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Web pages that override browser features
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2011–2025), in 7 threads.
People raised many different problems with Web pages that override browser features, 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 7 complaints
- Can't select text to keep place, copy links, or search terms2025-09-24
- Text selection across multiple layout boxes is arbitrary, dragging left selects text at the top2024-12-26
- Page blocks text selection, so reader can't use highlighting to keep their place2020-02-03
- Sites override native browser features, breaking expected UI and UX behavior2019-05-30
- Hijacking right-click removes the default browser context menu users rely on2016-09-21
- Selecting just an ID snaps to the whole snippet on mouse release, forcing workarounds2015-09-30
- Overridden browser keys and custom widgets make users relearn controls and lose their sense of mastery2011-08-26