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Native browser form controls
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2020–2024), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Native browser form controls, 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 4 complaints
- Shows only one error per field, forcing users to fix errors one at a time2024-10-29
- Users can't tell what input is needed or what error they made2023-09-23
- Date picker shows day/month order different from the page's date text, causing confusion2022-12-27
- Native date, time and multiselect controls are too basic, forcing developers to add JS libraries2020-04-29