I really want to love Homeseer. I just bought 60 Homeseer light switches for my new house. I dream of connecting a home automation controller to my security system and Sonos. And all of it runs locally.
I recognize the folks devoted to this board are passionate and smart. And I appreciate all of the help I've received so far.
But I think I'm ready to quit. The UX is *so poor* and unintuitive compared to current modern apps. SmartThings and Nexia for example (which themselves aren't perfect, of course).
I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to uninstall the Sonos plugin to upgrade it. I spent 2 hours this week trying to figure out how to geofense using IFTTT and use Imperihome to have a semi-decent mobile experience (still haven't gotten either of those to work).
I have a CS degree, I work for a large tech firm as an engineer, and I don't mind dabbling with code. But honestly, this doesn't seem like anything that I could remotely keep stable and keep my wife happy without hours a month (after the fixed cost to get it all figured out and keep it in a semi-equilibrium).
It is super powerful. And managing an ecosystem of products with a platform built on top is a huge task; I commend everyone for getting it this far.
But how am I supposed to trust a very small company with a horrific UX (again, comparatively) and not flush hours days and months of my life away, when I can get 95% of the functionality using an off the shelf system?
I would love to have time to tinker and customize and build custom interfaces using HSTouch. I have kids. It pains me that I can't invest the time. But I shouldn't have to in today's day and age.
I want my music, alarm system, and home automation connected together. If I give up on the first two and just use Alexa for music controlling and keep my alarm system separate, I get everything in a way that just works and with an intuitive UX.
Is my analysis wrong? Am I missing something? I hope I am. Because I want to love Homeseer, and I know folks on this board have it working for them.
I recognize the folks devoted to this board are passionate and smart. And I appreciate all of the help I've received so far.
But I think I'm ready to quit. The UX is *so poor* and unintuitive compared to current modern apps. SmartThings and Nexia for example (which themselves aren't perfect, of course).
I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to uninstall the Sonos plugin to upgrade it. I spent 2 hours this week trying to figure out how to geofense using IFTTT and use Imperihome to have a semi-decent mobile experience (still haven't gotten either of those to work).
I have a CS degree, I work for a large tech firm as an engineer, and I don't mind dabbling with code. But honestly, this doesn't seem like anything that I could remotely keep stable and keep my wife happy without hours a month (after the fixed cost to get it all figured out and keep it in a semi-equilibrium).
It is super powerful. And managing an ecosystem of products with a platform built on top is a huge task; I commend everyone for getting it this far.
But how am I supposed to trust a very small company with a horrific UX (again, comparatively) and not flush hours days and months of my life away, when I can get 95% of the functionality using an off the shelf system?
I would love to have time to tinker and customize and build custom interfaces using HSTouch. I have kids. It pains me that I can't invest the time. But I shouldn't have to in today's day and age.
I want my music, alarm system, and home automation connected together. If I give up on the first two and just use Alexa for music controlling and keep my alarm system separate, I get everything in a way that just works and with an intuitive UX.
Is my analysis wrong? Am I missing something? I hope I am. Because I want to love Homeseer, and I know folks on this board have it working for them.
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