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Krita
Raised as a usability problem by 60 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 48 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.
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- 2Brush drawing lags about 100ms on macOSUnreviewed
Every issue, all time, most people first
UI differs from what users expect from PhotoshopUnreviewed
20132026- UI feels too Photoshop-like, so the commenter finds it unpleasant to use2024-05-31
- UI is unfamiliar and would confuse users coming from Adobe-style tools2020-12-21
- Less consistent than Photoshop, and its UI differs from what users expect2014-02-08
Brush drawing lags about 100ms on macOSUnreviewed
20132026- Noticeable lag between stylus movement and line appearing on screen2022-08-19
- Around 100ms lag when drawing with the default brush on OSX2015-11-29
- Drawing with big brushes on a big canvas makes it lag badly on Windows2015-01-17
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 50 complaints
- With a dark theme and black text, the text being edited is invisible2026-03-24
- Couldn't find how to start a second instance on Linux; Windows method is confusing2026-03-24
- Feels slow to interact with2026-03-15
- Eyes drawn to the advanced color selector, but the needed one is a tiny top-bar selector2025-09-19
- Mouse pointer tool only moves vector objects, so bitmaps can't be moved with it2025-03-19
- Too many paste commands, and each one is weird or missing something2025-03-17
- Krita is poorly suited to general image editing tasks2025-02-07
- Interface feels cluttered for simple editing and starts slowly2024-11-12
- Some features are unintuitive to use2024-10-17
- Spouse couldn't find anything in Krita and struggled with everything2024-06-13
- Can't select multiple layers at once or reorder brushes2024-05-31
- Controls differ from Photoshop; Alt zoom toggle doesn't work and can't be configured2024-05-31
- UI feels too Photoshop-like, so the commenter finds it unpleasant to use2024-05-31
- Content window flashes black when the cursor crosses its border2024-03-30
- No dedicated brightness/contrast filter, so getting that result takes fiddling with curves2024-03-07
- UI was very confusing at first until user learned the top bar matters2024-02-22
- Confusing: different move tools for vector and raster layers, unclear how to enlarge selection2023-11-24
- UI feels clunky and taxing on integrated GPU2023-11-23
- Layer handling, selection and tool placement are cumbersome when editing many images2023-11-11
- Tools implemented non-intuitively; crop rectangle can't keep aspect ratio and forgets sizes2023-11-11
- Interface feels off to the commenter and the Linux version is slow2023-11-11
- Canvas doesn't auto-pan when drawing past the edge of the view with a tablet2023-10-11
- Auto-panning forces the view to move when the mouse nears the edge, making it hard to control2023-10-11
- Works badly with tablets and controls on KDE's default setup2023-10-05
- Commenter says the product is unusable for them and lacks focused, multi-device workflows2023-10-05
- Rectangles drawn with a 3px pixel brush come out with jagged edges2023-10-05
- Non-standard shortcuts and modes differ from other programs for no reason2023-10-05
- Commenter has trouble navigating Krita's UI2023-05-31
- Clone tool is buried as a brush, hard to find and adjust2023-05-29
- Operates on full image data always, so processing feels slow compared to Photoshop2023-05-03
- Text must be typed in a separate window, not directly on the canvas2023-05-01
- Adding text to an image is complicated and buggy2023-05-01
- Current UI is not suitable for small-screen devices like phones2023-05-01
- Interface feels counterintuitive; user struggles to find needed tools2023-05-01
- Noticeable lag between stylus movement and line appearing on screen2022-08-19
- Font styling interface is annoying to use2021-12-23
- Font size setting doesn't persist, so text size keeps resetting2021-12-23
- Annoying layer warning pops up when switching from line back to brush2021-08-18
- Tools draw on current layer instead of new one, making drawing annoying2021-04-13
- Krita's text tool is described as just horrible2021-04-03
- User has no idea how to do anything without looking up a guide2021-02-09
- Couldn't figure out how to print a drawing because no print function is apparent2021-01-25
- UI is unfamiliar and would confuse users coming from Adobe-style tools2020-12-21
- Commenter doesn't understand how the stamp/clone tool works in Krita2020-11-23
- Can't find the resynthesize function2020-10-14
- Login dialog must be closed every time the app store is used2020-10-14
- Described as an unpolished usability nightmare compared to commercial art software2020-08-20
- Some filters only allow adjusting parameters by typing in text boxes, not sliders2020-06-25
- Simple tasks need googling because nothing is intuitive; layer system unusable2020-06-25
- Can't figure out how to configure the Wacom tablet to work with Krita on Linux2020-05-23