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Double-click
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2014–2023), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
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 4 complaints
- Double-click is not discoverable, so people don't know it exists2023-11-16
- Parents can't tell when to use left click, right click, or double click2020-01-28
- Double-clicking is hidden and needs careful timing, so people fail at it2018-06-27
- Clicks are delayed 250ms and double-click fires late, feeling unusable2014-06-30