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Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 7 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.
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Screen flashes on refresh when turning pagesUnreviewed
20122026- Page changes are slow and cause distracting flashing redraws2025-09-09
- Screen flashes black and white on every refresh, even when content is unchanged, which is distracting2021-02-22
- Screen flashes on refresh, which is jarring and disruptive when turning pages2012-07-05
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 11 complaints
- Page changes are slow and cause distracting flashing redraws2025-09-09
- High display latency makes the interactive device unpleasant to use2025-08-10
- Screen flashes black and white on every refresh, even when content is unchanged, which is distracting2021-02-22
- Weekly view becomes unusable with 5+ calendars and duplicate events2021-02-22
- Animations cause multiple slow screen refreshes, making every interaction lag2020-06-12
- Disabling touch without greying anything out is too cumbersome to use2020-01-10
- Typing on the e-ink screen is slower and more error-prone than on LCD2020-01-09
- Must manually select screen areas to block inadvertent touches every time2020-01-09
- Typing latency around 120 ms feels mushy and causes many errors2020-01-08
- Selecting text and typing on e-paper touchscreens is very hard because of slow refresh2013-06-04
- Screen flashes on refresh, which is jarring and disruptive when turning pages2012-07-05