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Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), in 13 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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Links with tiny gaps between them are hard to click preciselyUnreviewed
20112026- Links with only pixels between them are hard to click precisely, especially with a cheap mouse2024-05-21
- Must hover over the whole page to find which parts are clickable2015-01-19
- Tiny next-page links are hard to click with trackpads or touchscreens2011-07-08
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 14 complaints
- Links with only pixels between them are hard to click precisely, especially with a cheap mouse2024-05-21
- Back button is hijacked, showing an unwanted 'articles to check' page instead of going back2022-03-04
- Menu links aren't underlined, so users can't tell which items navigate to another page2021-03-20
- Menus open on hover unexpectedly, covering content and triggering other menus as the mouse moves2021-03-20
- Printed links can't be clicked, so people retype them into search bars, often incompletely2019-04-30
- Warning dialog appears after the email is already sent, leaving users confused2019-04-14
- Users who don't know the Back button can't return to the original page2017-11-13
- Hard to remember site hierarchies and navigation, so user searches instead2016-06-07
- Links open an app chooser or push an app install prompt instead of the page2015-02-10
- Must hover over the whole page to find which parts are clickable2015-01-19
- Back button often breaks or is hard to reach, so users close tabs instead2014-01-11
- Backspace no longer goes back on some pages, breaking a quick navigation habit2011-10-10
- Links force a window or tab choice that doesn't match the user's preference2011-08-14
- Tiny next-page links are hard to click with trackpads or touchscreens2011-07-08