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Raised as a usability problem by 353 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 244 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Alt+tab switches by application instead of by windowUnreviewed
20102026- Alt-tab works but can't be turned off, forcing Mac-style window switching that is hard to use2024-06-11
- Alt-tab behaves in a way the user can't fix, hurting keyboard workflow2021-04-14
- Hard to switch between multiple windows of the same application; Alt+Tab only cycles applications2019-04-18
Editor is slow to refresh after code changesUnreviewed
20102026- Slow editor loading constantly breaks the developer's flow state2026-03-04
- Editor becomes so slow and buggy it is unusable, freezing on loading bars2022-12-16
- Editor gets slower with each release, especially for large projects2022-08-12
Launcher takes a quarter of a large screen for six iconsUnreviewed
20102026- Launcher had huge gaps between icons and an unusable search filter2020-02-11
- Launcher is huge and top panel cannot be hidden or customized, wasting vertical space2014-02-17
- Taskbar items take up too much space and Unity is slow2012-10-23
Hard to find installed apps without knowing exact namesUnreviewed
20102026- Must search for apps instead of browsing a menu; hard to find installed applications2014-03-29
- Only fewer than ten apps fit on the side, and finding installed apps requires knowing oddly named Linux app names2014-02-14
- Can't find installed apps, and multiple instances need a hidden key combination2013-08-25
Editor text is too small or blurry on high-DPI screensUnreviewed
20102026- Small text in the property editor is low contrast and hard to read2025-02-24
- Editor text is too small or blurry on high-DPI screens, and themes have poor contrast2016-07-14
- Editor UI looks blurry or poor on newer Macs with retina displays2015-02-24
Can't move the left launcher bar to the right sideUnreviewed
20102026- Taskbar sits on the left where user doesn't want it; window menus are far from the window2017-04-05
- Cannot move the launcher to the right side of the screen2014-02-15
- Can't move the left launcher bar to the right side of the screen2013-06-12
Tablet-style interface forced on desktop usersUnreviewed
20102026- Tablet-style interface forced on desktop users against their wishes2017-11-28
- Desktop OSes are shifting toward touch-oriented interfaces that clutter the desktop experience for developers2015-01-04
- Consumer-oriented desktop UI is cartoonish and unsuitable for developers and power users2012-05-13
Anything outside Unity's intended workflow is very hard to buildUnreviewed
20102026- Unity is hard to use, requiring lots of engineering knowledge to ship games2026-04-09
- Anything outside Unity's intended workflow is very hard to build; existing systems get in the way2025-01-02
- Unity offers a less productive environment for the user's workflow2011-10-23
Users struggle to learn the new interfaceUnreviewed
20102026- Users struggle to learn its new interface, which they dislike before trying it2017-04-07
- Foreign, confusing UI and undocumented interfaces make learning painfully slow2015-06-10
- New layout slows down experienced users who already learned the old interface2011-10-21
Some apps slow the whole UI and window transitions take foreverUnreviewed
20102026- Some applications slow down the whole UI and window transitions take forever2022-07-28
- Application search hangs and lags on Unity2016-11-19
- Applications take a long time to launch2012-10-20
Switching tasks on multiple monitors forces looking at the leftmost monitorUnreviewed
20102026- Cursor hits resistance when crossing between screens, making multi-monitor use frustrating2012-09-04
- Switching apps on multiple monitors takes far more mouse movement and clicks than before2011-11-26
- Switching between tasks on multiple monitors forces constant looking to the leftmost monitor2011-10-17
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
- Hard to build projects from CLI or scripts; slow starts and large installs2026-09-22
- Editor bugs out and needs restart after editing lists; animation event race conditions2026-08-14
- Mobile website and app are very bad, hard to use on phones2026-07-27
- Unity native files are very hard to merge between people2026-07-27
- Progress bar stalls at 90%, so users can't tell how far along it is2026-06-18
- Unity is hard to use, requiring lots of engineering knowledge to ship games2026-04-09
- Coroutine state is invisible in the editor, so bugs are hard to diagnose2026-03-25
- Auto-calculated fields hit divide-by-zero and become unrecoverable NaN values2026-03-22
- Hard to find answers to why something doesn't work as expected2026-03-10
- Slow editor loading constantly breaks the developer's flow state2026-03-04
- Inspector for arrays works once, then crashes the editor and needs restarting each time2026-03-03
- Reference pages restate node names and lack usable examples for functions2025-10-10
- Monthly option still shows an annual commitment, so the true terms are unclear2025-08-21
- Too many confusing beta packages make the tooling hard to work with2025-05-08
- Library documentation is not useful, scattered, and hard to use for simple tasks2025-03-01
- Small text in the property editor is low contrast and hard to read2025-02-24
- Anything outside Unity's intended workflow is very hard to build; existing systems get in the way2025-01-02
- Felt slow and bloated to work in before switching to Godot2024-11-22
- Latest beta is almost unusable on their computer, making work miserable2024-08-24
- Alt-tab works but can't be turned off, forcing Mac-style window switching that is hard to use2024-06-11
- Editor tools are awful and make newbie developers find Unity hard to work with2024-05-21
- Ads, popups and laggy UI get in the way of using the product2024-04-27
- Unity replaces essential components without explanation, leaving users to guess across many versions2024-02-27
- Unity was a mess, less polished than macOS and couldn't be customised back to the old experience2024-02-24
- Too immature for production; marketing overpromised and the system is hard to adopt2024-01-09
- Project settings window opens too small, requiring manual resizing2024-01-01
- Run animation silently fails to play with no error, warning, or hint about what went wrong2023-12-13
- An update broke loading bars in Chrome, so users think the game is broken and leave2023-11-30
- Documentation for DOTS and HDRP is lacking, making them hard to get working2023-11-29
- Editor interface is confusing and hard to understand, discouraging the user from using it2023-11-14
- Multiple render pipelines, UI solutions and programming models feel confusing and very different2023-11-05
- Basic answers are buried in 45-minute videos, too slow to find2023-10-24
- Documentation pushes addressables hard, but using it is painful compared to simple resource folders2023-10-10
- Every interaction with Addressables is frustrating, so developers abandon it for simple resource folders2023-10-10
- Editor is slow to respond on Mac Chrome2023-09-27
- Selection square takes about 1-2 seconds to respond to dragging in browsers2023-09-27
- Editor was completely unusable on M1 MacBook in Chrome2023-09-27
- Stuck on 'Downloading Runtime' for minutes in Firefox, with no error shown2023-09-26
- Fragmented rendering pipelines and DOTS push make the engine off-putting and hard to work with2023-09-21
- Feels exhausting and unnatural to work in, forcing an unusual way of working2023-09-21
- Engine feels bloated and confusing to the person using it2023-09-21
- Lacks native support for complex multi-tab and modal screen UIs2023-09-18
- Waiting for C# to compile repeatedly frustrates the user2023-09-16
- Sample project needs manual shader reimports and package reinstalls before it works2023-09-15
- Uses inconsistent terms that aren't defined, making the announcement hard to understand2023-09-13
- Unity games on Linux are buggy, slow and unstable to play2023-09-12
- Hard to figure out the best way to do anything in Unity2023-08-09
- Text input in Unity games on iOS uses an awkward input element above the keyboard2023-07-27
- Becomes borderline unusable quickly for prototyping; hard to get anything done2023-07-07
- Code recompiles take 10-30 seconds per save and web builds take 5-30 minutes2023-06-25