Nook e-readers

Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2009–2021), in 11 threads.

People raised many different problems with Nook e-readers, 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

Library screen painful to use and cannot search both downloaded and purchased books2021-03-05
Sharing a quote to chat pastes a Barnes and Noble URL instead of the text2015-10-16
Physical buttons are terrible to use2012-10-22
Nook Touch looks totally unusable for reading PDFs2011-09-28
Accidental touches can trigger destructive actions, and it's unclear when input registers2011-05-24
Page turning is difficult and buttons need multiple taps to respond2011-04-25
Screen often fails to rotate when the device is turned, unlike iOS apps2011-04-25
Touch on screen edge often needs multiple taps to turn the page2011-04-25
Interface requires a manual; users get frustrated and leave within minutes2010-05-24
Interface split between color touchscreen and e-ink screen makes basic navigation confusing2010-03-02
Crashed the device and found the UI opaque and non-intuitive2010-03-02
Poor user interface makes the device unpleasant to use compared with Kindle2010-01-23
Page turns take so long it feels slower than a third grader reading2009-12-18
Book cover display at bottom is distracting and can't be hidden2009-10-20