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Spreadsheet apps

Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2021–2026), in 14 threads.

This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.

People raised many different problems with Spreadsheet apps, 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 15 complaints

Repeated unrelated prompts interrupt work, like updates, feature tours, sign-ins and review requests2026-07-24
Arrow-key and Ctrl+arrow navigation unclear, and format menu stays open after choosing a format2024-09-30
Spreadsheets silently drop leading zeros, so users must manually set columns to Text2024-03-26
Keyboard navigation is clunky and the UI feels less responsive than native apps2024-02-29
Interface feels unpolished and a bit off in use2023-11-02
Long nested spreadsheet formulas sprawl across the screen and are hard to understand2023-04-15
Can't find how to join tables; field builder doesn't expose Salesforce relationships2023-02-15
Homepage elements look clickable but do nothing when clicked, confusing users2023-01-20
Can't find requirements page; gets missing ActiveX error on Mac2022-09-04
Too many options make simple tasks harder than they need to be2021-10-25
Instructions reference a grid and mark button the user cannot find on screen2021-08-31
Toolbar buttons and menu icons have no labels, so users can't tell what they do2021-08-31
Customers must read docs and follow upload templates, making imports messy2021-05-12
Users can't tell when they've broken rules or made errors, and seasoned developers can't help them spot mistakes2021-04-02
Function names are cryptic abbreviations and must be matched across languages2021-02-06