Commenters blame web designers and restaurant owners for poor choices
3 Today 7:30 AM · 15h ago · 16 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 5
Discussion turns to whether poor design reflects owner priorities or failed designer recommendations, with some defending designers who likely tried to convince owners otherwise.
“And include the mugglefreaking opening hours, you lunatics.”
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And please make sure you leave the Christmas 2024 menu accessible. I'll want to look back on that.
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And include the mugglefreaking opening hours, you lunatics.
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The number of times I have been tempted to send this XKCD cartoon about university websites to my actual university
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Hours and location, also important. And maybe dont make me start an online order to see the menu.
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I can guarantee you the web designer tried to convince the owner of this...
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‘At xxxx we do things a bit differently’ A No, you don’t B You mean ‘more expensively’
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This is what makes anyone who adds menus to Google maps entries a hero to me. You're saving me time and scrolling and I wish you a world of green lights and good gut health.
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Also, avoiding having a 15MB+ PDF (unoptimised) downloadable version of the menu which no-one bothered to proof-read.
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How can you enjoy your meal if you don't have the context of everyone's previous meals.
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This is great. 'Alumni in the news' is a perfect example.
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Just the other day I had a website that has extremely obnoxious flashing banners saying "get our app". I didn't stick around long enough to find how buried their menu was, and I'm like, I just want a burrito... (Went somewhere else and had some nice tapas instead)
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All the best restaurants only have links to a .jpg of their menu (dated 2024) on Facebook.
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Make sure you can’t look at the menu without it opening an order for delivery.
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This is the key difference between businesses that think they sell food vs. businesses that think they sell an experience and story. The key to good product-market fit is selling what the customer is actually there to buy. Which is all to say, it's a bad choice but often an intentional one.
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And ask them not to take it once I have ordered, I may want more... I may need the prices
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AIUI., that's because Google search downgrades pages that are just a recipe.
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