USS John S. McCain steering control system

Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2017–2021), in 3 threads.

People raised many different problems with USS John S. McCain steering control system, 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 5 complaints

Crew couldn't figure out where throttle control was, leading to a collision2021-12-07
Opaque, confusing control system that puts blame on operators when things break down2019-12-20
Sliders stay active on screens without control, so operators can't tell which station has authority2019-12-20
Sliders not grayed out on inactive stations, so operators can't tell which station has control2019-12-20
Steering and engine controls split across people; operator in wrong mode during docking2017-11-03