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Carousels
Raised as a usability problem by 42 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2009–2023), in 26 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.
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Auto-advance timeout makes it impossible to read a slideUnreviewed
20092026- Timer keeps running after manual click, so slides advance unexpectedly2022-04-23
- Slides pull focus away from what the user is trying to read2020-07-07
- Slider keeps scrolling the page around while the user reads2019-03-19
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 44 complaints
- Each carousel click adds a history entry, so the user must press back many times2023-12-02
- Carousel is frustrating on mobile because swiping to scroll gets in the way2022-06-17
- Timer keeps running after manual click, so slides advance unexpectedly2022-04-23
- Auto-rotating carousels and giant home page carousels hide content and are hard to use2021-04-26
- Dragging the slider knob by touch does not work; only tapping the line sets it2020-12-11
- Hidden slides nobody clicks through, so content users need stays unseen2020-07-07
- Carousel controls and auto scroll work against the user's intent2020-07-07
- Every website implements carousels differently, so users must relearn them on each new site2020-07-07
- Carousel gives no slide count, so users click repeatedly to confirm it has only three slides2020-07-07
- Carousels force waiting for transitions and have inconsistent, confusing behaviour across sites2020-07-07
- Slides pull focus away from what the user is trying to read2020-07-07
- Carousel content shifts page layout as slides change and images load2020-05-08
- Carousel takes longer to finish cycling than visiting every page on the site2019-07-24
- Slider keeps scrolling the page around while the user reads2019-03-19
- Carousel changes too fast for people to read the reviews2018-10-07
- Carousel advances every two seconds, so users can't finish reading2018-06-24
- Recurring animated slides hide content; finding something to check means cumbersome pagination2017-05-18
- Says Carousel is deprecated but gives no way to go back to Dropbox2016-02-03
- Carousels advance too fast and are a poor UX choice for reading content2015-10-28
- Carousels have well-known usability problems that make sites less effective2014-04-13
- Sign-out also signs you out of Dropbox, and no option exists to control photo syncing2014-04-10
- Share view's X not tappable during a call, forcing a force-quit2014-04-09
- Carousels hide recommendations, so users perform worse than with a visible grid2014-04-01
- Carousels are used to squeeze in more content, which makes the interface hard to use2014-04-01
- Unclear whether clicking advances slides or opens a page; no touch support2014-04-01
- Paragraph slides change too quickly to read2014-01-31
- Carousel keeps advancing after user clicks back, can't read features2013-07-12
- Screen scrolls horizontally, making the page awkward to navigate2013-07-10
- Users cannot scroll backwards to revisit a carousel item they missed2013-07-10
- Users try to interact with carousel that is actually a flat image2013-07-10
- Carousel keeps moving after user clicks to navigate, disrupting reading2013-07-10
- Scrolling is slow and jerky, and sometimes won't scroll at all with a mouse wheel2013-07-10
- Carousel scrolls so slowly it takes too long to see items2013-07-10
- Inconsistent controls: pausing, arrows and pagination differ, so users can't predict what they get2013-07-10
- Can't manually advance or rewind slides, and auto-moving slides distract and waste space2013-07-10
- Text moves out of sight unexpectedly, stressing users and preventing concentration on content2013-07-10
- Auto-advance timeout makes it impossible to stay on a slide and read it2013-07-10
- Carousel pagination dots are too small to click easily2013-07-10
- Carousel auto-advances, preventing users from navigating images at their own pace2013-07-10
- Carousel keeps auto-scrolling after clicking a service link, hard to stop2013-01-08
- Automatic image sliders are frustrating to deal with on the site2012-10-01
- Must click small dots to switch cards; clicking cards does nothing2011-08-05
- Small grey circles are hard to hit; user didn't realize clicking image advances2010-02-02
- Buttons highlight green as active but won't click; popups appear on hover2009-03-15