Products · Product
TechCrunch
Raised as a usability problem by 123 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2008–2024), in 110 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.
- 1
- 2
- 3Pages take ages to loadUnreviewed
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Every issue, all time, most people first
Scrolling an article redirects reader to the homepageUnreviewed
20082026- Scrolling to the bottom of an article redirects to the homepage, forcing users to disable JavaScript2019-09-11
- Intrusive pop-ups and reloading on scroll make articles hard to read2019-06-11
- Scrolling back up past article end redirects to the main page mid-scroll2019-06-11
Pages take ages to loadUnreviewed
20082026- Article page is very slow to load in Chromium browsers2020-08-05
- Page takes 20+ seconds before it can be interacted with2011-07-15
- Site is slow because of bloated social share widgets and scripts2011-06-13
Opt-out options in consent pop-up are hard to findUnreviewed
20082026- Opting out of tracking requires three clicks, after a previously bad consent popup2022-09-29
- Consent popup offers no opt-out, so users can only click agree2020-05-11
- No way to opt out; the only way past the consent dialog is to accept2020-05-06
Articles split across single pages, forcing extra clicksUnreviewed
20082026- Articles never fully load and stop partway through2023-04-10
- Article page is so heavy it becomes completely unusable in reader mode2018-05-06
- Article automatically splits mid-sentence into pages with no way to opt out2012-04-07
Reaching page bottom loads next story and blocks scrolling upUnreviewed
20082026- Site design change breaks the back button and auto-scrolls to next story2020-05-07
- Page automatically swaps to another page when scrolling down2019-08-02
- Scrolling to page bottom loads next story and prevents scrolling back up2018-12-05
Giant header image pushes article content out of viewUnreviewed
20082026- Full-screen cover images get in the way of reading news articles2019-06-11
- Article content swaps to other headlines at bottom, unexpected; layout wastes half the screen2018-04-05
- Oversized logo, menu and giant image push article content far below the fold2014-04-25
Text vanishes and reappears, disrupting readingUnreviewed
20082026- Text contrast drops near article end, making the last paragraphs harder to read2018-03-15
- Text appears briefly, then hides and reappears unchanged, disrupting reading2013-02-07
- Article text goes fuzzy and unreadable after a few seconds, and an app download prompt interrupts reading2012-06-23
Article text is too small and thin to read on phoneUnreviewed
20082026- A large X in the top-right corner covers the article text on mobile2018-05-16
- Article text too small and thin to read comfortably on phone2013-11-18
- Wide article text width makes the post hard to read2011-07-14
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
- Menu bar overlaps content and leaves a gap above it2024-10-02
- No direct reject-all button; embeds require detouring to a settings page with blanket consent toggle2023-07-06
- Cluttered, bloated pages that confuse readers into spending more time2023-05-08
- Cluttered, overloaded interface makes it hard to find information quickly2023-05-08
- Articles never fully load and stop partway through2023-04-10
- Opting out of tracking requires three clicks, after a previously bad consent popup2022-09-29
- Ad breaks interrupt articles so much they can't be read2022-08-05
- Navigation is hard to use and the site hijacks the browser back button2020-08-05
- Article page is very slow to load in Chromium browsers2020-08-05
- No obvious opt-out for EU users and the pop-up breaks the browser back button2020-07-13
- Clicking the X button sends the user to the homepage instead of closing2020-05-19
- Loads with a full-page spinner and behaves inconsistently, forcing users to learn new UI paradigms2020-05-15
- Site fails to load because it redirects through a consent domain that doesn't resolve2020-05-15
- Back button hijacked, forcing user to close the whole browser to return2020-05-11
- Consent popup offers no opt-out, so users can only click agree2020-05-11
- Back button redirects to the same page instead of the previous one2020-05-07
- Site design change breaks the back button and auto-scrolls to next story2020-05-07
- Back button is hijacked, so navigating back does not work normally2020-05-07
- Back button gets hijacked, so navigating back does not work normally2020-05-07
- Back button breaks; must double tap before redirect kicks in2020-05-06
- No way to opt out; the only way past the consent dialog is to accept2020-05-06
- Site is essentially unusable on phones, even with ad blocking2020-04-29
- Site is cluttered with trackers, ads and convoluted consent forms2020-03-17
- Privacy consent screen is user-hostile and feels designed to push acceptance2020-03-17
- Consent wall uses dark patterns that are hard to get past2020-03-17
- Sign-up modal pops up and blocks reading until dismissed by clicking outside2020-03-10
- Cookie settings are hard to find; accepting takes one click while opting out is convoluted2020-03-10
- Back button does not work, cannot navigate back on the site2020-03-06
- Article fails to load on iOS and cookie consent popup is annoying2020-03-05
- Opt-out is missing; managing permissions loops through screens with no opt-out button2020-03-05
- No straightforward way to disable all cookies, so the site stays blocked2020-02-26
- After accepting the cookie pop-up, the browser back button stops working2020-02-18
- Cookie banner uses dark patterns that make the site unwelcome to open2020-02-12
- Page is unusable with scripts blocked; it redirects to an ads page2020-02-03
- Consent options buried under layers of misleading UI and a broken captcha2020-01-24
- Pressing back returns to HN only after clicking back four times2019-09-27
- Scrolling to the bottom of an article redirects to the homepage, forcing users to disable JavaScript2019-09-11
- Commenter finds the site's desktop user experience very poor2019-09-10
- No clear way to opt out of cookie notices2019-09-02
- TechCrunch articles never open in the HN client's built-in browser2019-08-07
- Page automatically swaps to another page when scrolling down2019-08-02
- React site flickers, reveals pages slowly, and has odd navigation2019-07-19
- Cannot refuse cookies directly; links lead to more links endlessly on mobile2019-06-30
- Basic browser features like links and back navigation don't work after the redesign2019-06-11
- Scrolling back up past article end redirects to the main page mid-scroll2019-06-11
- Middle-click and right-click open articles in the same window, and scrolling closes them2019-06-11
- Full-screen cover images get in the way of reading news articles2019-06-11
- Intrusive pop-ups and reloading on scroll make articles hard to read2019-06-11
- Can only accept tracking; manage option doesn't let user opt out2019-06-03
- Clicking the X closes the article and sends the reader to the homepage; overlay follows them and blocks reading2019-05-27