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tuna_ertemalp
Mar 24, 2022Luminary
Status:
New Idea
Not enough device types on ORBI's router admin page and mobile app to reflect today's reality
This is from https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-App/Not-enough-device-types-on-ORBI-s-router-admin-page-and-mobile/td-p/2208232: "Entertainment (Generic)" is too broad. There should be things ...
tuna_ertemalp
Mar 25, 2022Luminary
And addition, copy/pasted from the original thread I had linked to in my suggestion post:
In my decades of being software developer & manager of developers, one of the rules I followed was to pick an implementation goal and stick to it. If it needed to be changed at some point, then fully commit to that change, as well.
It actually would be just as well, and I'd probably prefer, if the TYPE was just a few generic things, something like [Computer, Network, Personal, Work, Security, Entertainment, IoT, Health, Other], and then the user could simply enter a few more details under the existing Model/Name (like, "Apple"/"Bedroom AppleTV" or "Microsoft Windows PC"/"MYDENPC28") and be done with it. Essentially the implementation goal would be a Generic Category to inform what pretty icon to show in the pretty UI, along with user-defined Brand/Name that actually can include whatever info the user finds useful about what the device is, its name, its location, etc. with no UI implications other than storing & showing that text properly without buffer overruns and crashes. Then, over the years, the implementation will need to only watch out for any new categories that enter the market (say, "Car") to add a few over many years, instead of keeping up with every little thing frequently.
The current implementation is a mix of both, like it couldn't decide what to be...
Tuna