Improved scene interface design

[pierre-gilles]

Hi everyone!

I’m creating a topic to discuss improving the scene interface to make something much simpler and more understandable for everyone

1. Simplifying triggers

When you add a trigger, it’s easier to understand what each trigger does:

2. Closed action by default

The scene is more readable, with a small automatic description on each action:

You’ll notice that by default, actions are chained in series and not in parallel, which is easier to understand for a beginner

3. And parallel actions?

No panic, it’s still possible:

Which turns the block into a « At the same time » block:

Which is displayed like this in the default view:

[mutmut]

I really like the proposal!
Isn’t it a bit too busy on mobile view?

[StephaneB]

On a desktop, there’s no doubt it would be more readable, yes. Good idea.

But I share @mutmut’s concern about mobile: I fear readability would quickly become poor due to the indentation level you add for the At the same time. That’s already happening with the If then else, for example.

[pierre-gilles]

On mobile, here’s a complete scene:

The same scene, currently:

[guim31]

I really like it.

I’ve long thought that scene creation is a major point of friction, here’s a great evolution!!

[spenceur]

It’s prettier yes but we’re just hiding the technical stuff with a collapse
But it doesn’t change the actual functionality. The most annoying thing I remember was the scroll. After that, how to fix that? No idea.
Otherwise yes it’s more visually appealing

[StephaneB]

@pierre-gilles

Here’s a complete scene on mobile

You’ve put my fears to rest

[mutmut]

Top on mobile! And as they say: no pic