RE: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-22 Thread michael.brockington
My advice would be to try as hard as you can NOT to sell accessibility. Sell your overall services, but mention that your competitors 'tend' to leave their customers vulnerable to law suits, exclude customers for no good reason, etc. Tell your clients that your competitors are literally 'sub-standa

RE: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-22 Thread Michael MD
>Accessibility is really not that difficult to put in place - I also believe >as professionals providing web design / development services that this >should not be an addon that we charge but part of what the client should >expect too get - imagine a builder charging you to make your house >compli

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Adam Martin
Take a quick look here - you will see that javascript off is actually more common than people using safari or opera! I know this is only 1 site - but it does have some relevance. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:54 PM, tee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread tee
On May 21, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Adam Martin wrote: " I have no success in selling accessibility when I try to find clients, nobody buys it, so whatever extra care I make for accessibility is from me, free of charge" Accessibility is really not that difficult to put in place - I also believe

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Bipul Keshri
"Ooooh ! What does that button do ?" If you call it "CHECKOUT", the user knows what will happen. Yes, it will take her straight to the checkout page where she can complete the transaction. If you call it "ADD TO SHOPPING CART", you are using a metaphor here. You are telling the user that there is

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Andrew Maben
On May 21, 2008, at 11:20 PM, Adam Martin wrote: I have no success in selling accessibility when I try to find clients, nobody buys it Sadly, that's probably true enough. But usability is much easier to sell - especially if framed in terms of "you do want your customers to be able to find

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Adam Martin
" I have no success in selling accessibility when I try to find clients, nobody buys it, so whatever extra care I make for accessibility is from me, free of charge" Accessibility is really not that difficult to put in place - I also believe as professionals providing web design / development servi

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread tee
On May 21, 2008, at 4:48 AM, Adam Martin wrote: I would also like to add that staying on the page when adding a product to the cart is quite likely going to use javascript (aka ajax) to add the product to the cart and inform the user that the item has been added. This obviously has both us

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Adam Martin
I would also like to add that staying on the page when adding a product to the cart is quite likely going to use javascript (aka ajax) to add the product to the cart and inform the user that the item has been added. This obviously has both usability and accessibility issues. I think Magento's ap

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread Andrew Maben
On May 21, 2008, at 3:44 AM, walied yossry wrote: In such a situation, either the user(buyer) added something to the shopping cart, and still wants to add some other stuff, we will call this "case A", or the user(buyer) just wanted this single item "case B". I think in either case a user

Re: [WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-21 Thread walied yossry
Hi tee, Always think as if you're there...and think about the possibilites. In such a situation, either the user(buyer) added something to the shopping cart, and still wants to add some other stuff, we will call this "case A", or the user(buyer) just wanted this single item "case B". I believe th

[WSG] a question concering shopping cart function (somewhat usability issue I think)

2008-05-20 Thread tee
When a customer add a product to cart, which way is more user- friendly? Be redirect to 'my cart' page, or stay at the same page? Right now Magento directs it to checkout page (p/s. this is the only eCommerce software I ever use apart from the paypal BIN button so I have no comparison and do