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Cursor
Raised as a usability problem by 173 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 121 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Tab accepts autocomplete and inserts unwanted lines to clean upUnreviewed
20232026- Tab key gets hijacked by autocomplete, so you can't just insert a tab2026-06-16
- Tab key accepts autocomplete and inserts unwanted lines, forcing extra cleanup work2025-09-29
- Tab completion suggestions often fail to appear or arrive too late2025-06-23
Agent edits one file at a time instead of batching workUnreviewed
20232026- Constant UI changes make multi-agent workflows harder; file search and prompt boxes frustrate2026-05-19
- Agents make new mistakes, sometimes deleting entire files during code edits2025-10-28
- Agent makes slow, repetitive one-file-at-a-time edits instead of batching the work2025-10-01
Screen reader use is very hard for blind developersUnreviewed
20232026- Cursor's .NET debugging is poor, forcing a switch to other tools2026-01-06
- Cursor's compromises make it hard for power users to use, too slow for their needs2025-08-06
- Cursor is an absolute mess for a blind developer using screen readers2025-03-27
AI makes large multi-file edits the user can't controlUnreviewed
20232026- AI makes large multi-file edits that user can't control or direct2025-10-01
- AI makes hundreds of unwanted changes across files, forcing manual rejection2025-07-21
- AI assistant writes files directly into the project without the user reviewing changes first2025-02-24
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 50 complaints
- Menu bars are hidden by default and must be dug out of preferences2026-10-26
- Index goes stale, so search misses existing files and returns outdated content2026-10-12
- Giving agent feedback on a specific line means switching tools and typing file names and line numbers manually2026-08-29
- UI/UX gets worse with every update2026-08-29
- Couldn't find a button to switch language; auto-translation is forced2026-08-20
- Constant popups interrupt work, and a shifting UI is hard to navigate2026-08-20
- Modal dialog has no way to dismiss it, forcing user to kill the process2026-08-18
- Cancelling the subscription was annoying and hard to complete2026-08-02
- Resets to Agent view after updates and the setting keeps moving2026-08-02
- Cancelling the subscription required clicking through many screens and hidden, non-obvious elements2026-08-02
- Opus is practically unusable during weekday business hours due to slowness2026-07-02
- Cost axis runs backwards, so cheapest is on the right, counterintuitive2026-07-02
- Installing the iOS app irreversibly changes privacy settings without clear choice2026-06-30
- Couldn't find any clear way to see quota, burned through it after a few prompts2026-06-17
- UI is cluttered and unintuitive to use2026-06-17
- Constant popups make the editor noisy and annoying to work in2026-06-16
- Some UI quirks get in the way sometimes2026-06-16
- Popups appear on every launch and must be closed; autocomplete fills in unwanted text when taking notes2026-06-16
- Cursor drains laptop battery and heats the room, while longer sessions in the Codex GUI slow to a crawl2026-06-16
- Turning off bugbot requires finding settings in multiple separate places2026-06-16
- Tab key gets hijacked by autocomplete, so you can't just insert a tab2026-06-16
- Agents interface is buggy, confusing, and restricted, with no way to change the model2026-05-22
- "cursor ." often opens the agent window instead of the code, needing several retries2026-05-19
- Constant UI changes and half-baked features make the editor hard to rely on2026-05-19
- Worktree support feels weak, so the commenter switched to Zed for worktree tasks2026-05-19
- Opens Agents window instead of last project, with UI missing needed features2026-05-19
- Constant UI changes make multi-agent workflows harder; file search and prompt boxes frustrate2026-05-19
- IDE interface keeps changing month to month, causing fatigue2026-05-19
- Hard to tell which plan to buy and what it includes2026-05-18
- UI responds slower than user clicks, lagging on every interaction2026-05-11
- Too much clutter; slow typing latency and slow loading get in the way2026-05-11
- Command-line interface UX is pretty bad2026-05-04
- IDE with built-in AI chat freezes or slows down2026-05-03
- Default cursor sensitivity too low; raising DPI makes it unwieldy when paused2026-04-29
- Autocomplete was slow and when it responded the suggestions were not useful2026-04-22
- Model ignores instructions and gets stuck in thinking loops, needing constant babysitting2026-04-21
- Reserved secondary sidebar forces Codex and Claude extensions to share primary sidebar2026-04-03
- Working on one task at a time feels slow compared with running several in parallel2026-04-03
- Buttons are tiny on 4K screen and hard to hover over2026-04-03
- Chat-first layout makes it harder to keep code context in mind2026-04-02
- Selecting Worktree doesn't isolate the agent; it runs on main, and settings are hard to find2026-04-02
- Each update breaks more of the traditional code-first layout2026-04-02
- No side-by-side review after all this time, so changes are hard to compare2026-03-20
- Autocomplete is too intrusive and cannot be configured to be less in-your-face2026-03-20
- Autocomplete misses definitions and suggests nonexistent methods, wasting the user's time2026-03-20
- Editor dropped to about 5 FPS after an update, making it unusable2026-03-20
- Comment says the interface is horrible without saying what goes wrong2026-03-20
- Changing email requires creating a new account because email is an immutable key2026-03-14
- No warning that adding a seat immediately triggers a full annual charge2026-03-14
- Follow-up text to modify the plan is taken as approval and starts building2026-03-13