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Overlapping windows
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 11 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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Overlapping windows make it hard to switch to the right oneUnreviewed
20102026- Struggles to switch between overlapping windows, only able to tab between them2024-08-25
- Windows underneath are obscured and hard to get back to2023-07-26
- Overlapping windows and swiping between desktops feel frustrating and slow2022-10-07
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 11 complaints
- Struggles to switch between overlapping windows, only able to tab between them2024-08-25
- Information scattered across many tools; people constantly can't find where things went2024-01-08
- Windows underneath are obscured and hard to get back to2023-07-26
- Overlapping windows and swiping between desktops feel frustrating and slow2022-10-07
- Feels like a trash pile; user must sort through overlapping windows to find what they need2019-03-11
- Overlapping windows are a poor interface design that the commenter avoids2018-06-17
- Overlapping windows are hard to manage, so the commenter prefers tiling2016-04-27
- Overlapping windows become messy, with things hidden under layers2016-01-19
- Overlapping windows force moving or selecting windows before reaching covered content2015-06-10
- Overlapping windows block the desktop, making launcher and recent files hard to reach2013-06-12
- Overlapping windows make it hard to switch between windows and find the right one2010-05-03