Products · Broad category
Web browsers
Raised as a usability problem by 893 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 912 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Page text is too small on mobile, forcing users to zoomUnreviewed
20072026- Large text on web pages forces full-page zoom and wastes narrow screen space with margins2026-01-28
- Full-page zoom forces constant horizontal scrolling when reading, and text-size changes break many sites2024-05-21
- Browsers make it very hard to scale font size without zooming the whole page2024-03-14
People search Google for sites instead of typing URLsUnreviewed
20072026- Pasting an IPv6 link-local address into the address bar runs a web search instead2026-04-19
- Browser guesses wrongly whether typed text is a URL or a search2026-01-23
- Searching several engines requires constant tab switching and manual URL edits, killing productivity2025-08-21
Too many tabs make it hard to choose which to closeUnreviewed
20072026- UI buries old tabs, so user keeps opening new ones instead of reusing them2026-01-07
- Tabs pile up and it's hard to tell which ones are useful, so closing any feels risky2024-08-30
- Users accumulate 50+ open tabs because closing them takes discipline2024-05-07
Browser becomes sluggish after a few hundred open tabsUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers can't handle many tabs; sites stall CPU and memory, making web unbrowsable2026-06-08
- Browser tab memory limit crashes the page with no graceful handling for developers2024-01-16
- Browser becomes completely unusable with a few thousand tabs, degraded much earlier2023-02-16
Browser UI for client certificates is practically unusableUnreviewed
20072026- Users find it difficult to select the right client certificate and hard to fix a wrong one2026-06-14
- Browser client certificate management is terrible UX and sites can't enroll or specify certs2025-05-18
- Browser UI for TLS client certificates is terrible and getting worse2024-03-30
Mandatory pop-ups on every site visit interrupt readingUnreviewed
20072026- Some sites show pop-ups that can only be closed if JavaScript is enabled2026-01-01
- Must sift through many ads and popups to read one paragraph2025-03-04
- Pop-up ads must be waited out before reading the article2023-07-10
Using several browsers to compartmentalize clutters the systemUnreviewed
20072026- Visiting websites in a browser is a frustrating, tedious experience, with anti-user design accumulated over decades2026-06-17
- Graphical browsers are bloated and hard to customise, taking resources and compile time2026-04-24
- Browsers now hide user-hostile cruft, making it harder to browse in peace2025-11-18
Switching browser tabs takes 200ms, feeling sluggishUnreviewed
20072026- Switching between many open tabs is slow and browsers handle high tab counts poorly2026-01-08
- Restoring many tabs takes much longer than 15 seconds after launch2026-01-07
- Switching between mouse and keyboard to look up docs is annoying; tabbing through many links is slow2024-12-08
Users can't tell the address bar and search box apartUnreviewed
20072026- Users can't tell the address bar and search box apart, so they get stuck on basic browsing2021-10-01
- Users don't see or understand the address bar, so they can't tell where they are2021-07-01
- Address bar on top moves in and out, hard to match native feel2019-06-27
Non-technical users can't find language settings, so sites show wrong languageUnreviewed
20072026- Tooling to set language preferences on user agents is poor, so users get wrong-language sites2025-03-05
- Browser language settings are buried three levels deep, making per-site language control hard to find2025-02-14
- Language setting must be fiddled with constantly because sites serve wrong translations2024-01-23
History search misses page content, so read pages can't be foundUnreviewed
20072026- Users struggle to find an item seen on a site by searching browser history2026-07-15
- Browser history is incomplete and mobile browsers delete it, so pages can't be found again2025-08-05
- History search returns junk pages alongside worthwhile ones, so finding things is painful2023-10-15
Granting more access is hard to choose in permission popupsUnreviewed
20072026- Confusing consent prompts with misleading defaults and hidden opt-in choices2024-06-03
