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Eye tracking
Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 12 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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Gaze-driven interface forces eyes to jump between specific spotsUnreviewed
20122026- Gaze-driven interface drains users because eyes must look at specific spots and jump around2022-10-03
- Gaze control causes strain, and on-screen feedback of where you look feels unnatural2022-10-02
- Eye and mouse tracking fails for blind users, making the interface hard for them to use2019-07-03
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 16 complaints
- Zoomed-in pictures: left/right arrows pan the view instead of going to the next image2026-09-08
- Can't see how much liquid remains in an opaque bottle2026-02-05
- Had to re-enter all info into the new system to check in2025-12-03
- Selects the opposite of what the user is looking at2024-11-15
- Triggers unintentionally when the user fidgets or drums fingers2024-11-15
- Needs recalibrating after one or two clicks, and no way to avoid clicking2024-11-14
- On-screen QWERTY layout is awkward and tiring to type by gaze2023-08-27
- Too many clips on screen at once distracts from watching one clip2023-05-04
- Users don't realize gifs are clickable, so they miss the related features2023-05-03
- Gaze-driven interface drains users because eyes must look at specific spots and jump around2022-10-03
- Gaze control causes strain, and on-screen feedback of where you look feels unnatural2022-10-02
- Site won't load with ad-blocker on; only a blinking eye shows2021-02-24
- Eye and mouse tracking fails for blind users, making the interface hard for them to use2019-07-03
- Input fields are placed haphazardly, with no alignment, and some sit mid-sentence, making forms hard to fill out2018-01-02
- Constant gesture and eye-gaze control is tiring, unwieldy and not intuitive to use2016-09-28
- Mouse clicks fail in the language dropdown, forcing keyboard workarounds to change the language2012-10-05