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E-ink e-readers
Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 13 threads.
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Slow refresh breaks flow when viewing diagramsUnreviewed
20092026- E-ink is slow and low contrast, causing more eyestrain for the reader2025-06-24
- E-ink screen chugs and lags even when displaying plain text2023-08-26
- E-ink screen is slow to refresh, distracting and flow-breaking when viewing diagrams2020-10-15
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 14 complaints
- Dragging to highlight is error-prone; selection jumps to wrong words on finger release2026-08-11
- Typing is cumbersome and error-prone, and jumping around or backtracking is painful2026-02-01
- Typing full replies on the slow black-and-white screen is painful2025-08-31
- Screen refreshes slowly, making typing annoying to watch2025-06-24
- E-ink is slow and low contrast, causing more eyestrain for the reader2025-06-24
- E-ink screen chugs and lags even when displaying plain text2023-08-26
- PDFs are hard to read on e-ink devices, forcing the commenter to use an iPad instead2022-05-03
- Page navigation feels one-dimensional; can't random-access bound pages like paper2021-12-29
- E-ink screen is slow to refresh, distracting and flow-breaking when viewing diagrams2020-10-15
- Panning and zooming maps is painful due to slow e-ink refresh and flashing2019-11-14
- E-ink devices have a horrible interface that makes them unappealing2019-09-21
- Dragging icons leaves ghost trails and panning is crappy, with slow animations looking laughable2012-10-22
- E-ink screen is too slow to flip pages when skimming2012-02-16
- E-ink screen refresh is so slow that each click lags badly2009-05-29