- Forced browser choice prompt pushes users to decide before they feel ready2024-03-25
- The popup asking to allow notifications is annoying and hard to control by default2022-01-24
Hard to find previously visited content in tabsUnreviewed
20072026- Tabs pile up indefinitely and serve as history, causing visual clutter2025-03-12
- Can't find previously viewed pages, so they keep 100 tabs open or dig through history2024-06-01
- Loses track of articles and tabs read earlier, forcing frantic searches to find them again2020-06-28
Bypassing self-signed certificate warnings is increasingly complexUnreviewed
20072026- Expired or self-signed certificates get a worse warning experience than plain http, with no trust-once option2023-01-18
- Hard for users to figure out how to bypass expired certificate warnings2023-01-18
- Users click random buttons to dismiss the cert warning without reading it2023-01-18
Scrolling misses swipes and gets stuckUnreviewed
20072026- Browser lags when scrolling a text article2026-10-14
- Laggy scrolling, resizing and delayed keyboard input when browsing on old laptop2023-03-06
- Mouse input lags noticeably behind movement in browsers2022-05-04
Pages reload every time users switch tabs or returnUnreviewed
20072026- Browser loses unsaved typed data on restarts, refreshes, tab unloading and updates, so work feels ephemeral2025-01-22
- Can't reliably control browser UI like closing or switching tabs while a page loads2019-12-15
- Web admin tools stop running when user clicks away to another tab2019-05-31
Browser UI offers only text-oriented controls, poorly fitting modern appsUnreviewed
20072026- Browser UI only offers text-oriented controls, poorly fitting modern web applications2022-10-26
- Browser UI feels much slower to interact with than native app interfaces2021-05-12
- Web browser UI is cluttered, layered over the app UI, and requires too much mouse use2021-04-01
Windows hard to find and switch between due to in-app tabsUnreviewed
20072026- Switching windows requires digging into a submenu and guessing which window holds a tab2025-10-07
- Switching between tabs requires opening a tab menu and finding the other tab2023-05-07
- Tabs share one window size, so switching sites forces constant window resizing2019-08-26
Scrollbar disappears when content fits, hiding that the page scrollsUnreviewed
20072026- Scrollbar appears so subtly it is effectively invisible, so users cannot tell content scrolls2022-07-21
- Scroll bars are hidden, so users can't tell how far a page extends2021-03-10
- Address bar appears when scrolling up but not down, shifting the viewport unpredictably2020-01-30
Scroll position jumps during loads, so taps hit the wrong linkUnreviewed
20072026- Taps land on the wrong spot because delayed input shifts the page after scrolling2022-09-30
- Scrolling to a point in a long page takes many gestures or keypresses2017-03-17
- Clicking the scrollbar to jump to a page position takes a long delay2016-06-21
CSS layout behaves differently across browsers, making results hard to get rightUnreviewed
20072026- Same HTML and CSS looks different across browsers, making web layout unpredictable2021-07-30
- Getting layouts to work across browsers required endless hacks and frustrated developers2020-02-09
- Positioning and font layout are inconsistent and painful when building GUIs in browsers2020-02-05
Browsers ignore autocomplete=off, so autofill cannot be stoppedUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers ignore autocomplete=off, so users can't rely on it to stop autofill2025-02-20
- Autofill fills saved passwords into unrelated password fields, breaking forms that need a different password2023-12-04
- Can't turn off autofill on login fields where it misfires, since browsers ignore the disable setting2023-12-04
Can't find how to go back or close tabs in in-app browsersUnreviewed
20072026- Tabs are hidden on phones, so users don't know they're open and pile up2025-02-06
- Hard to keep track of tabs on mobile2024-10-04
- Users can't find how to go back or close tabs in mobile in-app browsers2022-08-10
Slow image downloads block the rest of the page from loadingUnreviewed
20072026- Images at a .jpg URL load much slower and often time out compared to wget2024-05-31
- Images in view wait minutes because loading is processed in order, freezing the page2020-02-13
