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Guitar apps
Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2016–2023), in 9 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Guitar apps, 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 13 complaints
- Hard to find sheet music instead of tabs2023-09-22
- Interface is broken for users without a scroll wheel2022-10-10
- Knob labels don't say what parameter they control, so users can't predict results2022-07-02
- Gain settings interact unpredictably, and pads are hidden toggles, making venue setup hard to figure out2022-07-01
- Hard to instantly see whether files are staged or not staged2020-04-22
- Interactions feel laggy because of high input latency compared to native apps2020-04-22
- Users can't tell whether playback is running; the play state is confusing2019-12-11
- Audio is in WebM format, which does not play on iOS Safari2019-12-11
- Manual latency setting is hidden behind an advanced options toggle2019-12-11
- Note does not appear; only an empty bordered box shows2019-09-30
- Fullscreen ad for the newer version interrupts the user of the licensed app2018-09-09
- Features hidden behind modes; cramped functionality with poor flow and usability2018-01-04
- Barre chords strain fingers past their limits; practice never makes the hand position comfortable2016-11-22