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Homepages
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2010–2023), in 12 threads.
People raised many different problems with Homepages, 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 12 complaints
- Auto-scrolling homepage is practically unusable in a mobile webview2023-07-18
- Grayed-out Edit button with no explanation of why or how to unlock it2023-04-14
- Image CV looked clickable but wasn't; took a while to find View Demo button2021-01-04
- Massive scrollable area is really hard to navigate on mobile2018-07-16
- Subscription popover appears and is annoying to deal with2014-05-28
- Primary button labelled 'warning' makes people hesitant to click it2012-06-01
- Users almost miss the slide arrows and the hidden RSVP form in step 22011-10-14
- Visitor must guess what the service does; tours and about pages needed to understand it2011-09-16
- Switching between benefits requires clicking a link, waiting for load, then returning home2011-07-07
- Visitor can't tell what the service does; sees only an ugly login page2011-06-19
- Zip code field shows 4 or 5 digits with a default zero, confusing users entering 5-digit zip2010-10-27
- Middle-clicking Upload Now shows a Please wait overlay that blocks the current page2010-04-21