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Rotary encoders
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2019–2022), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Rotary encoders, 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 4 complaints
- Knob glitches when turned quickly, sometimes doing nothing or increasing volume instead2022-10-30
- Cheap encoder feels bad, misses turns and steps in the wrong direction2020-08-04
- Driver must watch screen as highlight jumps around to reach the item2019-06-17
- Rotary knobs give poor visual and tactile feedback about their position compared with faders2019-01-24