Products · Broad category
Blogs
Raised as a usability problem by 294 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 295 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Light gray text on white background is hard to readUnreviewed
20072026- Background animation is distracting and makes it hard to focus on content2025-11-17
- Yellow background and dark mode are distracting, making the article painful to read2025-08-06
- Neon yellow colors make text unreadable; dark mode unusable on mobile2024-01-28
Tiny font and huge margins make content hard to readUnreviewed
20072026- Site layout is too big on desktop, hard to read2025-03-02
- Body text is confined to a narrow centre column, forcing users to magnify or use Reader Mode2025-01-30
- Lines of text are too wide, forcing readers to resize the browser window2024-10-01
Clicking the logo goes to the blog index, not the site homepageUnreviewed
20072026- No easy way to reach homepage on mobile; logo menu lacks a home link2023-07-18
- No way to navigate to main site, forcing manual URL editing on mobile2023-04-08
- No link back to the main site, so visitors can't discover what the company is2022-01-06
Zooming on iPad breaks the layout, making text hard to readUnreviewed
20072026- Sidenotes force zooming in to read text on mobile2026-09-27
- Sidenotes force zooming in to read text on mobile2026-09-27
- Whole page text is center-aligned on mobile, making it hard to read2026-07-06
Layouts are hard to read and their styling is hard to changeUnreviewed
20072026- Reader accidentally edits the blog text while reading it, with no easy way to stop2025-06-05
- Bold black highlighted text, tight line height, and justified text make the blog hard to read; navbar is nearly invisible2023-03-02
- Blog UI is so hard to read the commenter had to stop reading2023-02-28
Popups appear as soon as scrolling starts, interrupting readingUnreviewed
20072026- Popups appear as soon as scrolling starts, interrupting reading2026-03-15
- Full-page email pop-up interrupts reading and closing it resets scroll to top2022-01-15
- Multiple stacked pop-ups and prompts interrupt reading before any content is reached2018-05-25
Blogs show nothing without JavaScript and are hard to read with itUnreviewed
20072026- Blog unusable without JavaScript; posts are not links2025-02-09
- Many blogs load slowly and are overly complicated, getting in the way of content2024-07-29
- Annoying pop-ups and hijacked back button make blogs hard to read2021-09-16
Sluggish, cushioned scrolling makes reading annoyingUnreviewed
20072026- Horizontal line scrolling down the page makes the article hard to read; headers look squashed2026-03-16
- Scrolling is not smooth, and right-click behavior is disabled on blogs2025-12-11
- Page jumps back up while scrolling when the side blog list loads2023-09-29
Site is slow to load, scroll and respond to hoverUnreviewed
20072026- Site is slow to load, scroll, and respond to mouse hover2025-04-14
- Page loads slowly for about 2 seconds and layout shifts aggressively2022-09-13
- Page takes 10 seconds to load and pre-loader gives no information2017-09-13
Page jumps to the bottom while the reader scrollsUnreviewed
20072026- Blank pages appear when scrolling with arrow keys or Page Up/Down past the first screen2026-08-21
- Up arrow and Page Up jump to top of page instead of scrolling up2024-06-05
- Page keeps jumping to the top while trying to read2023-09-29
Can't find a link to the blog from the siteUnreviewed
20072026- Couldn't find a way to subscribe to the blog2022-08-05
- Hard to reach the actual product from a company's blog; no links back2019-10-22
- No easy link from the blog to the company's main site2012-07-14
Can't find how to subscribe to the RSS feedUnreviewed
20072026- Can't find the RSS feed on the page2022-08-02
- Can't find a feed link to subscribe to future posts2019-10-29
- Can't find a way to subscribe because no RSS link exists2018-09-10
Can't easily find the post's publication dateUnreviewed
20072026- Can't tell when the post was published because the date isn't shown near the title2021-06-30
- Post shows only month and day, so the year can't be found2019-05-06
- Can't easily find the post's publication date2014-09-13
Blog is hard to read on mobile devicesUnreviewed
20072026- Blog is unusable for some iOS users2025-09-19
- Blog is hard to read on mobile devices2023-07-14
- Too many ads make navigating the blog on mobile hard to read2021-12-11
Google ads sit mid-content, making reading harderUnreviewed
20072026- On page load the whole screen scrolls away to show an ad covering the content2023-03-11
- Giant links and ads after every paragraph make the article impossible to focus on2022-08-31
- Giant popup ad covers the entire phone screen, blocking the article2019-03-14
Screenshots are too small to read without opening themUnreviewed
20072026- Screenshots are too small to read without opening them2026-04-08
- Screenshots too small to read, and clicking them doesn't open a larger version2020-09-17
