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Sandstorm
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2014–2023), in 9 threads.
People raised many different problems with Sandstorm, 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 13 complaints
- Per-document security model adds too much friction for the user2023-10-23
- Found it not user-friendly enough, so the commenter walked away2017-02-07
- Users must learn many unfamiliar concepts like webkeys and why apps don't work on mobile2017-02-06
- After reconnecting, results don't update and there's no obvious way to get back online2016-07-16
- Can't tell which URL to share so family can connect from mobile or desktop clients2016-03-21
- Installing apps is easy, but figuring out how to actually use them is non-obvious2016-03-21
- Visitor loses interest within seconds because the site is too complicated2016-02-04
- Must sign up and log in to the full system just to view or share content2016-02-03
- Took a while to figure out how to delete grains from the list2015-09-01
- Author couldn't figure out how to view a WordPress instance as an anonymous user2015-08-27
- Commenter couldn't figure out how to view a WordPress instance as an anonymous user2015-08-27
- The demo button is not noticeable enough, so visitors almost miss it2015-01-31
- Setting up and maintaining self-hosted cloud software is painful and needs too much configuration2014-03-25