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Full-page reloads
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2009–2024), in 11 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Full page reloads make every interaction wait 200-400msUnreviewed
20092026- Filtering reloads the whole page with a flicker and delay2024-01-07
- Full page refreshes can make users lose work in complex interfaces2023-02-11
- Full page reloads leave a blank screen while content loads, feeling slow and distracting2022-03-29
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 11 complaints
- Filtering reloads the whole page with a flicker and delay2024-01-07
- Full page refreshes can make users lose work in complex interfaces2023-02-11
- Full page reloads leave a blank screen while content loads, feeling slow and distracting2022-03-29
- Full page refreshes make interactions jerky and disorienting, like a bumpy car ride2020-05-11
- Full page reloads are needed just to submit or change small pieces of data2020-03-09
- Full page reloads make every interaction feel slow, waiting 200-400ms each time2018-09-04
- Full page reloads make interactions feel slow and flicker, wiping typed form input2016-05-20
- Every action forces a full page reload, making the experience feel clunky2016-04-19
- Full-page background image gets in the way of reading the text2014-11-24
- Every user action waits for a full server round trip, making interactions slow2014-04-06
- Flashing interfaces and full page reloads make users lose orientation and feel anxious2009-10-19