- Slow image downloads block the rest of the page from loading2017-04-11
Browsers no longer show readable feeds or a feed-available indicatorUnreviewed
20072026- Browser removed the two-click option, so finding feed URLs now takes manual work2022-01-05
- Browsers no longer show readable feeds or an indicator that a feed is available2021-02-07
- Browsers removed the RSS icon, so users can no longer easily subscribe to feeds2021-02-04
Certificate features buried three or more clicks deep in settingsUnreviewed
20072026- Warning gives no certificate fingerprint to verify, and viewing it takes extra clicks2026-06-10
- Certificate errors block sites behind a hidden, hard-to-find click-through2023-02-01
- Visiting self-signed certificate sites requires many extra clicks to proceed2020-10-28
Sites block text selection and right-click, blocking copyingUnreviewed
20072026- Copy and paste menu entries are disabled where the user needs them2025-05-01
- Websites block text selection and right-click, making content harder to copy or use2022-03-29
- Sites manipulate text selection and clipboard, and sticky overlays clutter the page2021-03-19
Copied text silently replaced with junk and extra newlines, corrupting commandsUnreviewed
20072026- Pasting a copied URL with newlines truncates it, forcing manual cleanup in an editor2026-06-28
- Copied text silently replaced with junk and extra newlines, so pasted commands are corrupted2020-06-16
- Shortcut paste-and-go behaves inconsistently, sometimes opening blank tab or half-pasted URL2016-12-21
Taps intended as clicks are routinely missed on mobileUnreviewed
20072026- Tap targets are too small, so touches land on the wrong element on phones2023-06-24
- Tap behavior is inconsistent, depending on viewport width, making the interface unpredictable2015-10-29
- Mobile browsers routinely miss taps that users intend as clicks2013-03-12
Typing a domain runs a search instead of going straight to the siteUnreviewed
20072026- Mistyped domains show search results instead of errors, and custom hostnames require typing http://2023-12-17
- Typing a plain domain hits an https error or autocomplete picks the wrong URL2021-07-08
- Typing a domain now triggers search instead of navigating directly, users struggle to go straight to sites2019-10-30
Destructive shortcuts cannot be customized, causing accidental tab closesUnreviewed
20072026- Ctrl+W muscle memory causes accidental closing of browser tabs2026-03-26
- Constantly changing menus and hard-to-remember shortcuts make common browser actions tedious2023-05-20
- Browser shortcuts like history-back unload the game when pressed by mistake2021-10-26
Pages reload after screen lock, losing scroll positionUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers fail to restore reading position and force page reloads2026-10-12
- Pressing back loses the scroll position on the previous page2019-07-22
- Going back reloads content and lands at the wrong scroll position2016-09-21
Can't easily find the setting for which browser opens linksUnreviewed
20072026- Links from most apps show only Safari or Chrome, so the user can't pick their own browser2025-07-14
- Embedded browser in the app didn't work properly, forcing the user to switch to Safari2024-07-04
- Changing default browser is confusing: no central Default Apps screen, must scroll to each browser2024-03-25
Opening several links in new tabs is cumbersome on mobileUnreviewed
20072026- Without tabs, navigating links means loading and going back one by one2017-08-15
- Opening several links in new tabs on mobile is cumbersome2016-10-18
- Links opened in background tabs sometimes fail to open, so the user must verify them2013-02-10
Browser HTTP authentication has poor user experienceUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers give no sensible UI for basic auth, so users cannot log off2023-05-28
- Browser's built-in login prompt is clunky, so people rely on other login methods2023-02-11
- Users waste time on repeated login and payment screens because browsers lack built-in support2023-02-11
Phone web use is unusable without an ad blockerUnreviewed
20072026- Modern web is unusable without an ad blocker; browser lacking ad blockers is useless2025-10-22
- Without uBlock Origin, the mobile web is practically unusable due to ads and annoyances2025-09-23
- Web is unusable without an ad blocker on iPad2023-04-25
