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the biggest usability problems on Hacker News

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The biggest usability problems people raise on Hacker News, ranked by how many people raised them, with the comments behind each.
On its homepage
  • Can't operate controls by feel, must look away from roadReviewed
  • Rejecting cookies takes more clicks than accepting themReviewed
  • Local account setup is deliberately painful, pushing Microsoft accountsReviewed
  • File Explorer takes several seconds to openReviewed
  • Consent popups are artificially hard to refuseReviewed
  • Autocorrect changes typed words to wrong ones, causing typosReviewed
  • Window resizing is so hard it seems brokenReviewed
  • Slow to interact with, with little guidance on proper useReviewed

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