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I ordered Vegetarian pizza on a Pizza website and they delivered a BBQ chicken. How do you feel when you serve this for your guest???
I talked to the manager over the phone, we found the website processed the order incorrectly.
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I found that for some legacy websites, e.g. for devices like ip-camera's, it helps to use the 32-bits version of IE. This is still included in Windows-7, don't know about higher Windows versions.
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Why else would I have IE11, Chrome and Firefox all installed on my machine.
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... because (after changing ownership) their site required IE and ActiveX controls enabled! 
I did write an e-meil, telling them to please change their site to something more secure, and they responded with a written letter (yes, snail mail!), claiming that their site is by all standards secure. Didn't take me an hour to write a letter in return to the effect of cancelling the fund.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I use it when a site is not opening, sometimes microsoft msdn
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Yep. Cache works great, and when I need to follow links to equally messed up pages, Google Translate does wonders! (set to 'show original', because the translation most often isn't helpful  )
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Except the site for tax paying, that works only on IE6(!) I can't remember a site that didn't worked me with Chrome...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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The Virgin Media online TV portal doesn't work in Chrome because the in-built Flash (or equivalent) does not support DRM. The site suggests using a more up-to-date browser. Even when using the latest version.
http://www.mentalis.co.uk
http://www.torchwoodtowers.co.uk
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Ok.......Online TV is not one of the things I do....... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I would not bother with a long, detailed message to the owner but I will often send a short, concise message telling them what I was doing and what the result was.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I've found that this approach often isn't practical or worth the effort as the sites exposing problems appear to be hiding any ways of contacting them, or else, require registering. I won't bother playing hide and seek with contact info on bad sites, and neither am I going to register with them - if their registration is equally bad, I won't leave my fingerprints there.
OTOH, if I ever come across a site that offers a painless way to sending information while not working as expected in my browser(s), I will definitely consider sending them a message. However, I haven't spotted such a site yet.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I agree, making contact even marginally difficult instantly eliminates any response. I have pointed out a few faults to some of the regular sites I use and some have been most appreciative, most never acknowledge the contact.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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if I really want to check the site, then I get a beer or some bacon and have patience.
If I have not so big interest, I just leave
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I use something like a 7 second rule (it could be more or less seconds, and it might not be "rule" or "law" but you get the idea)
- The first 7 seconds are the most important. The user will want to know "what am I looking at?" and "what can I do here?" (Even if it is not the first time the user visits)
- If you kept the user's attention (s)he will pay more close attention for a second phase of 7 seconds. The first questions still linger, but in addition the user will search for how (s)he can perform a task or navigate through the site.
- If you kept the user's attention for this first 14 seconds (s)he will actually start using the site until no more needed.
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It's usually a java scrip error.
But on a side note, Those sites that make you view advertising for 30 or 60 seconds before you can read the news, I fire up inspect element in Firefox and disable the modal ad in about 10 seconds. There are some sites in which the ad never goes away, or you click close ad and it doesn't close, inspect element for sure.
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If it's one of the web pages I've developed then off I go to debugging it. This, naturally, is only hypothetical in that it is always perfection and all bugs are browser or user problems.
After that, it depends, but unless it's someone I know who'd appreciate the feedback, I realize I may as well just throw the small fry back into the lake and try my luck again after it grows up.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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All browsers have their quirks so if a site doesn't work for me I normally try it in a different browser - that often fixed most of the problems. Some developers just don't have the time allocated to make sure everything works on all browsers, or just don't care as long as it works on their favourite.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I always try in a different browser too. Then if it doesn't work in Chrome, Firefox and IE, that means the website/the business is not for me.
Alex Sanseau
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I voted other because I would try another browser also. That would be the first thing I try.
Second, I guess I would try and clear the cache.
I think I have contacted the owner a few times in the past but messages often go into a black hole.
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what about "write a breif exact explanation of the bug / issue in the bugs n sugs section"?
The trouble with people,
is that they want to hear only what they want to hear.
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In my experience, honey gets you more flies than vinegar.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Sure, but you get even more flies with manure 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Only if you leave it alone, not if you throw it...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Hmmmm... pickled flies
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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