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Alt-Tab window switcher

Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 11 threads.

Ranked by people · period

This year (last 12 months)Last 5 yearsSince the beginning (2007)

No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.

1
Alt-tab is a poor way to manage many windowsUnreviewed
5 people in the last 5 years · 5 threads

1
Alt-tab is a poor way to manage many windowsUnreviewed
6 people since the beginning · 6 threads
2
Window order gets confused when switching between appsUnreviewed
3 people since the beginning · 3 threads

Every issue, all time, most people first

Alt-tab is a poor way to manage many windowsUnreviewed
6 people since 2020, in 4 different years · 1 this year
20102026
Something wrong here?
Window order gets confused when switching between appsUnreviewed
3 people since 2010, in 3 different years · none this year
20102026
Something wrong here?

This list counts all time; the period switch above only changes the ranking. Each issue is a group of similar complaints raised by at least 3 people in 3 different months and threads. Each line under an issue is Claude Haiku's summary of one of its latest comments, not a quote; follow it to read the comment on Hacker News.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

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