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Keyboard

Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2008–2023), in 14 threads.

People raised many different problems with Keyboard, 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 14 complaints

Accidental key combo swaps WASD and arrows, and the user can't easily recall how to undo it2023-12-09
Fingers miss keys like 7 and hit 6, and it is hard to use one-handed2023-09-27
Partner got frustrated with unfamiliar regional keyboard layouts and gave up using them2023-06-07
Using a keyboard to operate a computer is hard and the interface is clumsy2023-04-24
Modifier keys are not separated into OS, app and text-input levels, causing collisions2021-05-20
Chorded shortcuts for text editing are confusing, causing repeated mistakes even after weeks2020-08-12
Standard computer keyboard feels wrong for controlling a machine tool, mind in wrong mode2019-08-13
Shift-9 types ')' instead of '(' and '+' is hard to find2015-11-18
Keys feel mushy and rubbery, and occasionally get stuck2015-09-06
Keyboard's muxing behaviour is very annoying when used as a synth2014-10-19
No way to contact the site owner; a link goes to the wrong site2014-09-25
Numberpad placement forced the commenter to move the mouse to the left side2013-08-27
Mouse clicking and double-clicking is hard for older people with less dexterity2010-07-19
Key labels don't match the layout actually in use, such as Dvorak or Canadian French2008-05-12