Vimperator

Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2010–2023), in 11 threads.

People raised many different problems with Vimperator, 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 12 complaints

Must click the page before keyboard shortcuts start responding2023-04-02
Web was really hard to use without a mouse2018-12-05
Docs don't link API or mention object types, forcing guesswork via print debugging2017-01-17
Address bar stays hidden and GUI glitches appear after upgrading Firefox Aurora2015-03-08
Numeric link labels are invasive and fuzzy matching rarely selects the wanted link quickly2014-10-03
Hijacks keystrokes and traps typing in a hidden command mode instead of the textbox2013-06-19
Interface is fiddly on phones and requires too much typing2012-01-24
Can't bind [ and ] keys, so forced to use awkward { } instead2011-01-21
Browser mode resets on page load, so pressing r reloads the page while typing2011-01-21
Keypresses go to the wrong place, unclear whether browser is in command or passthrough mode2010-12-15
Follows a link as soon as a unique key is typed, so remaining keystrokes go to the next page2010-04-16
Commander found it daunting at first despite decades of vi experience2010-03-13