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Raised as a usability problem by 90 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 66 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
- 1Scrolling becomes very laggy on a phoneUnreviewed
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Scrolling becomes very laggy on a phoneUnreviewed
20082026- Scrolling becomes very laggy on a phone2025-10-19
- Browser freezes after clicking Play, scrolling lags 3-5 seconds2024-02-14
- Site scrolls so slowly on Android phone that the user leaves2013-08-10
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
- Blue focus outlines oversized and buttons below recommended minimum size, looks untidy2026-07-07
- Can't tell handpicked lists from algorithmic recommendations; pages look alike2025-12-31
- Moving the mouse accidentally triggers pop-ups that blast the whole screen a color2025-10-23
- Tiny icons are hard to tell apart without careful attention2025-10-19
- Scrolling becomes very laggy on a phone2025-10-19
- Scroll fade-in makes text appear slowly, delaying reading2025-07-20
- Website can't be scrolled after cookie popup blocks it when ad blocker removes it2025-07-14
- Back button navigates away instead of hiding the keyboard, causing muscle-memory mistakes2025-07-07
- Filling blanks requires dragging words, which is painful without a touchscreen2025-04-01
- Drag and drop is annoying as the default way to select answers2025-04-01
- Pasting a Zillow link immediately forces an OAuth login prompt2025-02-26
- Login is required without being clearly disclosed up front, pushing users into signing in2025-02-26
- Syntax is counter-intuitive; users fail to read data without consulting documentation2024-11-04
- Link runs a script that makes the app unusable until local storage is cleared2024-07-30
- Show more button reveals only a tiny bit of text, pointlessly collapsing summaries2024-03-27
- Couldn't figure out how to end turn on desktop2024-02-14
- Browser freezes after clicking Play, scrolling lags 3-5 seconds2024-02-14
- Circle is nearly impossible to see in dark mode on mobile2024-02-07
- Tapping the screen to stop sleep interrupts and restarts the meditation2024-02-07
- AI replies are a wall of text, hard to read and use2023-11-07
- Back button returns to HN instead of the site homepage; deeplinked page has no way out2023-10-06
- Scroll position is lost when navigating back to the list via the in-app back button2023-10-05
- Forced login blocks browsing categories, so the reader gives up2023-09-09
- Search and filter controls take most of the mobile screen, leaving room for only one headline2023-09-09
- Categories require login to view, so users must scroll the homepage hoping to find relevant content2023-09-09
- Competing design was more confusing and showed less information on the page2023-09-09
- New Post button won't enable and Expressions concept is confusing2023-07-21
- Advertisement in navigation makes the Home link hard to notice2023-02-28
- Clicking a screenshot does not open it larger, so users cannot view it enlarged2023-02-27
- Song card overlaps the X button on Firefox Android, so it can't be clicked2022-10-12
- Must press play on each track manually instead of autoplay2022-10-09
- Can't find the cancel button the website says exists2022-08-29
- After signup, a page with no menu or navigation; Get the App button leads to unrelated Tumblr app2022-03-15
- Commenter cannot find the repository link even though the site says it is open source2022-03-08
- Users on mobile can't tell the page's purpose and must scroll to find controls2021-11-28
- Can't change the hotkey, and can't navigate open pages by keyboard2021-09-07
- Adding a page to a workspace takes three or more clicks, which feels clunky2021-09-07
- Instructed Add a New File button is missing, so user can't create a file2021-09-06
- Option-key word jump sends user to previous page instead of moving a word2021-09-05
- Can't find the add-new-file button described in the instructions2021-09-03
- Site is very laggy and uses heavy CPU on older PCs and netbooks2021-07-07
- Text too small to read on phones and monitors; content squeezed into narrow sliver on large screens2021-01-05
- Shows only a black screen when JavaScript is disabled2020-10-12
- Rotating underlined languages look clickable but aren't; other languages are hidden in faint text2020-10-12
- Closing modals via history API kicks users out of the site2020-10-12
- Site is cluttered with popups, unreadable text colors, and slow scroll animations2020-07-25
- Every login requires opening email and clicking a link, adding extra steps versus password managers2020-07-19
- Simple searches fail with bad gateway or take over 10 seconds2020-07-13
- Text jumps from the input box to another box while typing, which is distracting2020-05-22
- Blank first screen and hidden examples make it hard to learn how cards are created2020-04-09