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When a website doesn't work as you want, do you

Survey period: 22 Jun 2015 to 29 Jun 2015

I'm not saying us developers are picky or anything...

OptionVotes% 
Open up the browser developer tools and tamper with the page until it works28522.41
Write a long, detailed emailing that includes code snippets explaining how to fix the site826.45
Write a short, nasty email to the site owner645.03
Complain loudly on social media352.75
Assume it's User Error and try and understand how the site is meant to work22617.77
Ditch the site and go to a different site90771.31
Grit your teeth and bear it.30523.98
Other1179.20
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralOther - write a short, polite e-mail to the site owner Pin
Daniel Pfeffer22-Jun-15 2:59
professionalDaniel Pfeffer22-Jun-15 2:59 
GeneralRe: Other - write a short, polite e-mail to the site owner PinPopular
SoMad23-Jun-15 6:08
professionalSoMad23-Jun-15 6:08 
GeneralRe: Other - write a short, polite e-mail to the site owner Pin
Daniel Pfeffer23-Jun-15 20:25
professionalDaniel Pfeffer23-Jun-15 20:25 
GeneralRe: Other - write a short, polite e-mail to the site owner Pin
CDP180223-Jun-15 19:32
CDP180223-Jun-15 19:32 
GeneralRe: Other - write a short, polite e-mail to the site owner Pin
Daniel Pfeffer23-Jun-15 20:28
professionalDaniel Pfeffer23-Jun-15 20:28 
GeneralDepends on the site Pin
OriginalGriff22-Jun-15 1:00
mveOriginalGriff22-Jun-15 1:00 
GeneralWrite a "nice" email to the owner Pin
Slacker00722-Jun-15 0:54
professionalSlacker00722-Jun-15 0:54 
GeneralA website that doesn't work Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:18
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:18 
Is a website indeed.

Perhaps, tempering with the website's source code is never my style, reading the documentation is a good way to handle such scenarios. But, if a website is the one I am looking for I would easily get into it in a matter of few days, if I still cannot get it to work like I want it to, then I would simply leave it.

Not because, I don't like it, but because it is my perspective, there might be others who are very fond of the way website is working, the way things are going on the way the terms and policy settings are managed. If I don't like it, I have no right to criticize it on social media. After all, social media is one of the top listed things in my critic response!
The sh*t I complain about
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GeneralPages that don't work. Pin
john morrison leon21-Jun-15 23:54
john morrison leon21-Jun-15 23:54 
GeneralRe: Pages that don't work. Pin
Stefan_Lang23-Jun-15 3:11
Stefan_Lang23-Jun-15 3:11 
GeneralOthers PinPopular
Nagy Vilmos21-Jun-15 23:49
professionalNagy Vilmos21-Jun-15 23:49 
GeneralTry IE... PinPopular
Sander Rossel21-Jun-15 22:16
professionalSander Rossel21-Jun-15 22:16 
GeneralRe: Try IE... Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:21
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:21 
GeneralRe: Try IE... Pin
Sander Rossel22-Jun-15 0:32
professionalSander Rossel22-Jun-15 0:32 
GeneralRe: Try IE... Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:38
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Jun-15 0:38 
GeneralRe: Try IE... Pin
Sander Rossel22-Jun-15 2:00
professionalSander Rossel22-Jun-15 2:00 
GeneralTry to see if it works in a different browser or device Pin
R. Erasmus21-Jun-15 21:43
R. Erasmus21-Jun-15 21:43 
GeneralDepends on how unique is the content Pin
AlexCode21-Jun-15 21:38
professionalAlexCode21-Jun-15 21:38 
GeneralRe: Depends on how unique is the content Pin
KarstenK21-Jun-15 22:28
mveKarstenK21-Jun-15 22:28 
GeneralRe: Depends on how unique is the content Pin
AlexCode21-Jun-15 23:14
professionalAlexCode21-Jun-15 23:14 

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