Products · Broad category
Task manager apps
Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 12 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 Task manager 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
- Requires thousands of clicks to do routine summarizing and prioritizing tasks2026-07-18
- Low-contrast neomorphic design makes elements hard to see and target2024-10-24
- Commenter with ADHD felt overwhelmed by the tutorial2024-10-24
- Tasks and calendar are unaware of each other in most apps2024-04-26
- Task trackers are slower and clunkier than pen and paper for one person2022-04-06
- Scrollbars are dead or invisible on Linux Chrome, so users can't tell the content scrolls2020-01-02
- Task managers require manual upkeep duplicating emails, files and notes, so lists go out of date2018-10-09
- Demo video plays too small to see what's happening2014-08-04
- Clicking "Try it for free" leads to a login page instead of a demo2014-08-04
- Grey and red text on grey background is hard to read, low contrast2014-08-04
- UI feels slow, editing text needs a separate step, and the page loads badly on mobile2012-08-22
- Spending long periods reconstructing where work was left off and relearning tools2012-06-03
- Attaching files requires posting a comment, which is confusing and not evident2012-04-04
- Submitting signup with a taken username silently reloads the form with no error message2011-12-21
- Downloading an app and creating an account are barriers before the app can be used2011-05-24