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Programmable thermostats
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), 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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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 8 complaints
- Programming temperature schedules is a hassle, requiring app or small-screen menu navigation2024-11-21
- Thermostat interface is so confusing the user must reread the manual every time2016-10-29
- Tiny hard-to-see buttons and labels, so users don't know which one raises heat2016-01-14
- Setback thermostats have a VCR-like programming UI that is hard to operate2014-01-14
- Current thermostats have clunky interfaces requiring modes, buttons, and programming, even for daylight saving time2014-01-13
- Programmable thermostats have outdated, hard-to-use interfaces2013-07-20
- Lots of buttons and inherently unintuitive; hard to remember how to reset filter alert2011-10-25
- Unclear whether the set temperature was actually changed or only a programmed setting2011-10-25