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OpenShot
Raised as a usability problem by 17 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 8 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.
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Editor is sluggish at times when interacting with itUnreviewed
20162026- Sluggish at times when interacting with the editor2020-02-15
- Editor is slow, stuttery, and crashes frustratingly during editing2020-02-15
- Noticeable lag when moving around the editor and loading photos and files2019-04-23
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 17 complaints
- Windows download link redirects back to the project's own site instead of downloading2026-08-31
- Clunky UI led to accidentally overwriting work in progress2024-01-17
- Returning user forgot how to use it and couldn't find a way to do a task2022-06-09
- Scaling a portrait video makes it behave erratically and won't fit the frame2021-08-27
- Sluggish at times when interacting with the editor2020-02-15
- Editor is slow, stuttery, and crashes frustratingly during editing2020-02-15
- Accidental clicks cause unknown effects and undoing changes makes things worse2019-04-23
- Basic tasks like cross fades and pan and zoom require looking up documentation2019-04-23
- Took a while to adjust to the UI and shortcuts2019-04-23
- Too mouse-oriented and slow for repeatedly applying the same effect with small variations2019-04-23
- Noticeable lag when moving around the editor and loading photos and files2019-04-23
- UI is sluggish and the timeline is hard to navigate2019-04-23
- Even simple tasks are tricky because the UX is counterintuitive2019-04-23
- Couldn't find how to set output resolution; presets shift clip timing and positions2019-04-23
- Interface feels unintuitive and slow when editing two videos side by side2019-04-23
- Editor freezes for seconds when dragging clips in larger projects2019-01-06
- Selecting and moving clips uses unusual right-click and 'g' keys, confusing at first2016-02-10