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Destination dispatch elevators

Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with Destination dispatch elevators, 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 3 complaints

Screens turn off, floors listed in reverse with hidden next-page button, touch targets miss2022-07-06
Touchscreen keypads register presses inaccurately, and no enter key means a slow second digit selects the wrong floor2020-11-03
Floor entry screen is blocked by crowds, so people cannot reach it to enter their floor2011-12-15