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Multi-page websites
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2008–2024), in 12 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
Articles split across pages, forcing readers to click throughUnreviewed
20082026- Multi-page articles hide the total page count, so readers avoid clicking through2020-04-06
- Article split across pages, forcing readers to click through more pages2011-02-03
- Article split across multiple pages is annoying to read2008-02-18
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 12 complaints
- Users must click back, copy text, then go forward repeatedly, unable to view multiple forms at once2024-11-17
- Full page reloads on every click make navigating feel slow2023-08-07
- Back button breaks page state and syncs badly with the server2023-05-05
- Multi-page articles hide the total page count, so readers avoid clicking through2020-04-06
- Switching between many pages to finish one task feels like a bad experience2020-03-09
- Clicking links causes uncertainty about new pages, tabs, and slow loading2019-01-14
- Simple form becomes many tedious pages, so users abandon it2017-05-23
- Hitting browser back accidentally on forms, losing filled-in data2016-12-06
- Going back and resubmitting pages breaks the form, losing users, especially older ones2013-08-12
- Article split across pages, forcing readers to click through more pages2011-02-03
- Waiting for each page to load breaks the reader's flow and sometimes pages fail to load2009-01-31
- Article split across multiple pages is annoying to read2008-02-18