Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Paste behavior
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2018–2022), in 4 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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Default paste keeps source formatting that mismatches the destination appUnreviewed
20182026- Pasting copied content into other apps brings unwanted formatting and hangs the site2022-07-13
- Default paste keeps source formatting, which often mismatches the destination app2021-01-06
- Pasting keeps the source font, colour and size, which is annoying; no universal way to paste plain text2020-10-18
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 4 complaints
- Pasting copied content into other apps brings unwanted formatting and hangs the site2022-07-13
- Default paste keeps source formatting, which often mismatches the destination app2021-01-06
- Pasting keeps the source font, colour and size, which is annoying; no universal way to paste plain text2020-10-18
- Users must hunt for a radio button, use the mouse, then confirm, versus a quick keyboard shortcut2018-05-11