEVITON ! That have this horrible snaplink with many bugs in it and does not even come close to the nice operation of HAIKU.
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ABSOLUTELY !!!!!!
Blows the doors off HAI's SnapLink App.
Just finished rebuilding an old system with a new motherboard. Went to have client download Haiku today...CRAP!
I would pay double...get it back up there for sale.
And make improvements along the way at your own pace.
#10
Posted 02 April 2016 - 06:09 PM
A huge step behind the older but very good haiku. What is missing in space it's been made very clear in the dedicated topic so I really don't understand why Space is still so bad and totally shocked that Haiku has been pulled down.
#11
Posted 05 April 2016 - 03:15 PM
Second here.
I purchased Space to help out and expecting greater things since Haiku was such a home run, but the functionality and user interface of Haiku suited my needs better.
Until the terrible interface change to the white color scheme.
That ruined my user experience and soured me on both.
I still am hopeful, but less optimistic.
#12
Posted 05 April 2016 - 03:48 PM
After using SPACE, I can tell you Justin Bieber wasn't the only disappointing thing to come out of Canada.
#13
Posted 10 April 2016 - 08:05 PM
#14
Posted 11 April 2016 - 03:56 AM
None of those questions give me much confidence in the future so I've pretty much replaced Haiku/Space with a HomeKit-Homebridge-OpenHAB stack. Not nearly as easy and clean as Haiku+HaikuHelper but works well so far for my needs. I've got concerns about the amount of developer attention that the OpenHAB plug-in for Omni gets given that there are compatibility questions with moving to OpenHAB 2.0 but open source has a way of muddling through.
That's not to say that I wouldn't look at a Space 2.0 product but at least I don't feel like I'm screwed if it never shows up or is complete rubbish. Better yet, I try to imagine a future where lupiglade's mad technical skills could leverage up those open source and open framework projects. There are lots of businesses that seem to be able to successfully businesses based on OSS.
Edited by tannebil, 12 April 2016 - 01:47 AM.
#15
Posted 12 April 2016 - 12:44 PM

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