San Francisco

Raised as a usability problem by 16 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 15 threads.

People raised many different problems with San Francisco, 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 16 complaints

Couldn't figure out how to rotate the camera; rotation needed a trackpad click2026-08-24
Navigation line hard to see and minimap disagrees with large map on direction2026-08-24
Must call a human to sign up, and the bill pay button is hidden behind a modal2024-04-10
Permit process is so convoluted and opaque citizens must hire expediters2023-12-10
Getting a permit is effectively impossible without making donations to officials' nonprofits2023-04-21
Pedestrians behind parked cars at crosswalks are hard for drivers to see2021-12-06
Cabs refuse rides in wrong direction and claim card machines are broken2021-08-11
Delayed light cycle leaves drivers confused and timing signals unpredictably, causing jolting starts and stops2020-02-10
Parked cars block sightlines at corners, so drivers can't see before turning2018-01-09
Initial regulatory approval for new construction takes 3-5 years, nearly impossible for individuals2017-10-29
The ebook lending interface is clunky and needs redesign2016-08-12
Taxis are unreliable; dispatch gives false wait times and ignores pickup requests2015-09-25
Page is very slow to respond in the browser2015-07-10
Too much spacing and characters look alike, hurting readability on computers2014-11-19
Inbound and Outbound labels are unintuitive, so riders take a while to figure out their direction2014-06-23
Took a long time to figure out how to scroll column by column without a mouse2013-04-07