Re: clearing the shopping card

[Kyle Hayes <kyle540@quicknet.net>]

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Mr. Anthony R.J. Ball wrote:

> ******    message to minivend-users from "Mr. Anthony R.J. Ball" <ant@maine.com>     ******
> 
> 
> > The other button removed all information ever known about the user.  I
> > need the sales partner ID at all times, so I need to remove this option.
> > All my pages are branded based on the sales partner ID.
> 
>    Have you considered just sending them back to the page where you get 
> the partner id if they cancel all information?

_All_ session data is tossed at that point.  The real problem is having a
button that lets them go back to shopping.  Suddenly changing the method
of navigation from actively placing links and button for the user to
telling them "just hit the back button for your browser" is considered a
Bad Thing in UI circles.  Our tests with users convinced us that this is
something people don't like.

Also, we don't control the pages that link to us, so the partners could
move them around without our knowlege.  They can't be hardcoded.

Best,
Kyle