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File search
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2018–2023), in 6 threads.
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Search fails when the exact file name is forgottenUnreviewed
20182026- Search across dozens of backends gives inconsistent relevance, UIs and results2020-12-14
- Search fails when the user doesn't remember exactly what they're looking for2019-03-29
- Can't tell whether search covered everything or the command was misspelled2018-04-06
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 6 complaints
- Built-in file search is useless, forcing trial of several search apps before resorting to the terminal2023-10-13
- UI is jumbled on mobile, so user cannot tell what the page is2022-10-19
- Combining metadata filters in file search is so painful and slow it's impractical2021-07-27
- Search across dozens of backends gives inconsistent relevance, UIs and results2020-12-14
- Search fails when the user doesn't remember exactly what they're looking for2019-03-29
- Can't tell whether search covered everything or the command was misspelled2018-04-06