Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Non-.com domain names
Raised as a usability problem by 3 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2011–2016), in 3 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
Non-.com domains confuse non-technical peopleUnreviewed
20112026- Non-.com/.net/.org domains confuse non-technical people2016-11-18
- People don't recognise alternative TLDs and must spell out the domain repeatedly2012-01-06
- Non-.com domains confuse non-technical people who guess the wrong address2011-04-22
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.