Typeform

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 5 threads.

People raised many different problems with Typeform, 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 8 complaints

Nothing intuitive; adding multiple questions per page is hard to find2025-07-10
Basic settings hidden behind unlabeled buttons; integration config resets on any change and hides errors2025-07-10
Can't skim the whole form to judge whether it's worth filling out2020-12-10
One-question-at-a-time forms feel overly clever and get in the way2017-11-19
Multi-page signup asks many questions, form doesn't fit screen, keyboard hints broken, progress bar feels complicated2017-11-19
Sign-up modal asks for too much information before user can try the product2017-11-19
Mix of enter, continue, scrolling and arrows makes filling out forms confusing2013-02-21
Submit says a question is incomplete but doesn't highlight which one needs attention2012-10-17