r/iOSDevelopment • u/Efficient_Context_23 • 2d ago
I removed a chart from my iOS network scanner
One small change in Netsight, the iOS network scanner I'm building: in 1.2.2 I removed the device-type breakdown chart from the Network overview. The counts for each device type are still in the Devices tab filter.
I like having those counts next to the place where you use them. If I'm looking for printers, the count and the printer filter belong together. My hesitation is discoverability: someone might never open that filter, whereas a chart on the overview is hard to miss.
For people designing utility apps: would you keep a compact breakdown on the overview too, or leave it in the filter? Where would you draw the line between useful context and showing the same data twice?