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Phone calling
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Phone calling, 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 5 complaints
- Voicemail hidden under call filter; tapping a name shows info instead of dialing2026-01-12
- Automated calls interrupt constantly and can't be turned off without disabling the whole app2021-10-05
- Hang up button sits too close to mute, risking accidental call ending2021-03-09
- Keypad hidden behind an unfamiliar grid icon, making dialing much harder to figure out2016-10-14
- Starting a call requires pressing a 'Yes' button, which is not intuitive2007-05-30