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Installers
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2007–2022), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Installers, 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 5 complaints
- Installers make the user fiddle with manpages and config files before the software works2022-12-02
- Installing software involves sneaky toolbars and TOS screens people must click through2019-07-24
- Must carefully uncheck, cancel and skip through bundled offers in each installer2015-01-13
- Less experienced users must read every word and click Next, missing opt-out choices2013-01-21
- Installers force shutting everything else down and many clicks to install one small app2007-08-04