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Mouse-driven GUIs
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 6 threads.
People raised many different problems with Mouse-driven GUIs, 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 6 complaints
- Mouse forces choosing from fixed clickable options, hiding the computer's power2026-07-10
- Deleting many lines with a mouse takes scrolling, selecting and deleting in repeated steps2021-02-11
- Mouse-based workflow requires bouncing between many targets, making batch photo editing too slow2020-12-12
- Finding menus and pointer across screens breaks focus and takes several steps2017-03-12
- Finding windows by mouse in floating desktops is slow and fiddly2012-08-30
- Mouse-based GUIs make repetitive tasks slower, adding minutes to call times2008-08-27