Products · Broad category
Map apps
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), 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 Map apps, 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
- Sharing a location requires copy-pasting coordinates because there is no standard clickable link2026-07-27
- Needs many separate map apps, each with different UI and behaviour2024-07-04
- Map usability on phones is poor, making maps hard to use in many cases2023-09-27
- Users accidentally zoom in, hiding toolbar buttons and causing confusion2023-08-21
- Street names and one-way directions hidden until user pans and zooms2023-01-23
- Must zoom and pan around to find which street they are on2019-08-10
- Useful map data hidden at mid zoom, forcing lots of scrolling when zooming closer2018-06-29