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Image viewers
Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 12 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Scroll-wheel zoom shrinks image while UI grows, defeating new tabUnreviewed
20122026- Scroll-wheel zoom shrinks the image while UI grows, and opening the image in a new tab is defeated2026-05-26
- Zooming an image shrinks it back to the page size instead of enlarging2024-11-29
- Can't fullscreen images, switch images while zoomed, or keep zoom state across desktops2019-12-19
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
- Enlarge animation blurs, then flashes and reloads the bigger image slowly2026-08-22
- Scroll-wheel zoom shrinks the image while UI grows, and opening the image in a new tab is defeated2026-05-26
- Image too large to fit on one screen, making the shape hard to spot2025-08-07
- Zooming an image shrinks it back to the page size instead of enlarging2024-11-29
- Images can't be opened directly in the browser like normal, forcing a site-specific viewer2023-08-28
- On a phone, thumbnail is too low-res and zoomed view is too close to see the text2023-07-23
- Existing image viewers beachball constantly, respond slowly, and require many clicks and precise pixel hunting2023-04-28
- Can't fullscreen images, switch images while zoomed, or keep zoom state across desktops2019-12-19
- Hovering over an image hides the description, forcing the mouse to move away2017-05-12
- Overrides browser zoom and blocks opening the image in a new tab2015-08-13
- Overlay is hard to close: dim camouflaged X button, Esc and backspace don't work2013-03-13
- Back button takes many presses to leave the page because slideshow changes history2013-03-13
- Scrolling zooms unexpectedly and clicking to zoom feels wrong, clashing with muscle memory2012-08-01