Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Menu bar
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 7 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.
Every issue, all time, most people first
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
- Too many tiny monochrome icons are cluttered and hard to tell apart2024-02-12
- Must open the full app instead of interacting with the widget directly2023-09-03
- Nested menus are hard to navigate with a mouse and disappear when the pointer slips2022-12-17
- Menu bar icons crowd the bar and can get hidden by macOS when crowded2020-04-29
- Menu bar and toolbars sit far from the cursor on large displays, making frequent use disruptive2016-11-07
- Many menu bar app icons are too bright or washed out to read comfortably2014-08-10
- Third-party menu bar icons disappear when screen space is short and cannot be reordered2010-10-04