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Apps and websites
Raised as a usability problem by 20 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2016–2025), in 18 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Apps and websites, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
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.
The newest 20 complaints
- Many apps emit xterm codes without checking, making the DEC terminal hard to work with2025-08-02
- Apps interrupt the current task with unrelated feature prompts, notification requests, and rating requests2025-04-23
- Cannot select any text in some apps2025-03-31
- Interfaces keep moving around, so users never learn them and must rediscover features2024-08-12
- Apps crash with no error message when printing is disabled2024-02-16
- Interfaces designed for small phone screens and thumb navigation even on desktops2023-11-17
- File names are cut off with an ellipsis, so users must hover over each one to read it2023-11-15
- Unrelated feature pop-ups appear on opening apps, forcing users to dismiss them2023-03-06
- No way to reverse a permanent "stop reminding me" choice, or the reversal is hidden2023-03-06
- Non-technical users struggle to understand error messages, unrelated pop-ups, and failed form submits2023-03-06
- Double-clicking the top-left icon no longer closes the window, frustrating users with that muscle memory2022-09-27
- Apps sign you out, hang, or show undismissable no-connection banners when offline2022-08-21
- Apps that ignore the system setting force users to hunt for another toggle2022-05-29
- Text shortcut inserts trailing space after email, forcing manual cursor fiddling to delete it2021-10-09
- Search bar was hidden behind a menu item, so users can't find it2021-08-08
- Constant prompts for reviews, feedback and ratings interrupt and waste the user's time2021-06-10
- No space left in title bar to click and drag window2020-08-27
- Apps that ignore platform UI conventions raise the learning curve and switching cost for users2018-12-05
- Custom-drawn controls mishandle accessibility, shortcuts and text, leaving users painful or unusable2017-11-01
- Juggling many apps, passwords, UI differences and re-entered payment details creates friction2016-04-13