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Touchscreen typing
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2014–2023), in 5 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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Fast typists find touchscreen typing frustratingly slowUnreviewed
20142026- Virtual keyboard on touchscreen phones is frustrating to type on, especially while driving2023-05-23
- Touchscreen typing is slower than using a mouse and keyboard2023-04-15
- Touchscreen typing is very frustrating for people who type quickly2021-04-01
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 5 complaints
- Virtual keyboard on touchscreen phones is frustrating to type on, especially while driving2023-05-23
- Touchscreen typing is slower than using a mouse and keyboard2023-04-15
- Touchscreen typing is very frustrating for people who type quickly2021-04-01
- Selecting text on a touchscreen is much harder than with a mouse2016-07-07
- Typing letters on a tiny touchscreen is too slow and cumbersome to use2014-10-13