Printing to PDF produces pages that look bad at standard sizesUnreviewed
20072026- Printed PDFs use paper-size pagination so text appears too small on screen2025-04-16
- Web pages can't print cleanly; users must download a PDF first and get unwanted URL footers2024-03-03
- Printed pages lose content or become hard to read with junk obscuring text2023-07-12
Can't conveniently disable autoplay video in the browserUnreviewed
20072026- Can't conveniently disable autoplay video in the browser2026-10-05
- Browsers autoplay animated images with no built-in way to stop it2026-06-09
- Sites force a click or interaction before autoplay video will play2026-01-01
A popup appears on every download click, with no download menuUnreviewed
20072026- A popup appeared every time you clicked a download, with no download menu2024-01-25
- Clicking download repeatedly shows a link instead of saving a file to Downloads2022-12-14
- Couldn't find the download button on the website2018-07-30
Can't easily reach tabs or browser controls in full-screen modeUnreviewed
20072026- UI is clunky, blocks too much screen space or makes tab switching cumbersome2024-04-10
- Browser UI takes about 60% of screen on tablets in keyboard mode, leaving little usable space2021-09-11
- In full screen, clicking a tab to drag the window doesn't move it, only the tab2015-04-28
Can't find a way to jump back to top of pageUnreviewed
20072026- Can't find a way to jump back to top, so browsing is annoying and they give up2018-11-17
- Hard to get back to the top of long pages on a phone2014-05-26
- Tapping the top to scroll up by accident jumps far back with no way to reverse it2013-09-03
Long articles are hard to read amid competing page distractionsUnreviewed
20072026- Long documents are hard to read without pagination or custom style options2026-04-04
- Browsers give sighted users no table of contents to navigate long pages2025-10-11
- Long articles are hard to read on the web, with poor default typography and layout2015-05-26
Sites break silently with no explanation when JavaScript is disabledUnreviewed
20072026- Disabling JavaScript forces constant whitelisting, since banking, webmail, and CAPTCHAs break without it2026-10-12
- Blocking scripts makes most websites nearly unusable2019-04-09
- Disabling JavaScript breaks sites silently, with no explanation or error message2013-07-01
Simple websites crawl on older computersUnreviewed
20072026- Simple websites crawl to a halt on older computers2023-08-20
- People struggle with basic searches, opening the browser, and finding sites2020-04-05
- Browsing the web is pure frustration because everything is slow2017-01-06
Pages taking over a second or two to loadUnreviewed
20072026- Pages hang forever on load, so user must stop and refresh manually2024-04-21
- Pages take minutes to load or never load without killing the browser2021-05-03
- Simple web pages load slowly and feel bloated even with blockers enabled2020-01-15
Modal windows trap users that they cannot override or escapeUnreviewed
20072026- Modal overlays cannot be dismissed like pop-up windows, trapping the user on the page2026-07-09
- Web pages trap users in modal windows they cannot override or escape2026-05-30
- Web pages can trap users with modal dialogs and disable the back button2016-05-21
Mobile browsers lack multiple windows, forcing separate browser appsUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers use different menu icons, so finding the app menu is inconsistent2024-04-24
- Mobile browsers lack multiple windows, forcing separate browser apps instead2017-07-23
- Browser windows all look the same in the app switcher, so users waste time hunting for the right one2012-09-04
Web text hard to read due to spacing, justification and column widthUnreviewed
20072026- Text colour scheme is so poor the page is hard to read2026-05-08
- Default fonts, link colours, margins and form label spacing make pages hard to read2022-02-28
- Web text is hard to read due to poor spacing, justification, fonts and column width2015-12-15
Widely used features removed or buried, forcing extension installsUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers remove widely used functionality or bury it, forcing users to install extensions2023-08-11
- Signing and disabling extensions in the browser is a terrible, painful process2023-01-16
