Posted by JDS on 11/10/05 17:23

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:50:05 -0800, Bob wrote:

> Hi Folks!

Hi to you too.

> I hope you are all doing well.

Actually I am doing quite poorly but it is a long story.

> I have a website that I've created and I'm wondering if I can ask for
> some quality Q & A and some feedback on it. The program is for order
> taking for restaurants.
>
> I'd like to have some comments on it. But pleez don't tell me it needs
> more graphics!!!

It needs more graphics.

No, but seriously, it sucks. I have to agree with the other respondees.
And I haven't even looked at the HTML/CSS validity or coding.

Think of it from the point of view of a user. How does one order
something from a restaurant, either in person or on the phone? One looks
in a menu and then says in plain speak what the order is. It is not
complicated -- even if the menu is very long.

IMO, a restaurant order system should be very very very easy to use. I
actually have seen some good examples at "restaurants" that have a
website-like menu kiosk system.

Examples (I am in Maryland, you may not have these stores in Florida) can
be found at Sheetz and at Royal Farms.

The kiosk has a touch screen.

There is a simple entry screen that lists the half dozen or so different
high-level categories -- sandwich, fried chicken, hamburgers, etc.. Click
on one (touch with your finger, actually) and it goes to a sub menu

Sub menus have things like toppings, extras (fries, drinks), , etc. All
separated onto simple, uncluttered pages. i.e. condiments is not on the
same page as drink choices.

There are lots of big, friendly, obvious *pictures* of what is being
ordered at every stage of the ordering process.

There is a tally sheet on the right that lists everything that has been
ordered and your running total.

Do yourself a favor and go find a system like this, either in person or on
the web, that has been done already. Mimic it (i.e. copy it verbatim).
Plagarism is the sincerest form of flattery. Don't reinvent the wheel.
Necessity is the mother of inventing menu taking systems. Don't look a
gift horse in its flat pancakes. You've made your fence, now you have to
sleep on it. etc.

Just my opinion. later...

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