{"id":363998,"date":"2022-02-22T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?p=363998"},"modified":"2022-02-22T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:06:59","slug":"before-i-go-when-it-comes-to-complaining-about-web-browsers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/before-i-go-when-it-comes-to-complaining-about-web-browsers\/","title":{"rendered":"Before I go: When it comes to complaining about web browsers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That’s a damn one-two punch from Dave. He goes for the ultimate clickbait title\u00b9<\/a>, then follows up with a pile of epic advice for us all. If you want web browsers to get better, listen up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complaining on Twitter sure does feel good but it doesn\u2019t do much other than burning bridges and burning through people\u2019s patience. I guess you may also get hit with the mute button which is probably the opposite effect you were hoping for. Despite how good or valid your complaint is, combativeness results in immediate dismissal by your target audience\u2026 not once, but for years. People hold grudges for a shockingly long time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing I\u2019ve ever done in my career is blog about my specific problems with browsers (or any software you\u2019re passionate about). This goes for software beyond browsers too. I\u2019ve done this for IE, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Windows 10, WSL and I\u2019ve seen first hand how a \u201cfriction log\u201d can become a powerful tool in an organization.<\/p>

Behind the scenes, your posts will get picked up by external-facing developer advocates and shared internally. A single blog post is worth 10,000 tweets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Stay tuned for my upcoming blog post \u201cI fell into a cement mixer and here\u2019s everything I know about Cascade Layers.\u201d \u2b91<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    That’s a damn one-two punch from Dave. He goes for the ultimate clickbait title\u00b9, then follows up with a pile of epic advice for us all. If you want web browsers to get better, listen up: Complaining on Twitter sure does feel good but it doesn\u2019t do much other than burning bridges and burning through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":300990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"sig_custom_text":"Dave Rupert \u2014 Before I go: When it comes to complaining about web browsers","sig_image_type":"featured-image","sig_custom_image":0,"sig_is_disabled":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[17],"tags":[603],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/css-tricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/css-tricks-logo-gradient-outline.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":265024,"url":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/careful-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":363998,"position":0},"title":"Careful Now","date":"January 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Warren's \"Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6\" for The Verge has a title that, to us front-end web developers, suggests that Chrome is turning into a browser far behind in technology and replete with tricky bugs. 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