- Browsers removed options users want, forcing them to rely on extensions for basic control2016-10-21
Small drags cause large, unpredictable text selection changesUnreviewed
20072026- Unpredictable whether click-drag selects text, drags a link or image, or activates a button2023-09-24
- Selecting large text blocks by click-and-drag is cumbersome and unpleasant2020-09-11
- Small mouse movements while dragging cause large, unpredictable text selection changes, often needing many tries2015-08-17
Pages cluttered with ads, alerts and dark patternsUnreviewed
20072026- Users can't inspect or understand how web pages work, losing control and visibility2021-06-30
- Web pages are cluttered with ads, alerts, and dark patterns, making them hard to use2020-06-16
- Web pages render inconsistently and slowly because ad tech controls the browser experience2018-09-27
New tabs flash white and ignore the native dark themeUnreviewed
20072026- Can't override OS dark mode so websites stop showing dark theme2022-05-18
- Dark theme won't match across toolkits; new tabs flash white and ignore native theme2016-01-22
- Light grey scrollbars can't be restyled to match dark themes, so they distract on dark screens2015-04-06
Rich text editors are nearly unusable on touch devicesUnreviewed
20072026- Getting a working editor on mobile requires obscure tricks few people know2021-09-26
- Many browser rich editors are virtually unusable on touch devices2016-03-17
- Developing rich interfaces is hard due to browser inconsistencies and limitations2012-09-12
Page Up/Down hides content behind sticky bars; arrow keys jumpUnreviewed
20072026- Page Up/Down hides content behind sticky top bars; arrow keys jump unexpectedly2025-08-25
- Navigation icons stay visible and overlap the text after turning pages2021-01-29
- Page down key scrolls too far, making page navigation hard to control2012-04-21
Typing sends GET requests that trigger side effects in legacy systemsUnreviewed
20072026- Browser interrupts form filling with unrelated prompts at unpredictable times, and input stalls2020-04-10
- Browsers send GET requests while typing, triggering unintended side effects in legacy systems2018-05-01
- Browser clutters chat input with unwanted suggestions while typing2016-06-15
Printing from extensions is clunky, error prone and gives poor resultsUnreviewed
20072026- Calling print() in JS unexpectedly opens the print dialog, hard to diagnose2023-09-10
- Browser extension printing approach is clunky, error prone, and gives poor user experience2020-12-31
- Printing web pages is messy, with unclear whether to use Ctrl-P or find a print button2011-03-04
Active tab shifts left unexpectedly, disrupting tab selectionUnreviewed
20072026- Tabs fixed along the top wastes horizontal space; no vertical tab option built in2018-04-19
- Active tab shifts to the left, which is annoying to the user2015-01-27
- Browser tab keys can't switch back to the last active tab, so users hit select-all instead2010-08-29
Sites can make the URL bar behave unpredictablyUnreviewed
20072026- URL bar doubles as search, URLs hard to edit, bookmarks take multiple clicks, easy to bookmark wrong sites2022-06-21
- Address bar content changes mid-edit, so typed corrections get lost and wrong URLs get submitted2019-03-19
- Sites can overload the URL bar, making its behavior unpredictable and hard to rely on2010-09-14
Scrolling lists of non-trivial items stutters, even under 50 itemsUnreviewed
20072026- Smooth scrolling feels sluggish, like scrolling through molasses2017-11-21
- Scrolling a page shows tearing despite powerful hardware2016-01-21
- Scrolling lists with non-trivial items stutters, even with fewer than 50 items2013-03-19
Cannot figure out how to stop a new tab opening on launchUnreviewed
20072026- Can't change the default new tab page without writing or installing an extension2024-11-26
- Single-page apps must write extra code to keep middle and ctrl-click opening new tabs2018-01-17
- Couldn't figure out how to stop it opening a new tab on launch2011-01-24
Permissions are hard for users to adjust and toggleUnreviewed
20072026- Permissions are super hard for users to adjust and turn on and off2026-01-15
- Listing and removing website permissions has abysmal UX, hard for normal users2025-07-24
- Must hunt through hidden advanced options to disable many permissions2021-06-30
