Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Buttons
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 10 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
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 11 complaints
- Buttons that behave like links can't be copied, shared, or opened in a new tab2026-07-29
- Users with hand tremors accidentally double-press buttons when they intended one press2026-07-05
- Clicking a button without feedback leaves users unsure if it registered, so they click repeatedly2026-07-05
- Buttons toggle on press rather than release, so users can't cancel an accidental click2024-03-08
- Buttons are horrible to use in modern designs2023-02-07
- Div-based buttons show the text selection cursor, misleading users about clickability2021-05-25
- Buttons lack expected middle-click and right-click link behaviours like Open in New Tab2020-09-22
- Buttons hidden without background color are hard to see, pushing users away from options2018-02-21
- Quick taps show little or no press feedback, so users can't tell if the click registered2014-05-01
- Button animations are laggy and slow to respond in MobileSafari2013-06-05
- Can't activate real buttons via find-then-Enter like styled links2012-02-05