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xterm
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 10 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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Large terminal output is so slow it lags the whole desktopUnreviewed
20152026- Ctrl-C takes tens of seconds to take effect when command output is huge2024-04-08
- Terminal is noticeably laggy when interacting with it2019-03-20
- Lags badly when a lot of output is printed in the terminal2017-01-07
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 13 complaints
- Ugly, baroque interface with terrible configurability and no tabs2026-05-11
- Typing lags so much that the commenter sticks with xterm instead of alternatives2026-03-01
- Ctrl-C takes tens of seconds to take effect when command output is huge2024-04-08
- Starts with the wrong aspect ratio, so the user must press a key to fix it2023-05-01
- Confirmation dialog forces mouse use just to close a terminal2023-05-01
- Session tree view is confusing and cumbersome to use, lacking mouse drag and drop2023-05-01
- Esc key responds slowly because terminal can't tell escape keys from escape sequences2023-01-25
- Switching fonts is a pain; only five preconfigured fonts can be chosen2022-11-10
- Commenter finds xterm's user experience terrible in some ways2021-12-14
- Terminal is noticeably laggy when interacting with it2019-03-20
- Lags badly when a lot of output is printed in the terminal2017-01-07
- Terminal rendering is so slow that large output lags the desktop2015-09-25
- Can't find a way to add custom color schemes or values2015-09-25