Browser slows to a crawl with just a couple of add-onsUnreviewed
20072026- Browser is horrendously slow to use on FreeBSD and OpenBSD2020-11-25
- Addon's performance bugs made browsing bigger sites too slow2017-11-20
- Browser slows to a crawl with just a couple of add-ons installed2016-12-21
Must log in again for every new private-mode tabUnreviewed
20072026- Switching to the correct browser profile is tedious, so the user opens private tabs and logs in again2023-06-24
- Redirected pages vanish from back history, so tabs get stuck on the SSO login page2021-04-23
- Must log in again for every new tab in private mode2020-06-04
Typed text gets overwritten or focus lost when earlier actions finishUnreviewed
20072026- Pressing a button moves text focus away from the field, so typing stops working2026-09-03
- Lost 15 minutes of typed text when returning to a page2020-02-02
- Typed text gets overwritten or focus is lost when earlier actions finish2016-01-02
Embedded SSL requests to self-signed domains fail silentlyUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers make self-signed sites almost impossible to access2023-08-25
- Browsers ask users to decide on broken certificates instead of blocking the site2014-11-07
- Browsers silently fail on embedded SSL requests to self-signed domains, so users must pre-approve each site2011-05-07
Pinning websites is hard to find, so people use appsUnreviewed
20072026- Pinning websites is hard to find, so people use apps instead of webpages2026-07-14
- Mobile web versions of sites like Reddit and Quora push users toward native apps2021-12-04
- Mobile browser tabs are a disaster to manage, so users wrap web pages in pinned apps2020-03-12
Browser APIs are so obtuse developers must install another libraryUnreviewed
20072026- Browser APIs are so obtuse that developers must install another library2020-09-16
- Browser cookie and URL APIs are awkward enough that developers add libraries2019-08-29
- Browser APIs are so historically layered that finding and fixing incompatibilities is extremely hard2015-01-04
Browser forces HTTPS even when the user typed http explicitlyUnreviewed
20072026- Browser forces HTTPS even when the user typed http:// explicitly2025-02-09
- Users cannot tell what HTTPS symbols in the URL bar mean2022-12-23
- Users face impossible choices in HTTPS warnings and cannot tell what is happening2016-11-04
Pressing back gives no response for several secondsUnreviewed
20072026- Pressing back produces no response for several seconds2020-06-05
- On Android the phone's actual back button stops responding2019-01-18
- Back button sometimes exits to desktop or needs three rapid presses to go back2011-07-14
Closing phone tabs takes multiple swipes and tab rebuildingUnreviewed
20072026- Switching between tabs to compare products takes several taps on a phone2026-04-06
- Accidental pull-to-refresh and swipe-to-change-tabs gestures are frustrating and unwanted2023-10-13
- Closing tabs on a phone takes multiple swipes and tab rebuilding, slowing interaction2017-11-21
Sites become nearly unusable when custom fonts are ignoredUnreviewed
20072026- Sites become nearly unusable when browser ignores their custom fonts2024-09-08
- Must configure fonts per language for each new browser, and Chrome needs an extension2021-10-28
- Browser default fonts are terrible on Windows, and users can't easily set their own typeface preference2019-12-20
Editable forms and rich text need loads of code and librariesUnreviewed
20072026- Browser content editing APIs are terrible, forcing developers to build most editing behavior themselves2015-01-29
- Building editable forms and rich text in the browser requires loads of code and libraries2014-02-21
- Editing code in browser text boxes is pretty horrible2012-04-10
Find in page is labelled differently from search, so users skip itUnreviewed
20072026- Searching for text on a page takes several menu steps, including scrolling through the share menu2026-04-21
- "Find in page" is labelled differently from "search", so users skim past it in the menu2017-08-29
- In-page search is hidden behind an icon and a menu, so users don't find it2016-12-06
Native scrollbars can't be styled, forcing custom scrollbar widgetsUnreviewed
20072026- UI is cluttered and poorly designed, forcing users to edit CSS for reasonable scrollbar width2024-04-19
