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Lightroom
Raised as a usability problem by 37 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 38 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.
- 1Lightroom in a VM is too slow to useUnreviewed
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Lightroom in a VM is too slow to useUnreviewed
20132026- Lightroom running in a VM is incredibly slow to unusable2026-05-14
- Lightroom is so resource-heavy it's practically unusable without GPU acceleration2021-04-03
- Lightroom becomes unusable slow when editing raw files from new camera2019-11-07
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 39 complaints
- Finds the software painful to use for organizing and culling photos2026-10-07
- Becomes extremely slow and painful to use on a powerful PC2026-07-30
- Runs very slowly on the user's Mac mini M42026-06-05
- Lightroom running in a VM is incredibly slow to unusable2026-05-14
- UI lags when scrolling and toggling panels on a high-end machine2026-03-24
- Poor UX for common workflows, so editing is done in another app instead2025-10-15
- Can't export album and event organization, so library metadata is stuck in the service2025-04-17
- Alternative photo editors are more complex and unintuitive than Lightroom2025-04-12
- Interface is considered poor compared to Capture One, slowing productivity2025-02-07
- Inconsistent UI that made the commenter stop using it2024-11-01
- File management was removed and cloud-based workflow forced a complete change in how photos are handled2024-06-06
- Cancelling a subscription is an extremely difficult, deliberately convoluted process2023-12-18
- Slider changes lag on every photo, making the software unusable on the old laptop2023-11-28
- Browser-based app is slow and needs uploads, with no offline use2023-05-09
- Commenter doesn't understand the library management concept and finds it unnecessary2023-04-13
- Getting a specific color result needs multiple workaround tweaks; sliders behave unpredictably and hide intermediate curves2022-07-02
- Advanced editing features were moved and hidden in the redesign, making them harder to find2021-09-17
- Browsing is extremely slow over a VPN connection2021-08-30
- Lightroom is so resource-heavy it's practically unusable without GPU acceleration2021-04-03
- Switching from full-screen Lightroom or Ableton back to Chrome takes over 30 seconds2020-08-04
- Lightroom becomes unusable slow when editing raw files from new camera2019-11-07
- Lightroom's keyboard shortcuts are missing on iPad, so the user works slower2019-03-18
- Lightroom UI is cramped and hard to use on a small camera screen2019-02-19
- Deleting a photo on phone removes it everywhere, with no recycle bin2018-12-20
- Lightroom is god awfully slow when reading and showing image directories2018-12-08
- Opening the app paints over other windows and image viewing is painfully slow2018-12-07
- Direct manipulations are buried under unnecessary UI layers, and updates break previously working behavior2018-05-31
- Taskbar icon vanishes while Lightroom keeps running, so reopening fails unexpectedly2018-04-05
- Lightroom hangs and lags constantly when scrolling through a small photo collection2018-01-24
- Opening the file import dialog is slow, and the camera-selection flow is cumbersome2016-10-27
- Enforced workflow makes the photo editing app unpleasant to use2016-10-17
- Getting photos into Lightroom feels like a hassle2016-06-20
- Getting photos into Lightroom on iOS feels like a hassle2016-06-19
- Gets confused by the interface when using it infrequently2016-03-16
- Managing photos in alternatives is too complicated for average users2016-02-12
- Forces a workflow the user dislikes, so they use it only for raw edits2015-07-24
- Couldn't import photos from a new camera until an update arrived2014-06-27
- Users must remember which app opens which file type2013-10-22
- Cannot easily keep edits synced between laptop and desktop while storing photos selectively2013-05-08