Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Web form widgets
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 9 threads.
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.
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Text boxes are clunky to edit without standard shortcutsUnreviewed
20162026- Composing emails in a browser textarea is a terrible experience2021-01-20
- Browser text edit boxes are clunky to type into without editing shortcuts2020-08-27
- Typing into a browser text field lags on a high-end iMac2017-02-25
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 9 complaints
- Tab key moves focus instead of inserting a literal tab character2026-05-05
- Checkmark-looking checkboxes are misleading since users can't tell if they accept input2024-01-28
- Custom date selection widgets break on mobile browsers2023-09-16
- Composing emails in a browser textarea is a terrible experience2021-01-20
- Browser text edit boxes are clunky to type into without editing shortcuts2020-08-27
- Custom calendar controls can't be typed into or operated by keyboard2019-11-25
- Typing into a browser text field lags on a high-end iMac2017-02-25
- Users mistype their email at sign-up and then can't log in, with no way to verify it2016-10-23
- Heavily restyled buttons and focus indicators are harder to recognise and less accessible2016-09-22