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Chinese input methods
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2009–2019), in 5 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Typing Chinese has steep learning curve and tedious single-character entryUnreviewed
20092026- Chinese input on Linux is so confusing the user gave up setting it up2017-04-14
- Typing Chinese is painful, with steep learning curve and tedious single-character entry2016-03-21
- Typing hanzi is very slow without knowing the pinyin first2009-02-02
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
- Chinese input on Linux is so confusing the user gave up setting it up2017-04-14
- A commenter couldn't figure out how to type the 金 radical2016-10-31
- User cannot figure out how to type a specific character using the method2016-10-31
- Radicals behind the shift key are not discoverable; user can't find the 金 radical2016-10-31
- Typing Chinese is painful, with steep learning curve and tedious single-character entry2016-03-21
- Typing hanzi is very slow without knowing the pinyin first2009-02-02