Google Blogger

Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2011–2025), in 15 threads.

People raised many different problems with Google Blogger, 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 15 complaints

Line spacing shifts subtly as the text scrolls into view, feeling like unnecessary effects2025-12-19
Blogger's default theme is confusing and the writer can't tell what to change2023-03-18
Progress bar disappears when scrolling up and reappears when scrolling down2022-08-05
Text is cut off on iOS, so half of it can't be seen without reader mode2022-02-08
Typing lags on older hardware as more photos are added to a post2021-06-13
Login page switches language by location, ignoring browser language settings2019-12-01
Fixed top and bottom bars leave only a third of the screen usable for reading2019-05-02
Header and footer take up huge screen space, and thin text is hard to read2018-02-13
Overlays cover most of the screen on small laptops, leaving little room to read2017-10-25
Swerving while scrolling unexpectedly jumps to a different article2016-03-01
Dynamic layouts make blog content hard to read, resisting local CSS fixes2014-09-21
Page hijacks the back button, sending the user somewhere they didn't want to go2012-11-27
Loading animations delay content and URL updates lag several seconds behind navigation2012-10-30
Sticky top bar eats screen space; bottom bar pops up accidentally while reading2012-03-28
Pages show slow loading logo and animations, lagging the page; alternative views are unclear2011-11-02