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Calendar apps
Raised as a usability problem by 31 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 26 threads.
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Single-month view breaks planning across month boundariesUnreviewed
20092026- Single-month view breaks planning flow across month boundaries and long date ranges2022-06-29
- Month view places months side by side, not a continuous vertical scroll2022-05-24
- Month view is missing from the menu, and the 5-day limit is inflexible2014-11-20
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 31 complaints
- Must click each of hundreds of invitations separately to clear inbox2026-06-05
- Calendar apps feel intimidating and confusing to use, with too much red tape2026-01-11
- Can't close or move the app window on macOS due to hidden decorations2026-01-03
- A popup on the page cannot be closed2025-12-28
- Calendar notifications have not reliably alerted the user for over five years2025-08-11
- Typing slowly in minute field overwrites first digit, producing wrong time2025-03-04
- Interface is confusing to understand2024-06-08
- Replacement calendar and contact apps have needlessly complicated UI or miss basic features2024-04-08
- Tried about five calendar widgets and none of them felt intuitive to use2024-04-08
- Adding calendar entries takes too much time, so people with ADHD forget to use them2023-08-03
- Doing time math in head and moving events around is a pain2023-06-22
- Single-month view breaks planning flow across month boundaries and long date ranges2022-06-29
- Timezone display names are confusing, e.g. British time labelled GMT in summer2022-05-24
- Recurring events shift by an hour after DST changes, confusing attendees who arrive at the wrong time2022-05-24
- Month view places months side by side, not a continuous vertical scroll2022-05-24
- Declining a spam invite notifies the spammer, and ignoring it leaves it on the calendar2018-12-26
- Scheduling calendar events requires an inordinate number of clicks2018-03-16
- Only one owner can manage recurring meetings, making rescheduling and changing attendees a nightmare2017-08-03
- Managing many events takes too many emails and confusing steps; can't find how to send day-before reminders2016-08-14
- Scrolling is hijacked, so users without a touchpad cannot zoom in and out easily2016-06-07
- Scrolling gets hijacked, and zoomed-out view hides events without clearly showing it2016-06-07
- Scrolling zooms the view instead, so users can't tell how to scroll2016-06-07
- OK and Cancel buttons sit at top, out of thumb reach after scrolling2016-06-07
- Cluttered screen makes it unclear what the next thing to do is2016-06-07
- Scrolling is confusing and makes the app hard to use2016-06-07
- Month view is missing from the menu, and the 5-day limit is inflexible2014-11-20
- Scheduling tools needing extra steps so people can't just book from a link2013-06-19
- Upcoming event dates show raw numeric format, hard to read at a glance2012-12-13
- Time is displayed confusingly, forcing users through useless dialogs and screens2011-05-24
- Adding a simple appointment requires clicking through around fifteen steps2011-04-07
- Scheduling a simple appointment takes many tabs, mouse clicks and options to get lost in2009-02-17