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It would probably help your case if you'd at least spend the time to state what specifically you consider "broken" instead of making the posts that don't pass a
by acqq 10y ago
It would probably help your case if you'd at least spend the time to state what specifically you consider "broken" instead of making the posts that don't pass any useful information to the readers. The basic bug reporting is in the form: "when I do X, Y happens but I'd expect to see Z." The report containing just "it's broken" doesn't say anything, except that more strongly correlates with the PEBKAC, in the sense that such a report is just a problem in itself instead of helping the possible solution.
- CamperBob2 10y agoOK: "When I use the mouse wheel, either spinning or clicking and drag, the page lurches briefly, but I'd expect it to scroll." Initially, after I clicked to dismiss the overlay that begs for money to support "quality journalism," it wouldn't scroll at all, but now, on a return visit where the overlay doesn't show up, I can read the rest of the page by dragging the scrollbar at right. So there's that. Naturally, the begging prompt worked fine, as do all of the animated ads in the margins and the autoplaying video ad immediately below the fold. Plenty of pages break scrolling, but the combination of the potentially-interesting content, the begging-for-money routine, and the over-the-top advertising assault makes the act of complaining not just cathartic, but (IMHO) obligatory. I'm sure no one here is responsible for that particular site, but hey, it's an influential crowd, right? Of course, I'm sure that if I did subscribe, all of those dancing animated ads and unsolicited videos would go away, leaving me to read in peace. (Right?)