I'm definitely extremely disappointed with Space. I've developed for, installed, and maintained HAI systems for about 8 years now. I write and manage software for a living, so I tend to be critical. I've worked in everything from IT, to QA, to product management, to engineering. #1 issue I have with complete rewrites of applications, are that the new version should come with the vast majority of features that the old version has. Releasing a product that is a step backwards usually ends up with upset customers and lost revenues. Knowing how much I love Haiku, I am undoubtedly hopeful.
I like the look of the new interface, but it's overly simplified. Lack of a favorites and status screens is just... weird. That's got to be THE best thing about Haiku.
I don't believe Space Automation is set up for people who don't use it often. It can create a lot of hunting, for some. Nobody else in my family wants to have to dig around to figure out how to turn on the kitchen lights. For organization, we're forced to use the extended setup values of the HAI system in order to be able to see a list of rooms/units that isn't a flat list. Not utilizing the already existing rooms/units setup from the HAI system, as in Haiku, is also strange. Especially considering that the units page has no visual difference between a room and a unit/light. Haiku is awesome how you open a room and see the lights in that room and select a scene, all in one spot. In Haiku, to set a scene, it's one tap. In Space, it's 2 taps. Assuming that EVERYONE has a controller which supports extended setup data, is short-sighted. While I have a controller running the latest firmware, I have people whose systems I installed and configured, which are many years old, and they still have non-writable chips, and therefore can't use extended setup data. This means they would be forced into using the flat layout of Space. But I've told them that Space is awful, so they won't be purchasing it anyway.
On iPhone, I don't know why you have to swipe left/right between 4 icons. There's 7 icons. They will all fit on one screen.
Thank you for more time options on the timers for things like outputs! Being limited to 60 minutes in Haiku was often a problem. This is, so far, the only improvement I've found over Haiku.
My 2 biggest complaints are lack of an overview screen, like haiku, and a lack of favorites screen, like haiku. I should be able to see, at a glance, what windows/doors/etc are insecure, what the status is of the different areas, the weather, and other general information, like haiku has. Why these critical features were left out of Space, confuses the hell out of me. This is alpha quality software, and is nowhere near release ready. It's not even feature complete.
I sincerely hope the app improves, but I'm not holding my breath. At this point I feel like I pissed away $30.
