Ionic framework

Raised as a usability problem by 18 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2013–2023), in 14 threads.

People raised many different problems with Ionic framework, 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 20 complaints

Users don't realise web apps can be installed from the browser's add to home screen option2023-04-14
Button clicks feel slower than native, so users get turned off2023-04-09
Ignores OS accessibility settings, so toggle on/off markers don't appear for users who enable them2022-05-03
Save/compile/reload cycle is an order of magnitude slower than plain Angular2021-03-03
Extra cognitive load deciding per link whether to push, pop or replace the page2019-10-15
Ionic with Webpack has a very slow development and reload cycle2018-12-24
Scrolling menu often breaks completely, and the search bar and touch targets behave incorrectly2018-11-26
Grid layout system is annoying and strange, mixing Bootstrap grid and flexbox2017-09-12
Build watch takes about a minute and gets slower over time, losing developer focus2017-09-11
Slow performance when adding anything more complex than buttons and text boxes2017-09-10
Ionic demo APKs seem slow to respond2014-12-04
Registering a new user broke because of view caching, took an hour to diagnose2014-12-03
Pages with long list views and graphics start to lag when scrolling2014-11-12
App felt slow to respond, likely due to click delay or animation2014-11-12
App feels like a browser, with sluggish animations and odd inputs and dialogs2014-11-12
Search form is offset to the right, touching the screen edge on Galaxy S32014-11-12
Scrolling and back button behave differently from native iOS apps, frustrating heavy users2014-11-12
App is very slow and glitchy on Android2014-08-16
Confused about when to use ui-view versus ion-view2014-05-09
Nothing draws attention to content below the fold, so overview content stays hidden2013-11-22