CaptureOne

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 6 threads.

People raised many different problems with CaptureOne, 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 6 complaints

Workflow full of obstacles, slowness, and inexplicable UI design choices2026-06-04
Alternatives' import/export flow for third-party editors doesn't fit the user's workflow2025-02-07
Has to relearn a completely rebuilt UI with every upgrade2023-05-18
Interface is less well designed, though customizable for power users2022-09-15
Can't tell how files are organized and can't find images2020-08-15
Text is really hard to read2013-07-09