Bloomberg Terminal

Raised as a usability problem by 24 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 16 threads.

People raised many different problems with Bloomberg Terminal, 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 25 complaints

Opening a bond quote takes many hidden taps and menus, with no keyboard shortcuts2026-09-30
Steep learning curve for newcomers to the terminal's keyboard-driven functions2025-11-05
Users are accustomed to a janky interface and resist learning a different one2022-07-21
Interface is terrible and access is cumbersome when working remotely or needing quick desktop use2022-06-25
Terminal functions take noticeably long to load, latency has grown over time2022-04-01
The interface is horrible to use2022-04-01
Newer functions can't be reached by number shortcuts, so they're harder to access2020-07-21
Important controls are hidden unless hovered, so they are undiscoverable; app is slow and bloated2020-07-21
Users hated the redesigned web-browser-style terminal and refused to switch to it2020-07-20
Not initially intuitive, takes time to learn2020-07-20
No non-American date format support, so Europeans must live with it2020-07-20
Clicking buttons gives no feedback while the action takes a while2020-07-20
Logging in requires many steps: RSA key, passwords, flashing-screen code, fingerprint2019-12-20
Extremely slow and frequently crashes during use2019-12-20
Newer pricing feature has noticeable latency and loads slowly compared to old version2019-07-25
Ugly and cluttered, with arcane shortcuts that are hard to learn2017-12-01
Cryptic 3-5 letter keywords create a very high learning curve for new users2017-02-26
Charting commands behave inconsistently, so colour and axis settings differ unpredictably between charts2017-02-10
Without the Bloomberg keyboard, the B-Unit must be held up to the screen for 2FA2016-05-19
Too many functions in a badly organised taxonomy, so useful features are hard to find2016-05-19
Interface is horrible; hard to tell which pricing method was used2016-05-11
Hard to tell which exact instrument is meant because many identifier schemes exist2014-03-19
Steep learning curve needed to figure out how to navigate it2014-03-19
Nothing is intuitive and using the mouse with it is painful2013-05-08
Searching requires memorised codes and the interface is confusing, cluttered and hard to navigate2011-01-31