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Checkbox
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2013–2024), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Checkbox, 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 5 complaints
- Checkbox labels make it confusing to know what checking or unchecking does2024-02-12
- Round checkboxes make it unclear whether they are checked or what clicking will do2024-01-28
- Checkbox-based popovers can't be closed with Escape or by clicking outside2023-05-24
- 3D checkbox animation takes seconds, making a daily task slower and more annoying2022-06-17
- Line-style controls look like buttons but behave like checkboxes or radio buttons, confusing users2013-07-28