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Jupyter
Raised as a usability problem by 36 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 37 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.
- 1UI works poorly on a tabletUnreviewed
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UI works poorly on a tabletUnreviewed
20162026- Jupyter's accessibility is poor for a blind developer2024-04-05
- Beginners struggle to install and launch Jupyter, especially on Windows2021-08-22
- Setting up Jupyter for exploratory work is annoying and cumbersome2019-05-08
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 39 complaints
- Block shifting is unreliable and the format button errors out on indentation problems2026-05-12
- Bugs hard to trace across many interrelated projects; issues go unanswered for weeks2025-03-19
- Middle-click paste does not work inside Jupyter notebooks on Firefox2025-02-10
- Too complicated for beginners, requires setting up Python and selecting kernels2025-01-02
- Connecting requires manually copy-pasting connection info JSON2024-07-08
- Confusing which Python kernel is used, so installed packages like torch are not found2024-07-07
- Jupyter's accessibility is poor for a blind developer2024-04-05
- Interface feels distracting and confusing due to visual clutter2023-07-27
- Non-Python Jupyter kernels are unstable, slow, outdated, or missing features2023-02-12
- Stored user metadata pollutes diffs and causes merge conflicts in Git2022-08-26
- Trouble re-running slow notebook cells and getting the workflow to work well2022-07-29
- Beginners struggle to install and launch Jupyter, especially on Windows2021-08-22
- Ctrl+W closes the browser tab instead of deleting a word2021-05-29
- Introspection is so poor and limited that the commenter can't stand using it for research2021-02-05
- Described as a convoluted, overcomplicated tool that is hard to work with2020-12-24
- Setup takes many steps and required libraries like Pandas are missing out of the box2020-11-28
- Text takes 5-10 seconds to appear when third-party JS is blocked2020-10-05
- Can't tell which cells were rerun or whether hidden state from deleted cells affects results2020-08-28
- Modal dialogs nag readers to create an account when they just want to read2020-08-13
- Laggy UI response to input and undo/redo that throws away data2020-03-28
- Setting up Jupyter for exploratory work is annoying and cumbersome2019-05-08
- Notebook-with-widgets UI is not user-friendly for people with limited programming experience2019-04-17
- Interactive plots must be enabled first and only one can be active at a time2019-03-14
- Page is extremely slow to load on mobile, even after assets downloaded2018-12-22
- Waits about 8 seconds after typing a package import2018-11-01
- Constant editing problems in cells, plus diagrams sizing wrongly and browser freezing2018-10-30
- Tab key behaves unexpectedly and frustrates the user2018-06-05
- Running a remote kernel is painful: manually tunneling ports over SSH, and fails on Windows2018-05-02
- Its cell-based interface is clunky and forced into a web browser, worse than older notebook tools2018-04-15
- Feels clunky and delivers far less experience than older desktop apps2018-02-10
- Editing code inside the browser is awkward compared to a proper editor2017-12-07
- Standard Jupyter UI had usability issues when realtime sync was added2017-11-06
- Must install Docker or dependencies and edit config files before opening a notebook2017-09-21
- Losing variables when kernel terminates and risk of overwriting files2017-06-15
- Weird behavior when disconnecting and reconnecting to sessions, especially across multiple computers2017-05-21
- Text runs off the screen on iPhone and cannot be scrolled or zoomed2016-07-27
- Jupyter's UI doesn't work well on a tablet, causing frustration2016-05-30
- Home button leads to blog instead of project home page, making it hard to learn what the project is2016-04-15
- Typing triple quotes auto-inserts extra quotes, and deleting a parenthesis unexpectedly removes its partner2016-03-13