Zettlr

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2020–2024), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with Zettlr, 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 9 complaints

List items jump around when wrapping onto a new line2024-08-23
Details come before main ideas, and cookie opt-out prompts reappear on every link2024-07-21
Feels slow and clunky to use2024-07-21
Hover-only icons, hamburger menu and missing title bar make the window hard to use2020-07-07
Can't remove pomodoro timer or readability features from the interface2020-07-03
Settings are hidden behind unlabeled icons that look like decoration2020-07-03
Renamed folders revert in app, errors on rename, and sub-folders fail to create2020-07-03
Nesting cards is hidden; user had to click randomly to find how2020-07-03
Can't get past Zettlr's default ID scheme and lacks note hierarchy, forcing all notes into one folder2020-06-07