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Raised as a usability problem by 64 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 65 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
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.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Page takes a long time to load before it worksUnreviewed
20072026- Page takes a long time to load before it works2019-08-13
- Site sits on a loading screen for tens of seconds before showing text2018-07-26
- Logging out and logging in take ages to load, with no explanation2012-12-27
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
- Valid copy-pasted license key rejected, then the app crashed2026-07-22
- Site loads excruciatingly slowly and locks up the browser on iPhone Chrome2026-07-13
- Sign-in prompt interrupts after entering a prompt, then email sign-in clipped on mobile2026-06-05
- Website has no visible scrollbar, so it looks broken and hard to scroll2026-02-11
- Confused by a counter climbing from 47 and text floating up while scrolling2026-01-29
- Must flip between two UI layouts mid-task because the new design is incomplete2026-01-06
- Website rendered unusable because of its JavaScript2025-11-11
- Distracting animation makes the page text impossible to read2025-07-22
- Homepage text is cut off on iOS Safari and the hamburger menu fails on other pages2025-07-19
- Couldn't figure out why scrolling behaved as it did, spent most time in developer tools2025-06-17
- Workflow is unintuitive and convoluted, forcing manual UI clicks in a VM2025-03-01
- Free month trial quietly locks users into a yearly plan2025-01-16
- Forced smooth scrolling makes the page hard to scroll2024-11-27
- Users must reinstall the app every time and connections succeed only about half the time2024-04-11
- Browser back button stops working after opening the drawer2024-02-24
- Large "404" logo on modal looks like an error page, nearly closed site2023-09-22
- Accepts apostrophe in password at setup but gives mysterious error at login2023-06-29
- Text occupies only a narrow strip, wasting most of the screen width2023-03-14
- Software is slow and laggy, with unnecessary fluff cluttering the user interface2023-02-23
- No way to continue free without subscribing; notification prompt can't be skipped2023-02-23
- Site is hostile to users, so the commenter blocks it with an ad blocker2022-12-05
- Becomes unusable when latency exceeds a threshold, unlike normal sites that just load slower2021-12-22
- Tiny close button is hard to hit, and the text can't be zoomed2021-11-27
- After logging in, the button in the same spot switches to Log out, so users click it by mistake2021-11-24
- Spec tables are covered by a popup saying to use desktop2021-09-15
- Web version is crippled and repeatedly begs users to install the app2021-05-02
- Game stutters and blocks while saving level data to disk2021-03-24
- Pricing shown first in menu and layout not optimized for mobile screens2021-01-15
- Clicking the see pricing banner does nothing; no other pricing link exists2021-01-03
- Back button is overridden to push unwanted story recommendations2020-10-23
- Users complained the app's UI was slow to interact with2020-07-09
- Took hours to get basic setup working; defaults expect a specific format and errors are unhelpful2020-04-26
- Docs are lacking, so the author has to read source code to learn usage2020-03-21
- Login rejects a long password that the password manager enters, until it is shortened2019-10-09
- Page takes a long time to load before it works2019-08-13
- Silently discards password characters and shows only a generic error, so users can't tell why registration fails2019-07-03
- Can't find a way to save the transcribed text2019-04-11
- Font size can't be changed in settings, and there's no way to search for files across the drive2019-03-27
- Site's text is really hard to read2019-02-13
- UI font is tiny and nearly unreadable on high DPI displays2018-12-30
- Site sits on a loading screen for tens of seconds before showing text2018-07-26
- Went through menu after menu and couldn't find a way to delete account2018-05-25
- UI freezes and takes about a minute after launch before it can be used2017-08-18
- Header breaks when scrolling up during video; banner sticks to one side on wide windows2017-04-24
- Font colour and weight make the 'Available for free' text almost impossible to read2017-04-05
- The site was fundamentally unusable2016-05-27
- Hangs at checking-for-update with no progress for 15 minutes2016-05-16
- Search results are replaced by a forced account signup popup after typing a query2014-06-24
- Clicking to close the tab opens a modal dialog instead2014-06-06
- Can't figure out how to navigate the site on an iPad2014-05-24