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Folders
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2012–2024), in 3 threads.
People raised many different problems with Folders, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
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 4 complaints
- Folder contents stay hidden until opened, forcing repeated navigation to see details2024-07-10
- Closed folders can't be eyeballed, and it's easy to over-nest or misname them2022-09-10
- Users take years to grasp folders; the folder metaphor is confusing2012-07-26
- Folders are non-intuitive for people who haven't learned them, unlike physical folders2012-07-26