The new Things view has some nice features (device types, better sorting). But I preferred the old view which was closer to the way I use it.
Here’s some issues I found.
1. Device type for digital media players & servers?
I can’t see any device type suitable for digital media players / servers such as the Google Chromecast.
So what do you use for such devices?
2. Printer host name does not appear
This is an old issue which I thought would be corrected by now.
I have an “hp color LaserJet 4650dn” printer which has a TCP/IP host name of “HPLJ4650-A4”
In the Usage view, I see the host name is correct:
But in Things view, I don’t see the same host name. Why not?
3. The device description disappears from the Device options when I add my own description
If I add a name then the original information remains visible.
If I enter a description then the original information is not visible.
Original scan info:
My name and description added:
What I now see is that the original name remains visible but the original description does not.
4. The scanned name and description disappear from the Things view when I add my own info
I’d normally like to see the original info even if I’ve added my own.
I could copy the original information and add it to my entries except that information cannot be copied in Device options so I have to return to Things view to copy it before re-entering Device options to paste it.
Using the example from 3, here is the original things view
Once I add my own info then I can no longer see the original info.
5. I preferred labels which only I could create.
Now I have to go into device options to know what is the original scan data and what I have added myself. If the underlying scan data changes then will I get an alert so I can see what has changed?
A workaround is to prepend/append a character to my entries so it is obvious what I have entered. But then my device name would no longer matche the actual device name.