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Computer monitors
Raised as a usability problem by 22 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2015–2024), in 18 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Wait about 5 seconds for a signal with no indication whyUnreviewed
20152026- Monitors take about 5 seconds to detect a signal, with no indication of what they are doing2024-12-14
- Monitors take seconds to switch inputs or resolution, making switching between sources tedious2022-12-19
- Monitors are slow to show the screen, which is annoying to the user2022-12-19
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 22 complaints
- Monitors take about 5 seconds to detect a signal, with no indication of what they are doing2024-12-14
- Direct sunlight and reflections make the monitor unusable in the morning2024-10-16
- Adjusting settings requires navigating horrible menus instead of dedicated buttons2023-10-27
- Brightness needs many tiny joystick presses through the menu, with no direct control2023-10-27
- Lowering brightness on cheap enterprise monitors makes the screen unreadable due to poor contrast.2023-08-21
- Default monitor brightness settings are too bright, making screens hard to read2023-02-07
- Monitors take seconds to switch inputs or resolution, making switching between sources tedious2022-12-19
- Monitors are slow to show the screen, which is annoying to the user2022-12-19
- Monitors were painful to look at for long periods2022-09-23
- Monitor input disconnects after waking from sleep, requiring a power cycle to recover2022-07-18
- Monitor buttons are hidden on bottom or back, forcing blind operation by feel2021-12-21
- Embedded videos on white pages look too dark or the whole screen is blinding; no separate brightness control2021-12-04
- Monitor standby light keeps flashing; disabling it requires a hidden menu route2020-07-14
- Switching input sources takes many steps through a slow menu with a d-pad2020-05-26
- Brightness adjustment buried in an on-screen menu, hard to reach on monitors2019-10-29
- Input switching needs several presses; front buttons are tiny and poorly labelled2019-08-11
- Monitor doesn't switch to new input automatically, requiring manual menu navigation2019-08-11
- Switching inputs requires navigating a multi-step on-screen menu with no direct button2019-08-11
- Students can't tell the monitor is off, so they assume the computer is broken2018-02-17
- Can't tell if monitor is on or off from cryptic LED flashing2017-11-03
- Pure black on white is hard to read in bright ambient light2016-10-20
- Adjusting brightness requires opening the on-screen menu and scrolling through many menus2015-03-12