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Raised as a usability problem by 16 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2014–2026), in 16 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
- 1VS Code over RDP is extremely laggyUnreviewed
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VS Code over RDP is extremely laggyUnreviewed
20142026- Remote desktop feels sluggish because it streams video of GUI applications2025-05-20
- Remote VS Code over RDP is extremely laggy and frustrating to use2024-12-10
- RDP setups stutter and lag too much to pass mouse between two machines smoothly2023-12-28
Switching between RDP sessions is hard; alt-tab and fullscreen failUnreviewed
20142026- VM and RDP windows don't intercept alt-tab hotkeys, making the VM painful to use2026-04-13
- Switching between several RDP sessions is a nightmare; alt-tab and fullscreen toggling don't work well2020-09-10
- Windows RDP multi-monitor handling and window resizing behave confusingly compared to VNC2020-06-12
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 16 complaints
- VM and RDP windows don't intercept alt-tab hotkeys, making the VM painful to use2026-04-13
- Setting up RDP is far harder than a one-line X11 forwarding command2025-06-18
- Remote desktop feels sluggish because it streams video of GUI applications2025-05-20
- Remote VS Code over RDP is extremely laggy and frustrating to use2024-12-10
- RDP setups stutter and lag too much to pass mouse between two machines smoothly2023-12-28
- Animations and fade effects make remote sessions over high latency connections unusable2023-11-16
- Hard to tell which apps or windows are local versus remote2022-10-06
- Remote desktop gives poor video quality and visual artifacting, especially with text2021-03-08
- Users keep ticking 'never show again' on a warning they should not dismiss permanently2020-09-14
- Switching between several RDP sessions is a nightmare; alt-tab and fullscreen toggling don't work well2020-09-10
- Windows RDP multi-monitor handling and window resizing behave confusingly compared to VNC2020-06-12
- Typing and internal chat feel incredibly latency-ridden when working remotely2020-04-16
- Copying files over RDP is slow, memory-heavy, and drag-and-drop requires fiddling with window size and scroll position2018-02-07
- Text and UI look terrible and become hard to use when bandwidth is low2015-03-04
- Routine deploy tasks need many clicks and waits through remote GUI menus2015-01-30
- Odd configuration and encryption settings are nearly impossible to line up correctly2014-05-29