Dreamweaver

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2008–2025), in 13 threads.

People raised many different problems with Dreamweaver, 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 13 complaints

Visual jumble with too many competing elements and inconsistent button styles2025-02-22
Couldn't rename or delete files under the MacOS 9 permissions add-on, only edit them2024-06-30
Design-mode generated code became messy and hard to debug as complexity grew2022-07-24
Typed text takes so long to appear on screen that typing lags badly2022-05-21
Characters take seconds to appear when typing and the cursor lands erratically2022-05-02
Dreamweaver steals focus so maximizing other applications leaves it hidden2021-04-10
UI lags so long after typing text that user waits for it to settle2021-02-12
Must manually find and delete a broken config file to edit files2014-12-26
Learners find Dreamweaver horrible once they know enough web development2013-05-07
Dreamweaver is slow when editing simple HTML files2012-06-04
Author found its idiosyncrasies so frustrating they stopped using it for editing2012-03-18
Code editor forces tabs despite settings, ruining developers' code formatting2011-06-22
Autocomplete inserts characters after the cursor instead of offering a selectable list2008-11-05