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Glossy laptop screens
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2009–2025), in 5 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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Glossy screens reflect glare, making laptops unusable in sunlightUnreviewed
20092026- Glossy screens are very hard to read outdoors due to reflections2025-10-11
- Glossy screens reflect glare, making laptops unusable outdoors or in sunlight2022-07-07
- Glossy screens make dark colorschemes impossible to work on2020-02-07
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 5 complaints
- Glossy screens are very hard to read outdoors due to reflections2025-10-11
- Glossy screens reflect glare, making laptops unusable outdoors or in sunlight2022-07-07
- Glossy screens make dark colorschemes impossible to work on2020-02-07
- Glossy screens cause glare and are a pain to use on mobile devices2015-06-01
- Glossy screens reflect my face and shirt, so the display is unusable outdoors2009-08-11