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Library websites
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 7 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Library websites, 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 7 complaints
- Lack of hyperlinks makes it hard to navigate between pages2026-02-02
- Library catalog web interfaces are too slow because they rely on heavy JavaScript2022-01-14
- Search results load slowly and get erased when a key is pressed2020-02-19
- Removes the ability to search by topic, making general browsing hard2016-03-11
- Takes a ridiculously long time to load2011-12-04
- Clunky interface makes it hard to find specific books, needing dozens of clicks2011-03-28
- Placeholder text doesn't clear on click; search results message is confusing2009-11-19