Dune

Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Dune, 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 8 complaints

Only one-pixel line with no smoothing; laggy, and original frame hard to see2025-01-13
Core action buttons are awkward to reach and use during frequent repetitive play2022-12-06
Requires writing S-expression Lisp-style code for basic build configuration, deterring newcomers2022-05-06
Dune needs a Lisp config file and some init commands don't fully initialize projects2022-05-05
Can't mass select units and units don't auto-engage when attacked, forcing micromanagement2021-09-13
Unclear how to run tests on executables and how to organize dune files2020-02-24
Making a small project and building/running it with dune is needlessly difficult and cryptic2020-02-23
Moving a unit takes extra steps: click move button, then click destination2012-11-30