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Link preview cards
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2016–2024), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Link preview cards, 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 5 complaints
- Link previews are triggered accidentally and lack a close button, so they get in the way2024-06-24
- Long popups show no loading feedback while they render, so users wait without indication2022-04-07
- Clicking a link opens a stripped-down local copy instead of the real site, breaking expectations and accessibility tools2022-01-20
- Popups cover the original link on the commenter's viewport, so it can't be clicked2021-04-19
- Link preview images are distracting and make it hard to focus on the text2016-10-10