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whiteboards
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2015–2024), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with whiteboards, 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 5 complaints
- Can't easily insert lines, so must leave lots of blank space in code2024-05-07
- Presenter must keep turning to look at the camera instead of the audience2022-01-26
- Whiteboard can't be erased properly and markers give uneven lines, skip, and reflect overhead light2019-09-23
- Impossible to insert lines once written, so editing content mid-way is hard2019-07-08
- Handwriting code on a whiteboard is slow and makes inserting, renaming and editing lines awkward2015-09-04