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Creative software
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), 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 Creative software, 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 7 complaints
- Low contrast widgets and shortcuts that fail when a text input is focused2026-07-10
- Can't shut down the Creative Cloud app from the app bar2021-01-20
- Page responds very slowly, is sluggish to interact with2020-12-17
- Useful functions are buried in the GUI, forcing mouse-and-keyboard juggling instead of parallel voice commands2020-10-26
- Fancy designs have worse UX and break across screen sizes, especially on mobile and tablet2018-11-09
- Text flips make users move the mouse away to check for missed content2013-08-30
- Links don't look clickable until hovered, and hover doesn't work on touch screens2013-08-29