Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Pagination
Raised as a usability problem by 36 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2009–2024), in 32 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
Pagination only jumps to first or last page, with full reload per pageUnreviewed
20092026- Pagination tokens can't reliably go back a page or reload the same page2024-11-19
- Pagination forces users through pages, so browser Ctrl+F only searches the loaded page2021-11-25
- Paginated lists force clicking through hundreds of pages, so Ctrl+F cannot search the whole list2020-02-28
Small pages force repeated clicking through pagesUnreviewed
20092026- Forces clicking through many small pages of entries instead of showing them all at once2022-08-21
- Having to click next and reload page clutter every ten items2022-03-06
- Small pages force repeated clicking through pages, which is tedious2019-09-11
Articles split across pages break reading flow and force repeated navigationUnreviewed
20092026- Forced page splits with small defaults make scanning long lists frustrating and disruptive2021-04-21
- Each page load is slow, so moving between pages kills the reading flow2012-10-03
- Articles split across pages break reading flow and force repeated navigation2009-03-17
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 37 complaints
- Pagination tokens can't reliably go back a page or reload the same page2024-11-19
- Only 20 rows load at a time, forcing repeated clicks and scrolling to see data2024-01-10
- Long posts split across pages must be sent to Kindle one page at a time2023-09-22
- Forces clicking through many small pages of entries instead of showing them all at once2022-08-21
- Having to click next and reload page clutter every ten items2022-03-06
- Pagination forces users through pages, so browser Ctrl+F only searches the loaded page2021-11-25
- Users can't search long pages easily, especially on mobile browsers without find2021-11-25
- Forced page splits with small defaults make scanning long lists frustrating and disruptive2021-04-21
- Opaque pagination forces customers to wait on sequential page requests instead of fetching in parallel2020-12-27
- Paginated lists force clicking through hundreds of pages, so Ctrl+F cannot search the whole list2020-02-28
- Timestamp range paging loses fixed row counts, producing awkward UI2019-12-08
- Cursor pagination forces serial page fetches, making bulk syncs take minutes instead of seconds2019-10-23
- Small pages force repeated clicking through pages, which is tedious2019-09-11
- Paginated lists are annoying and unfriendly to use2018-01-03
- Skips pages and can't reliably jump to the page wanted2017-10-16
- Users must guess which page holds names starting with a given letter2016-11-28
- Pagination buttons shift position, so the user must re-locate them with the mouse2016-02-02
- Fixed-width page number links break once there are many pages2016-02-02
- Pagination feels worse to use than scrolling, and badly implemented scrolling is also frustrating2016-02-02
- Next links and page numbers are fiddly and often impossible to find2014-07-10
- Clicking to next page makes users bail; read tracking marks unread posts as read2014-04-09
- No indication of total page count makes finding items by scanning hard2014-02-27
- Visitor couldn't figure out how to make the product work despite clicking around2014-02-15
- Paginated browsing within an icon pack is a worse experience than scrolling2013-11-22
- Users get confused about which page they are on after changing page size2013-10-28
- Adjacent numeric links read as one link by screen readers2013-10-21
- Interrupted every few seconds by tiny pagination targets that jump around2013-01-07
- Pages split into too-short chunks, with half the content being ads2012-10-03
- Next page takes 5-15 seconds to load, mainly on ad-heavy sites2012-10-03
- Each page load is slow, so moving between pages kills the reading flow2012-10-03
- Accidentally clicking too far forces users to hunt for the mouse to go back2012-05-27
- Pagination controls are useless unless jumping to first or last page, and each page needs a full reload2012-04-16
- Must click tiny page numbers repeatedly, waiting for each page to load, interrupting reading2012-04-02
- The wanted item is buried under endless pages of other images2012-03-27
- Users can't tell how much text remains when paginated, forcing them to swipe to check2010-10-21
- Forced to click through pages and wait for each to load, interrupting reading2010-09-02
- Articles split across pages break reading flow and force repeated navigation2009-03-17