I've seen numerous posts about changes to the Favorites, but I'd still like to see a much simpler user interface for my less-techy family members.
I have four devices (light switches), three programs (that specify whether we are home, away, or on vacation), and two thermostats. It is easy-enough for me to access these, but when a family member picks up the iPad (maybe weeks or months since they used it last), they see eight icons across the bottom of the page and each page has additional options. Even if I could teach them to "always select the heart" (Favorites), they'd still need to toggle between Devices to control lights and Programs to change between Home and Vacation. And then to change the thermostats, they have to click the thermostat icon (which they won't remember) and know to slide left-right to change between upstairs and downstairs.
I'd like to see a "dummies" mode (hee-hee) that would limit the display to one set of scrollable pages (similar to the home screens in iOS and Android), where I could put scenes, devices, programs, and thermostats. I'd want to control the order of the items (similar to the home screens in iOS and Android). Tapping on the thermostats would bring up an easily-closeable window showing the larger thermostat (because thermostats require more screen real estate). To non-techies, it'd be intuitive and very much like their existing mobile devices.
I'm fine with the complexities of programming home automation, but until turning on/off lights and setting the temperature is as easy as walking up to a wall switch or thermostat, I think it'll remain the domain of us techies.
(Apologies that this turned into a mild-rant! I'm a developer and get "suggestions" from customers daily. That said, I didn't want to remain silent. Thanks for a great product.)