MonoDevelop

Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2009–2021), in 12 threads.

People raised many different problems with MonoDevelop, 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 14 complaints

Couldn't get it to compile on Linux; the fork lacked packages for their distro2021-03-23
SCM integrations are heavy and slow, sometimes locking up or lagging the editor2018-08-28
Lacks powerful IDE features; GUI design tools tied to Visual Studio; console apps fail on external console2017-12-24
Rename refactoring sometimes breaks multiple files, forcing manual git resets2016-06-10
Adding another F# source file breaks compilation, forcing manual project file edits2015-12-14
Opening the vsix file shows a hexdump and the add-in installer rejects it2014-02-26
Startup indexing makes the IDE unusable for a while after launch2013-07-02
MonoDevelop feels flaky on the Mac, making it hard to get started2013-02-23
IDE hangs for seconds after switching from Xcode, even with no changes2012-12-12
GTK# keyboard shortcuts don't match Mac conventions, so it feels jarring; refactoring is weak2012-12-12
Debugger is flaky: misses breakpoints, crashes on inspecting locals, refuses to continue2012-03-25
Focus-related quirks and UI problems make it frustrating to use2010-10-12
Cmd-C is bound to cancel, closing the dialog when trying to copy text2010-10-12
Window often ignores mouse clicks until the user refocuses the app2009-12-16