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Single-screen setups
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2017–2024), in 4 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.
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Constantly switching windows to read docs while typing codeUnreviewed
20172026- Switching between many windows on one screen is slow and tedious2024-02-10
- Alt-tabbing between docs and editor is slower; losing second-screen test output is annoying2022-09-03
- Having to switch between documents every few seconds on a single screen is frustrating2019-04-07
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
- Switching between many windows on one screen is slow and tedious2024-02-10
- Alt-tabbing between docs and editor is slower; losing second-screen test output is annoying2022-09-03
- Having to switch between documents every few seconds on a single screen is frustrating2019-04-07
- Constantly switching windows to read docs and type code on one screen2017-03-27