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Lazy loading
Raised as a usability problem by 41 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 24 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Images load too slowly to keep up with scrollingUnreviewed
20152026- Images pop in visibly as the user scrolls, causing a blip2026-03-18
- Images below the fold make users wait when scrolling down2024-03-25
- Images load late, so the user waits half a second for each one while scrolling2023-09-14
Content appears only as you scroll, so scrolling feels poorUnreviewed
20152026- Content loads only as you scroll, making scrolling a poor experience2024-12-01
- Content is missing when scrolling down after the page was loaded and the device went offline2023-09-14
- Content reloads when scrolled into view, which is annoying to the user2023-09-14
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 42 complaints
- Images pop in visibly as the user scrolls, causing a blip2026-03-18
- Hold is triggered by Enter and clicking Hold does nothing, with no visible key hints2025-05-27
- Randomly misses hitting the Drop button on iPhone SE2025-05-27
- Useful features like ghost toggle and hold are hard to discover2025-05-27
- Rarely used functions stall with no spinner or feedback while code loads2025-01-27
- Content loads only as you scroll, making scrolling a poor experience2024-12-01
- Images below the fold make users wait when scrolling down2024-03-25
- Links pop in under the cursor, sending users to unintended pages2023-12-04
- Saving a lazy-loaded page requires many manual steps and waiting for content to load2023-09-19
- Images load late, so the user waits half a second for each one while scrolling2023-09-14
- Browser find only searches loaded content, so users must scroll to the bottom first2023-09-14
- Content is missing when scrolling down after the page was loaded and the device went offline2023-09-14
- Clicking another filter while content loads gets undone after reload2023-09-14
- Content reloads when scrolled into view, which is annoying to the user2023-09-14
- Load more button sits mid-page and everything can't be loaded at once2023-09-01
- Images load only after scrolling, so the page isn't complete when the reader gets to it2023-06-29
- Web interfaces perform terribly and feel user-hostile on slow connections2023-03-22
- Must wait repeatedly as off-screen content loads only when scrolled to2022-09-22
- Images load slowly when user opens each one full screen2022-08-25
- Content shows then hides or shifts after a moment, making the commenter close the tab2022-08-25
- Images load only as you scroll, so users on slow connections wait longer2022-03-14
- Images pop in late on scroll, making browsing feel like dial-up2022-03-14
- Images load slower than the user can scroll past them2021-06-28
- Images make the reader wait for them to load while scrolling2021-05-06
- Images pop in as you scroll, looking glitchy and distracting from the text2021-05-05
- Images load slowly one at a time and disappear if scrolled past, so the page can't be fully loaded by scrolling2020-12-02
- Images show as blank or blurry placeholders without JavaScript, and move distractingly while scrolling2020-08-24
- Images load only after scrolling, so pages feel slower and images pop in late2020-05-27
- Images appear blurry first then sharpen once on screen, which is disorienting2020-02-13
- Users must scroll and then wait for images to load2020-02-13
- Images pop in visibly late as the user scrolls, because loading starts too late2020-02-13
- Page content jumps while loading, so taps land on the wrong article2020-02-13
- Images load too slowly to keep up with scrolling, forcing slow scroll and wait2020-02-13
- Images load slowly on each scroll over a slow connection, forcing long waits2020-02-13
- Images load only after scrolling, causing waits while reading content2020-02-13
- Lazy-loaded images don't load until scrolled, so background tabs aren't ready when opened2018-12-21
- Images load late, so pages feel frustrating and users need hacks to force full loading2018-12-21
- Page looks ready but is unusable until content finishes loading2018-11-13
- Lazy loading makes scrolling laggy and slow, forcing users to wait2018-11-13
- Pages shift and reflow as scripts load, and images stay blurred or missing2016-12-04
- Images load late, causing stuttering scrolls while waiting for images to appear2016-01-12
- Users must wait for images to load as they scroll, causing jank2015-08-20