Despite Smart lighting being hamstrung by being a plugin in the mobile apps, I rather liked the cut of its jib. I was hoping the Recipes underpinning it would see more widespread use. Not any more. It has suddenly turned into a steaming pile of poo.
I’ve linked to my own posting in another thread.
On another app related note, I’ve been using Smart lighting for some simple tasks largely because it provides some test input for a private app. That’ll have to change unless it gets some more attention. It’s an app of last resort now.
I recently moved some smart plugs around after yet more Tradfri failures. Putting Smart lighting back together was a nightmare as the individual automations keplt appearing and disappearing from the listing so you couldn’t edit them to fix them (if you knew they were broken as although the resulting rules are disabled the app doesn’t tell you). Now suddenly the whole app seems to get disabled if any of the individual automations are no longer viable but you aren’t told why. It is a mess, which is a shame as Recipes seem quite attractive.
Update: Today I r…
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