Depends on the users needs and point of view I guess. Personally I like a nice looking and functional dashboard application. But I understand what you are saying and if you automate most things with scenes then a dashboard maybe less important to some.
I am currently using the 3rd party Home Remote dashboard application and mine looks like this:
It only works with my Vera Plus though as it does not support Ezlo hubs unfortunately. But its all local and very fast.