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Camera
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 11 threads.
People raised many different problems with Camera, 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 11 complaints
- Shutter zones are unclear, one touch takes multiple photos, and settings lag2026-08-08
- Dialog covers taskbar and lacks window controls, forcing awkward alt-tabbing2026-05-07
- Checking appearance requires opening the camera app and switching to selfie mode, which is slow and awkward2025-12-20
- Storage-full errors stop the camera, and fixing it means hunting through a cramped UI at depth2025-10-17
- Physical camera controls are overcomplex for users, so software abstracts them2024-07-06
- Phones make it awkward and hard to get decent background separation, while camera bodies lack modern usability features2022-11-02
- Must swipe to far tab, open Lens, then tap tiny tooltip to open QR code2021-06-29
- Setup and teardown took so long the camera was almost unusable in the field2021-06-09
- Relatives confused by mixed camera roll sources, can't tell where photos live2021-05-12
- Too many buttons make the camera interface complex and prone to accidental changes2017-09-27
- People can't figure out how to turn off the camera flash2012-07-23