- Native scrollbars can't be styled, forcing developers into custom widgets2019-11-10
- Scrollbars can't be styled, so app builders reimplement scrolling in JavaScript, hurting accessibility and usability2015-04-07
Mobile click events have a 500+ ms delayUnreviewed
20072026- Remote browser is slow and laggy, with delayed responses to each click2019-11-18
- Slow, with click position errors and difficult URL typing on tablet browsers2013-02-10
- Click events on mobile browsers cause a 500+ ms delay, making the UI feel slow2011-08-26
Non-technical users struggle to reach pages without typing addressesUnreviewed
20072026- Browsers blend address and search queries, so users can't tell how to reach sites2019-10-14
- Non-technical users struggle to find and reach the right page without typed addresses2018-09-06
- Non-technical people can't tell which page they're on or find where to start browsing2010-05-30
Resizing browser chrome shifts page layout and text wrapping unexpectedlyUnreviewed
20072026- Native-style UI patterns like reacting to keyboard opening or browser chrome resizing on scroll are painful or impossible2026-08-28
- Browser chrome resizing makes page layout and text wrapping shift unexpectedly during normal use2019-09-30
- Browser chrome takes too much screen space and relies too heavily on the mouse2019-02-06
Rendering preferences are buried deep in settingsUnreviewed
20072026- Settings are spread across too many different places to find2021-12-31
- User preferences for rendering sites are buried deep in settings, hard to use2020-12-21
- Settings for viewing and controlling site storage are obscure, clunky and poorly designed2020-08-29
Learning the obscure Info browser to read documentation takes too longUnreviewed
20072026- Jumping from Vim to a browser to look up documentation is tedious2025-05-12
- Opening documentation in a browser is heavy and the interface is annoying2025-04-09
- Learning the obscure Info hypertext browser to read documentation is too time-consuming2014-10-24
Browser loses reading place on scroll, forcing users to use extensionsUnreviewed
20072026- Browser scrolling behaves in a way the commenter finds infuriating2022-03-28
- Infinite scroll shifts the page, so readers accidentally scroll past their place2022-01-22
- Browser loses reading place on scroll, forcing users to use extensions2020-02-03
Mobile web games lag, with audio responding 200-300ms lateUnreviewed
20072026- Several seconds of input delay makes the game laggy on a phone2024-02-14
- Mobile web games break or lag: WebGL is slow, audio responds 200-300ms late on Android2021-11-29
- Audio latency and poor WebGL performance make browser games laggy and unresponsive2021-09-17
Pages fail outright on dropped connections instead of retryingUnreviewed
20072026- Pages fail outright when the connection drops instead of retrying or holding cached content2017-02-08
- A connection-failed notification replaces the page and destroys the user's work in progress2014-12-21
- When connection drops, users get a 'Page cannot be displayed' error with no offline fallback2014-04-08
Interactive apps are slow and list animations stutter unreliablyUnreviewed
20072026- Rendering a static page and updating the DOM is too slow, causing layout shifts, tearing and janky animations2024-01-01
- DOM is very slow for interactive apps and lists animate unreliably2021-05-12
- DOM is slow and has a terrible, object-oriented API that is hard to use2021-05-03
Security padlock icon means nothing to most usersUnreviewed
20072026- Padlock and https prefix are meaningless to most people and easily missed2022-11-09
- Users don't understand what the URL bar padlock icon signals2022-03-18
- Security padlock icon in address bar is meaningless to most users2012-08-05
Safari users are shown the browser choice screen repeatedlyUnreviewed
20072026- Dialog's pre-selected default option pushes users back to Safari2026-05-29
- Users who pick Safari are shown the browser choice screen again, which is an annoying repeated prompt2024-08-23
- Browser choice popup appears again whenever the device is set up2024-01-25
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
- Browser lags when scrolling a text article2026-10-14
- Big downloads fail on poor wifi, forcing a convoluted manual workaround via a VPS2026-10-13
- Disabling JavaScript forces constant whitelisting, since banking, webmail, and CAPTCHAs break without it2026-10-12
