Blink shell

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2016–2024), in 5 threads.

People raised many different problems with Blink shell, 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 7 complaints

SSH terminal app on iPad feels awkward and off to use2024-04-30
Text selection by double-tap and drag feels clumsy and awkward on iPhone2021-11-02
Terminal over SSH drops modifier keys, so Emacs feels crippled2019-03-16
Cannot send extra modifier keys like Super, so Emacs is unusable2018-12-29
Commenter couldn't figure out how to scroll in the app2016-11-13
Startup prompt gives no guidance, so new users don't know what to do2016-11-11
Caps Lock as Ctrl works inconsistently and needs a half-second hold, leaving Caps Lock state reversed on exit2016-11-11