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Scrolling
Raised as a usability problem by 69 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 54 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Scrolling moves one line at a time, disrupting reading and layoutUnreviewed
20102026- Losing place in text after page-based scrolling, making it hard to find where they last read2026-08-10
- Scrolling-style pages overlap text and are hard to navigate2026-01-18
- Scroll override and flying images make it nauseating and hard to read2025-09-04
Accidental scrolling leaves no easy way backUnreviewed
20102026- Scroll-linked animations and mixed scrolling elements make it unpredictable and hard to follow2026-08-06
- Scrolling inner areas moves the whole page or triggers browser Back navigation2026-06-25
- Touching the screen during scrolling stops the scroll, which is unexpected and off-putting2024-11-29
Traditional scroll direction feels backwards and clunkyUnreviewed
20102026- Traditional scroll direction feels backwards and clunky to the commenter2023-06-24
- Scrolling feels awful for the commenter on Chrome and OS X2015-06-07
- Scroll is imprecise, space key autoscrolls unexpectedly, and scroll direction feels backwards2013-01-11
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 50 complaints
- Losing place in text after page-based scrolling, making it hard to find where they last read2026-08-10
- Scroll-linked animations and mixed scrolling elements make it unpredictable and hard to follow2026-08-06
- Scrolling inner areas moves the whole page or triggers browser Back navigation2026-06-25
- Bounce-back at scroll end is distracting and annoying, and the comment wants it removed2026-06-15
- Seeing many open windows at once feels overwhelming and stressful2026-01-30
- Scrolling-style pages overlap text and are hard to navigate2026-01-18
- Scroll override and flying images make it nauseating and hard to read2025-09-04
- Touching the screen during scrolling stops the scroll, which is unexpected and off-putting2024-11-29
- Commenter cannot read these pages because of their disabilities2024-10-21
- Hard to figure out how to use because documentation is lacking2024-07-10
- Commenter couldn't figure out how to make links properly within a table2024-07-07
- Can't figure out how to add links inside a table; no undo after saving2024-07-07
- Desktop scroll-to-top button requires moving the mouse to a small target, which the commenter finds cumbersome compared with wheel scrolling2024-04-29
- Instant scrolling makes it hard to track where content moved2024-03-08
- Vertical trackpad scrolling unexpectedly triggers horizontal scrolling animations2023-12-15
- Slow loading, forced scrolling, and no way to skim the content2023-11-15
- Scroll wheel zoom direction varies between apps, so users can't predict it2023-07-30
- Traditional scroll direction feels backwards and clunky to the commenter2023-06-24
- Scrolly layouts break expected text behaviour and slow reading and comprehension2022-07-02
- Slider shrinks on click or arrow keys and resizes when scrolling, making navigation erratic2022-05-05
- Moving pictures and constant scrolling make the text hard to read2022-04-12
- Scroll-driven web experiences feel super annoying and hard to control with a mouse wheel2022-04-09
- Accidental swipes and scrolls skip past more than one slide2022-02-16
- Mouse wheel scrolling too coarse, scrollbar drags too large to see details2021-11-17
- Red line marking scroll position fades away before it can be found2021-09-21
- Loses track of position and of where the content begins or ends, causing nausea2021-04-05
- Scrolling is mentally taxing due to ads, menus and constant repositioning of content2021-02-04
- Blur starts immediately, then a second total blur lags and lingers after scrolling stops2021-01-25
- No clear visual cues that the page scrolls, so users miss content2020-08-03
- Scrolling through 60 minutes to find the right number is tedious2019-10-14
- Custom scrolling often breaks normal behavior and feels jarring to users2019-09-12
- Landing page gives no clear explanation of what the service is2019-07-02
- Large images break the narrative and force long scrolling to resume reading2019-03-07
- Auto-scrolling status messages are very hard to read2018-09-30
- Page breaks are hard to spot, and page up/down jumps to random spots2018-08-15
- Back button is hijacked, so going to the previous site takes several presses2018-05-13
- Jerky page-based scrolling makes text jump, so the reader loses their place2017-12-20
- Scrolling makes it hard to find the line you were reading, breaking focus on the text2017-10-18
- Scroll hijacking intrudes on scrolling and degrades the user experience2017-03-21
- Scrolling past an inner element's end unexpectedly scrolls the whole page2017-03-17
- Scroll event handlers make pages janky, with unresponsive scrolling below 60 fps2016-08-27
- Space sometimes pauses video and sometimes scrolls the page, depending on focus2016-05-19
- Scrolling feels awful for the commenter on Chrome and OS X2015-06-07
- Scrolling one slide down is imprecise, forcing constant scroll-read-scroll cycles2015-05-06
- Scrolling web pages use only a third to half of the screen and show little text at once2014-10-10
- Scroll-to-navigate page often fails to work for users2014-09-04
- Screen reader users can't access content that only appears at the end of scroll animations2013-10-09
- Users confused by 'tap here' prompts on a click-based interface and can't go back or forward2013-09-17
- Scroll-driven animations are choppy, and text scrolls past before it can be read2013-09-04
- Can't jump non-linearly to sections like specs or pricing when navigation depends on scrolling2013-09-03