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Game interfaces
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Game interfaces, 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
- Animated UI transitions slow down and get in the way of getting work done2026-06-13
- DM can't easily tell which square each miniature occupies from their seat2025-10-30
- Game engine UIs have poor screen reader support and ignore desktop light/dark mode and font size2024-10-15
- Spell bar on the right forces constant eye movement away from gameplay2011-10-14