Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Graphical file managers
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2011–2023), in 6 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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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
- Graphical file managers like Explorer and Finder are unusable to the commenter2023-05-29
- Visually hunting for files to click on is slower than typing paths2021-04-09
- Graphical file managers feel clunky for navigating and moving files2021-04-09
- Hidden dotfiles require digging through menus to enable, then finding file among many similar ones2021-04-09
- Modern OS file managers hide the file hierarchy, making paths hard to reach2021-03-09
- Opening files in GUIs depends on extensions and app bindings, which is confusing and frustrating2016-09-11
- Navigating filesystems by mouse is cumbersome compared to the terminal2011-12-16
- Moving files from deeply nested folders via a GUI file manager is cumbersome and slow2011-07-19