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Yahoo
Raised as a usability problem by 99 people on Hacker News over 20 years (2007–2026), in 87 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.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Cluttered search page makes simple searching hardUnreviewed
20072026- Homepage felt cluttered and slower to load than Google's2025-07-26
- Search results are cluttered with links to other search engines' results2021-07-29
- Search pages were cluttered with irrelevant links and ads, slow to load and hard to navigate2020-06-01
Page locks the browser for ten seconds, blocking scrollingUnreviewed
20072026- JavaScript makes the page lock the browser for about ten seconds, so the user can't scroll2014-07-08
- Page scroll stops and scrolls the inner control instead, making it nearly unusable in Chrome2012-05-12
- Page bogs down the computer, essentially unusable with JavaScript on2011-08-22
Links auto-play video and quotes rarely workUnreviewed
20072026- Cluttered layout with distractions and autoplaying videos makes the article hard to read2021-09-26
- Autoplay video starts playing unexpectedly on the page2015-06-23
- Page is cluttered, recent quotes rarely work, and links auto-play obnoxious video2014-12-18
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 50 complaints
- URL silently changes as you scroll, so the address no longer matches the page2026-09-23
- Search bar was harder to type into than Google's simple one2026-02-23
- Homepage felt cluttered and slower to load than Google's2025-07-26
- Homepage was a jumbled mix, so user couldn't see why to visit2025-07-26
- Ads break the page, make comments impossible to view, and lose scroll position2025-07-26
- Page scrolls janky and text takes too long to load on iPad2023-12-15
- Feed switched to most-popular order, so chronological browsing became confusing and the user stopped using it2022-08-10
- Button silently hidden when platform authentication is unavailable, so the page looks broken with no explanation2022-05-13
- Must repeatedly dig through convoluted settings to turn off SMS auth and restore password2022-05-11
- Every sign-in requires waiting for an email, opening it, clicking a link, then returning2022-05-11
- Keeps forcing unwanted 2FA options that don't work, now blocks password entry entirely2021-10-12
- Keeps changing the verification step and blocks typing the password, so user cannot log in2021-10-09
- Cluttered layout with distractions and autoplaying videos makes the article hard to read2021-09-26
- Search results are cluttered with links to other search engines' results2021-07-29
- Once-good news aggregator has become unrecognizable and hard to use2021-06-20
- Searching for a stock sends user to general Yahoo search instead2021-05-03
- Search pages were cluttered with irrelevant links and ads, slow to load and hard to navigate2020-06-01
- Error requires linking email address, but the link leads to a page with no obvious way to do it2019-12-08
- Approval notification vanishes when attacker picks SMS fallback, leaving no chance to deny2019-10-24
- Privacy preferences dialog on first visit is so bad it makes people leave2019-08-07
- No obvious way to dismiss the consent screen and be sure no consent was given2019-02-02
- Too many other things compete for attention while trying to chat2018-06-08
- Every GUI action triggers a full page load, making development excruciating2018-04-22
- Searching required trying many engines one by one, with useless results2018-03-22
- Wanted result buried under pages of irrelevant results; AND queries too restrictive2018-03-21
- Homepage freezes the browser all the time2017-09-27
- Creating an account required filling out tons of forms2017-04-25
- Could not find a Join button on desktop; it only appeared in the phone version2017-04-25
- Forced into Yahoo sign-up, struggled to find a username, and failed CAPTCHA four times2017-04-25
- User couldn't figure out how to log in to Flickr account2017-04-25
- Ads above the fold force scrolling to find actual search results2017-02-18
- Site is becoming near unusable with each change2017-01-17
- Entering a ticker and pressing enter fails; must type slowly and wait for autocomplete2017-01-10
- Media section stuffed with dark pattern ads2016-08-02
- Preview overlays trap you; returning to the full article means starting over2016-05-02
- Front page is cluttered with stale clickbait, and obtuse advertising makes the site confusing2016-04-11
- Email log-in is awkward to find on the Yahoo homepage2016-04-11
- Yahoo's website is extremely cluttered and hasn't been updated in years2016-04-11
- Layouts change constantly, making it impossible to find what you want and slow to load2016-02-02
- Hard to watch Community via Chromecast; many obstacles to viewing2016-02-01
- Site is impossible to use on mobile, crashes browsers, and ad breaks reset video2016-02-01
- Many sites are unusable on a mobile phone2016-02-01
- Ignored users' posts still take up screen space, greyed out, forcing scrolling past them2016-01-08
- Removed easy basic charts; new charts are harder to read and hide stock split markers behind hover2015-12-16
- Ignored users are only greyed out and still take up screen space2015-12-12
- Gave up trying to watch video due to a generally awful website2015-12-02
- Logged-in indicator moves between pages and password prompts are confusing2015-11-03
- Redesigned site is unusable, so the commenter switches to rival sports sites2015-10-21
- Cluttered homepage with every category link makes things hard to find2015-08-20
- Homepage is cluttered with celebrity news and low-quality articles2015-08-01