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Computer applications
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2020–2024), in 6 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Computer applications, 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
- Applications are slow and laggy to respond, unlike smooth-scrolling games and tablets2024-06-07
- Fiddly to use; keyboard lacks operation keys so user must click, and windows must be moved around2023-08-02
- Programs interrupt users with update prompts and dialogs at inopportune times, blocking their task2021-05-31
- No desktop calculator software matches the easy typing-and-button workflow of physical calculators2020-12-13
- Constant UI changes force proficient users to relearn how to do things2020-07-10
- Icons are not globally unambiguous, so people struggle to tell what they do2020-07-05