From a0c8659af293bf77bcd63eb0fbf52693629d3ef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franck Nijhof Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:07:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 2022.8.0: Round of small tweaks --- .../_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown | 55 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown index f0261e2f798..a7d34a73757 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown @@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Enjoy the (beta) release! - [Introducing Repairs: You can fix it!](#introducing-repairs-you-can-fix-it) -- [First class Bluetooth support](#first-class-bluetooth-support) +- [First-class Bluetooth support](#first-class-bluetooth-support) - [Supported brands](#supported-brands) - [HomeKit Bluetooth support](#homekit-bluetooth-support) -- [Improving the naming of entities and devices](#improving-the-naming-of-entities-and-devices) +- [Maps colors have been improved](#maps-colors-have-been-improved) - [Other noteworthy changes](#other-noteworthy-changes) - [New Integrations](#new-integrations) - [Integrations now available to set up from the UI](#integrations-now-available-to-set-up-from-the-ui) @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ From detected existing issues on your system and future issues, e.g., caused by the use of a feature that is going to be removed, and anything in between. These repairable issues can be anything and are specific to your system. +The "System Health" setting menu item, have been moved to the "Repairs" + ## First-class Bluetooth support {% details "TODO" %} @@ -180,46 +182,26 @@ guides you to set up that integration. The HomeKit Controller integration now has support for Bluetooth-based HomeKit devices. 🎉 -## Improving the naming of entities and devices +## Maps colors have been improved {% details "TODO" %} -- Unsure is we need to keep this as major featured item -- Improve (and probably shorten) story +- Improve story - Spelling/grammar +- Add screenshot +- The colors of maps have been adjusted, providing a much better contrast + (especially when using dark mode). Awesome [@bramkragten]! {% enddetails %} -This is one that fits in the category: Streamlining experiences. +Maps have had a small makeover and now use a new color palette. These new colors +provide a much greater contrast and improve the readability of them. -The names of entities are currently not bound by rules or standards in -Home Assistant, and this has caused quite an inconsistent experience in -how entities are displayed or created. +If you are using the Home Assistant UI in dark mode, you will notice a big +difference. These improvements make a ton of difference in readbility of +the maps. -For example, some integrations put the device names in their entities; others -don't. For example, an device named "Multisensor" with a temperature entity -could be named: - -- "Temperature" -- "Multisensor Temperature" -- "Multisensor - temperature" -- "Multisensor: temperature" - -And variants that use different capitalization formats. - -We have started a project to improve the naming of entities across -Home Assistant. This is a work in progress and will take quite some time -to complete. This release, around 100 integrations have already updated to the -new naming style. - -Entities will now have their own name, without the device name in it -(so, just "Temperature" in the above example). Additionally, they will be -sentence cased. In the future, this will allow us to display an entity -or device name (or both) depending on the UI context needed. - -During this change/migration path, we have added a backward compatible layer -to keep changes minimal. However, it is possible you'll notice a slight -difference in the names shown in the UI for some entities. +__TODO: Insert before/after the screenshot__ ## Other noteworthy changes @@ -235,8 +217,11 @@ difference in the names shown in the UI for some entities. There is much more juice in this release; here are some of the other noteworthy changes this release: -- The colors of maps have been adjusted, providing a much better contrast - (especially when using dark mode). Awesome [@bramkragten]! +- "Z-Wave JS" is now shown and known as "Z-Wave" in Home Assistant. +- In the backgroud a started project to standardize the names entities + and devices should have. This is a work in progress that will take + a long time to complete, as each possible entity has to be adjusted. + But, it will definitly streamline experiences! - You can now change the shown unit of measurement of number entities that provide a temperature. Thanks [@emontnemery]! - [@frenck] updated the events developer tools, to use YAML instead of JSON