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xmonad
Raised as a usability problem by 19 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2009–2022), in 19 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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Configuring requires knowing Haskell and forgetting syntax each timeUnreviewed
20092026- Config is in Haskell, so the user needed trial and error copying snippets2022-02-05
- Too hard to configure without knowing Haskell, forgotten syntax each time2013-10-04
- Basic customization requires knowing Haskell, so the user gave up2012-04-02
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 21 complaints
- Config is in Haskell, so the user needed trial and error copying snippets2022-02-05
- Numbered workspaces are abstract, and identical terminals are hard to tell apart2021-11-04
- Tiling WM requires learning a new keybind set and an esoteric configuration language2021-10-08
- Configuration was impossible for the commenter to use2020-07-06
- Windows sometimes ignore the taskbar on boot, requiring a manual xmonad restart2019-02-26
- Cabal package hell every time user tries to change configuration2017-02-22
- Hard to keep the standard menu bar; HiDPI support has rough edges2017-02-22
- Hard to get working with Gnome 3; indicator applets never display2015-04-07
- Hard to get comfortable using window management across multiple screens2015-04-06
- Window manager is hard to use and fairly buggy2015-01-18
- Hard to navigate types in configuration and combine plugins2014-09-24
- Too hard to configure without knowing Haskell, forgotten syntax each time2013-10-04
- Very hard to configure, so the commenter gave up after days2013-05-20
- Found it tiring and demanding of micromanagement to work with2012-12-21
- Basic customization requires knowing Haskell, so the user gave up2012-04-02
- Configuration breaks in subtle ways and sometimes fails to start up2012-02-03
- Hard to find working setup tutorials, must hunt through incomplete blog posts2011-11-23
- Installing on Ubuntu 11.04 following tutorials was a nightmare and broke the system2011-11-23
- Dock and menubar appear inconsistently and apps lose focus behind X112011-09-07
- Floating windows lack familiar mouse behaviour, and hiding and restoring windows is hard2010-04-22
- Config file bloats and becomes risky to edit without knowing Haskell2009-11-15