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UI animations
Raised as a usability problem by 17 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 11 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Animations add delay to every interaction, making the UI feel slowUnreviewed
20092026- Animated transitions make the interface feel slow to respond to clicks2024-03-08
- Animated transitions delay instant feedback when clicking buttons, slowing down getting work done2024-03-08
- Eased scrolling makes the interface feel laggy and unresponsive to input2023-04-07
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 20 complaints
- Heart toggle animates the same direction for add and subtract, confusing users2026-10-22
- Typing stops at the limit, and the overfill cap of 20 blocks entering full text2026-10-22
- Copy button leads to signup wall, so the prompts seem paid and hidden2026-10-22
- Animated transitions make the interface feel slow to respond to clicks2024-03-08
- Animated transitions delay instant feedback when clicking buttons, slowing down getting work done2024-03-08
- Toggle switch animation adds delay and does not help indicate or change the option2024-03-08
- Animations that block input get in the way and frustrate users2024-03-08
- Eased scrolling makes the interface feel laggy and unresponsive to input2023-04-07
- Easing animations make devices feel slow and annoying to use2021-11-21
- Animations add avoidable delay to every interaction, making the interface feel slower2019-08-03
- Animations delay responses to commands, wasting the user's time2018-12-15
- Animated common actions make the interface feel sluggish, forcing users to wait repeatedly2017-07-02
- Animations get in the way and there is no single button to turn them off2017-02-27
- Transitions slow the experience and distract, becoming obnoxious for returning users2016-03-19
- Animation baked into everything adds latency and extra clicks, hurting productivity2016-03-19
- Animations slow down actions and make it hard to tell what state the interface is in2016-03-19
- Animations force users to wait before they can continue, adding cumulative latency2016-03-19
- Animations are too slow, making users wait before they can tap2016-01-20
- Animations make interfaces feel slow and sluggish, like swimming in syrup2016-01-20
- Transitions make things take too long and get annoying after repeated use2009-10-19