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Swipe gestures
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 9 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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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 9 complaints
- Swiping to load more articles blocks browser back and forward swipe gestures2026-01-24
- Hidden swipe gestures are not discoverable, so people can't tell they exist2025-07-06
- Hidden swipe gestures cause accidental actions, like deleting emails, and are hard to discover2021-01-29
- Gestures are hard to perform deliberately and trigger accidentally2019-10-25
- Swipe gestures are invisible, so users can't tell what gestures are possible2018-03-18
- Page swipes to other articles when highlighting text, making reading impossible2016-02-23
- Slides change too fast and transitions are jarring, so it's hard to follow2015-08-18
- Users must fondle the screen to discover how to navigate2014-04-08
- Dots look clickable-like but aren't, so users are confused about interaction2013-03-11