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Raised as a usability problem by 61 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 64 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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Click works only on bottom third of trackpad with no visual indicationUnreviewed
20092026- Click only works on bottom third of trackpad, with no visual indication of the area2026-09-22
- Right click is a tiny area that must be pressed precisely to activate2023-01-18
- Touchpad click buttons don't work, so users must double-tap to click2010-04-13
Palm detection fails and small trackpad with high acceleration is hard to aimUnreviewed
20092026- Palm detection fails and the small trackpad with high acceleration is hard to aim2020-05-05
- Picks up stray palm touches too easily2018-06-14
- Hard to move the cursor with forearm or palm, had to use carpal bone2016-10-21
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 50 complaints
- Click only works on bottom third of trackpad, with no visual indication of the area2026-09-22
- Resizing photos for thumbnails takes ages, making it unusable for anything beyond light work2026-08-08
- Laptop only charges from certain USB-C ports and needs high-wattage power supply2026-05-03
- Screen only viewable from one angle and battery life poor, forcing it to stay docked2026-03-11
- Preinstalled HP background processes made the laptop slow, hot, and short on battery2026-01-29
- Won't charge or power from USB-C chargers once booted, only the HP charger works2025-11-18
- Newer HP laptops lost physical touchpad buttons, which the commenter finds more precise2025-08-27
- Copilot key cannot be remapped and sends multiple keystrokes when touched2025-07-14
- Too many confusing laptop options made it impossible to decide what to buy2024-12-21
- Screen has such poor viewing angles that some region always shows color cast2024-11-01
- Advertised laptop deals are designed to be confusing and impossible for customers to compare2023-11-26
- Pointing stick without a middle button is really hard to use2023-10-03
- Trackpad sticks to fingers and needs hard pressing, making it hard to use2023-06-09
- Can never find the correct Home/PgUp/PgDn/End key; arrow layout uncomfortable2023-03-24
- Screen is unreadable by windows and at angles, forcing squinting and constant chair shifting2023-02-23
- Pointing stick has no middle button, so scrolling with it is impossible2023-02-12
- Right click is a tiny area that must be pressed precisely to activate2023-01-18
- Delete key moved to top row beside power button, Pause key where Delete belongs2022-08-29
- Commenter finds the trackpoint horrendous to use and can't tell why2022-08-09
- Power button is easy to hit by accident2022-06-04
- Keyboard and trackpad layout is awkward for developers, with misplaced keys and missing buttons2022-06-04
- Power button location is unexpected, so the user looks for it in the wrong place2022-05-21
- Right Shift key is awkwardly wide and Home/End/PageUp/PageDown and Insert keys are misplaced2022-05-21
- USB mouse plug causes hang on hard boot, must be unplugged2022-03-22
- Brightness uses PWM flicker, causing headaches when dimmed2021-01-15
- Multiple HP utility programs crowd the tray, making wanted icons hard to find2020-12-20
- Performance options are hidden behind key combos and advanced menus users can't easily find2020-11-25
- Backslash and pipe symbols share the L key, hard to produce for programmers2020-07-18
- Palm detection fails and the small trackpad with high acceleration is hard to aim2020-05-05
- Missing Insert, SysRq and Pause keys forces extra key presses for shortcuts2020-03-18
- Scrolling is unreliable; user must coax a thin scroll bar to appear and drag its handle2020-03-17
- The touchpad is terrible to use.2019-10-20
- No middle mouse button makes the work laptop harder to use2019-07-14
- Power button sits beside the USB and headphone jacks, so it gets pressed by accident while plugging in cables2019-05-10
- Trackpad swipes sometimes act as scrolls, breaking the user's gesture muscle memory2018-12-25
- Shutdown returns to login screen; dock only works after a convoluted boot-sleep-connect sequence2018-08-20
- Picks up stray palm touches too easily2018-06-14
- Touchpad has an always-on right-click zone that resets after OS updates2018-04-25
- Docker CLI fails on boot and must be restarted manually2018-03-15
- Home/End key placement is awkward, and trackpad zoom/scroll and palm rejection are clunky2017-07-29
- Shallow keys with no early tactile feedback, hurting fingers after hours of typing2017-07-03
- Takes up to a minute to load Chrome; every action is slow2017-03-06
- Keyboard was poor, sometimes failing to register spacebar presses2017-01-24
- Audio enhancement software cannot be turned off2017-01-04
- Trackpad is worse than a MacBook's, hard to use well2017-01-03
- Mixing left and right clicks while keeping cursor still is horrendous to do2016-11-22
- Number pad shifts spacebar and touchpad off-center, so user repositions the laptop2016-11-01
- Touchpad stops recognizing multitouch gestures and needs driver resets2016-10-31
- Hard to move the cursor with forearm or palm, had to use carpal bone2016-10-21
- Touchpad is finicky and needed settings changes to be usable2016-08-21