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Poor UX Criticism

The cluster revolves around complaints and debates about suboptimal user experience (UX) in software products, emphasizing its impact on usability, traction, and user satisfaction.

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Sample Comments

jmercouris • Feb 6, 2024 • View on HN

Unfortunately the UX does not appear to be a priority.

psychometry • Jun 19, 2018 • View on HN

Because some people care about user experience.

anderspitman • Jun 15, 2020 • View on HN

Was the UX bad or just different than you expected?

return0 • Feb 25, 2014 • View on HN

Come on, that would ruin the user experience

RivieraKid • Jun 23, 2020 • View on HN

I'm sure there's some rationale behind it. But it's simply a UX fail.

ohadron • Oct 1, 2023 • View on HN

Same. Can't imagine why they've been using it for so long instead of building a reasonable UX for this use case. I think this will cost them a bunch of traction.

forgotpwd16 • Dec 29, 2021 • View on HN

What's the problem with UX now compared to before?

discordance • Sep 25, 2017 • View on HN

It's pretty sad that such a useful and obvious UX needs to be hacked up

kristianc • Aug 7, 2012 • View on HN

That's not a good reason for demolishing its UX.

h4x0rr • Jan 2, 2024 • View on HN

Better user experience (UX) is counterproductive for the UX... wut