- Browsers fail to restore reading position and force page reloads2026-10-12
- Can't conveniently disable autoplay video in the browser2026-10-05
- Downloads give no clear feedback, so non-tech users lose track of saved files2026-09-28
- Bookmarks to dead pages can't be found or searched by remembered content2026-09-21
- Pressing a button moves text focus away from the field, so typing stops working2026-09-03
- Backspace unexpectedly navigates back when focus is lost in poorly designed pages2026-08-28
- Native-style UI patterns like reacting to keyboard opening or browser chrome resizing on scroll are painful or impossible2026-08-28
- Web-based interfaces are slow, clunky and hard to make uniform2026-08-22
- Browsers feel very slow on Linux, loading pages and resizing windows several times slower than on a Mac2026-08-08
- Opening the sidebar randomly covers content or pushes it off screen2026-08-04
- Browsers force tabs on users with no option to disable them2026-07-29
- Links often fail to open the specific article, and going back to the email skips to other messages2026-07-24
- Older people can't tell a website in a browser from a native application2026-07-22
- Hides http and www, so users can't tell whether a site is broken2026-07-15
- Browsers hide the URL, making pages hard to identify or revisit2026-07-15
- Users struggle to find an item seen on a site by searching browser history2026-07-15
- Pinning websites is hard to find, so people use apps instead of webpages2026-07-14
- Modal overlays cannot be dismissed like pop-up windows, trapping the user on the page2026-07-09
- UI layouts break across screen sizes and mobile form factors2026-06-29
- Pasting a copied URL with newlines truncates it, forcing manual cleanup in an editor2026-06-28
- Websites and Google Maps or Docs are too slow to use on old laptops2026-06-27
- Error messages don't say whether the problem is a response header or meta tag2026-06-21
- Visiting websites in a browser is a frustrating, tedious experience, with anti-user design accumulated over decades2026-06-17
- Users find it difficult to select the right client certificate and hard to fix a wrong one2026-06-14
- Lists all certificates with little context, so users can't tell which to pick2026-06-14
- Warning gives no certificate fingerprint to verify, and viewing it takes extra clicks2026-06-10
- Browsers autoplay animated images with no built-in way to stop it2026-06-09
- Browsers can't handle many tabs; sites stall CPU and memory, making web unbrowsable2026-06-08
- Sites flood users with alerts that look like antivirus warnings, leading to scam payments2026-06-02
- Web pages trap users in modal windows they cannot override or escape2026-05-30
- Dialog's pre-selected default option pushes users back to Safari2026-05-29
- Browser shows grey screen when scanning QR code because camera permission is off, with no clear prompt2026-05-28
- Desktop date picker popup calendar is too small and breaks design continuity2026-05-23
- Web platform is messy legacy with gotchas and unfriendly ergonomics for developers2026-05-09
- Text colour scheme is so poor the page is hard to read2026-05-08
- Logging blocks during many redirects is hard to read, making whitelisting fixes difficult2026-05-08
- Tours push vendor features like bundled VPN and Copilot that users must dismiss2026-05-06
- Can't suppress passkey prompts on sites where the user never wants them2026-05-05
- Graphical browsers are bloated and hard to customise, taking resources and compile time2026-04-24
- Searching for text on a page takes several menu steps, including scrolling through the share menu2026-04-21
- Pasting an IPv6 link-local address into the address bar runs a web search instead2026-04-19
- User can't predict whether clicking adds to history, only learns when back breaks2026-04-14
- Styles list is cluttered with irrelevant variables; search and computed styles tab fail to locate sources2026-04-13
- Browsers ignore custom color schemes and keyboard shortcuts, leaving text stuck in wrong colors2026-04-06
- Commenter says the browser's user interface is a mess, without specifying what is hard to use2026-04-06
- Switching between tabs to compare products takes several taps on a phone2026-04-06
- Long documents are hard to read without pagination or custom style options2026-04-04