Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Desktop computers
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 9 threads.
People raised many different problems with Desktop computers, 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 9 complaints
- Ordinary users find desktop computers confusing, frustrating and prone to random breakdowns2024-03-22
- Most people find computer interfaces unintuitive, get stuck in states they can't escape, and get confused by layout changes or pop-ups2022-08-11
- People freeze up when desktop icons or colors are rearranged, unable to find familiar functions2021-10-07
- Users must understand stacked layers of menus, so the same action has several confusing buttons2021-03-19
- Most people find current computers overly complicated to use2016-03-02
- Web pages are hard to navigate for blind users2015-05-14
- Mouse-to-cursor link and Start/Programs/Window concepts are hard for a novice to grasp2012-03-07
- Novices can't tell when to left-click, right-click, single-click or double-click2010-07-07
- Desktop computers are cluttered with files and require defragging and virus upkeep2010-01-29