- Half the screen is a body shot, distracting from reading the post2016-01-22
Code block padding leaves only three lines visibleUnreviewed
20072026- Code blocks have such large padding and margins that only 3 lines fit in the viewport2025-10-05
- CSS wastes most of the screen width, so code samples barely fit on desktop2024-09-22
- Code lines are cut off and cannot be scrolled on mobile2021-12-16
Full-screen image pushes content below the foldUnreviewed
20072026- Full-screen image pushes content below the fold and distracts from the post2022-08-08
- Large teaser pictures push text below the fold, forcing scrolling to see content2021-04-09
- Above the fold shows only a picture, so the page's content isn't apparent2010-07-24
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 50 complaints
- Page redirects to a sketchy URL with fullscreen video takeover on mobile2026-10-12
- Can't tell what sections contain; navigation only at bottom, sections overwhelming2026-09-27
- Sidenotes force zooming in to read text on mobile2026-09-27
- Sidenotes force zooming in to read text on mobile2026-09-27
- Full article is shown instead of a summary with a click-through to read more2026-09-25
- Blank pages appear when scrolling with arrow keys or Page Up/Down past the first screen2026-08-21
- Whole page text is center-aligned on mobile, making it hard to read2026-07-06
- Links are hidden behind an extra menu click, even on large desktop screens2026-05-04
- Screenshots are too small to read without opening them2026-04-08
- Annoying pop-ups, banners and overlays block content, and text needs JavaScript to appear2026-03-30
- Horizontal line scrolling down the page makes the article hard to read; headers look squashed2026-03-16
- Popups appear as soon as scrolling starts, interrupting reading2026-03-15
- Hidden scrollbar leaves user unable to tell position or page length2026-03-12
- Scrolling is not smooth, and right-click behavior is disabled on blogs2025-12-11
- Background animation is distracting and makes it hard to focus on content2025-11-17
- Teaser titles with ellipses don't describe the main point of the article2025-11-11
- Constant newsletter sign-up pop-ups interrupt reading and restrict how sites can be used2025-10-10
- Code blocks have such large padding and margins that only 3 lines fit in the viewport2025-10-05
- Blog is unusable for some iOS users2025-09-19
- Can't tell what the colors mean; pilcrow and next links are inconsistent or hidden2025-08-08
- Yellow background and dark mode are distracting, making the article painful to read2025-08-06
- Page layout is broken on mobile and Safari reader mode crashes2025-06-26
- Code blocks are unreadable in dark mode due to a hardcoded background override2025-06-07
- Reader accidentally edits the blog text while reading it, with no easy way to stop2025-06-05
- Mode switch doesn't change page background, which stays grey on other pages2025-04-17
- Site is slow to load, scroll, and respond to mouse hover2025-04-14
- Commenter cannot find any description or source code explaining what flak is2025-03-12
- Site is unreadable because the snowflake animation gets in the way2025-03-05
- Site layout is too big on desktop, hard to read2025-03-02
- Links and images disappear when JavaScript is turned off2025-02-10
- Blog unusable without JavaScript; posts are not links2025-02-09
- Text on many sites is hard to read, forcing users into dev tools tweaks2025-02-06
- Body text is confined to a narrow centre column, forcing users to magnify or use Reader Mode2025-01-30
- Post was in poor French and hard to understand until the original version was found2024-10-07
- Lines of text are too wide, forcing readers to resize the browser window2024-10-01
- CSS wastes most of the screen width, so code samples barely fit on desktop2024-09-22
- Hidden video controls with autoplay disabled make it hard to tell it's a video2024-08-20
- Many blogs load slowly and are overly complicated, getting in the way of content2024-07-29
- Selection only changes font color, so unclear what's selected and whitespace is invisible2024-07-09
- Hidden scrollbars on desktop leave no way to see reading progress2024-06-25
- Header hiding on scroll breaks position tracking, and scroll direction is finicky on mobile2024-06-24
- Section headers have IDs but no clickable anchor links, forcing users to inspect elements2024-06-24
- Up arrow and Page Up jump to top of page instead of scrolling up2024-06-05
- Second image is hidden behind a click and footnotes, so readers must hunt for it2024-04-22
- Text font rendering differs greatly between browsers, making the post hard to read2024-04-14
- Fixed side elements are distracting and make navigating the page uncomfortable2024-04-03
- Live cursors are distracting, and there is no way to turn them off2024-02-21
- Clicking a photo gives no way back to the article and back button exits page2024-02-17
- Neon yellow colors make text unreadable; dark mode unusable on mobile2024-01-28
- Site is so laggy it's unusable on a budget Android phone in Firefox2024-01-02