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FileZilla
Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 9 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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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
- Interface is stunningly bad, so the user switched to another file manager2024-03-06
- Quick download link silently gives a sponsored installer with bundled adware instead of the clean version2024-03-06
- Adware offer is pre-selected by default, hidden under 'check below for more options'2024-03-06
- Bundled Search Bundle offer cannot be uninstalled and is missing from Add/Remove Programs2021-03-27
- Front page installer bundles adware, with no obvious way to pick the clean version2021-03-27
- Full-screen ads have a tiny close button that appears only after 10 seconds2021-03-27
- Clean installer is hidden behind extra clicks; default button installs bundled offers2018-06-24
- Design decisions make it more or less unusable for serious work2017-07-18
- Each maintenance update makes the user experience worse, growing from mediocre to horrible2015-12-03
- Groups feature feels cumbersome to use, though the commenter can't pin down why2015-12-03
- Clicking through the installer silently adds unwanted extensions and changes browser settings2015-06-04
- Installer pre-selects opt-out options via dark patterns, making it hard to decline extras2015-01-07
- App hangs for about a minute when opening a directory, with no way to cancel except disconnecting2012-09-17
- Constant popups about changed or already-open files interrupt uploads and confuse the user2010-04-07