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fossil smartwatches
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2019–2024), in 8 threads.
People raised many different problems with fossil smartwatches, 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 8 complaints
- Sync only starts when the app is opened and then takes ages to update2024-01-27
- Watch interface is harder to read and navigate, and feels laggy2023-10-05
- App removed from store, so the watch can no longer be controlled after reinstalling2023-09-29
- Poor text layout and awful UI/UX make it hard to read content2023-07-31
- Receiving a notification requires awkward button sequence; mushy buttons make navigation frustrating2022-11-03
- Web UI gives no way to review changed files and commit2022-06-06
- Adding a battery indicator forces enabling location services, which is confusing and hard to undo2019-12-29
- Smartwatch is slow and laggy, needing several taps before touches register2019-01-17