Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Justified text
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 4 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.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Justified text creates huge word gaps and riversUnreviewed
20182026- Justified text creates uneven word spacing and rivers that distract readers2026-02-25
- Justified text creates hard-to-read rivers of blank space2025-09-29
- Justified text creates huge word gaps and rivers that make reading difficult2020-11-09
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.