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QuickTime Player
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 9 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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Physical-style volume knob on screen is awkward to operateUnreviewed
20182026- Volume control dial is awkward to use2026-06-19
- The on-screen playback control is obviously awkward to use2025-10-11
- On-screen volume knob designed like a physical device is horribly annoying to use2018-10-15
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 15 complaints
- Volume control dial is awkward to use2026-06-19
- Volume could only be changed by clicking and dragging the edge of a wheel2026-06-11
- Desktop audio needs a third-party driver and an hour of setup, and stopping requires a memorized shortcut2025-12-18
- The on-screen playback control is obviously awkward to use2025-10-11
- Skeuomorphic design forces users through unusable physical-device metaphors like thumbwheel volume control2024-09-17
- Stop controls live only on Touch Bar, so users with closed laptop on external monitor can't find them2021-07-23
- Video stops being brighter after system brightness changes until QuickTime is restarted2020-12-05
- Interface is confusing and too easy to click the wrong thing2018-10-16
- Developers dismiss repeated bug reports about terrible usability instead of fixing them2018-10-16
- Had to poke at every UI control to learn what it did2018-10-15
- Player controls behave poorly, making the interface hard to use2018-10-15
- On-screen volume knob designed like a physical device is horribly annoying to use2018-10-15
- Zoom slider target shrinks to zero width, and mouse tracking breaks when video is rotated or reflected2018-10-15
- Rotary knob controls are confusing to use with point-and-click2018-10-15
- Thumbwheel-style volume control is awkward to drag with a mouse, so users struggle to adjust it2018-05-18