Square Enix Let's talk about the lack of a cart function in the Mogstation please?

[reiichi]

Their site is astoundingly archaic. How do you create a website post-2010 that can't open in new tabs, or even use the freaking Back button?

This is actually related to how the site is designed. At least, the back button portion. Mogstation appears to be running as a REST server or perhaps a servlet. Meaning, the bulk of its code and functions are all processed from a server application that then generates your HTML. Within these types of sites, things are typically session-based and rely on building a final page from multiple server functions. Kinda like getting passed through filters. You can't go back because it was never really there. At least, not in a workable state. What they could do though is instead direct the user back to the main page if any part of the session seems to be invalid.

[Arrelaine]

This is actually related to how the site is designed. At least, the back button portion. Mogstation appears to be running as a REST server or perhaps a servlet. Meaning, the bulk of its code and functions are all processed from a server application that then generates your HTML. Within these types of sites, things are typically session-based and rely on building a final page from multiple server functions. Kinda like getting passed through filters. You can't go back because it was never really there. At least, not in a workable state. What they could do though is instead direct the user back to the main page if any part of the session seems to be invalid.

how dare you use computer things to confuse me!!!!!!! (Hi Franz)

[reiichi]

how dare you use computer things to confuse me!!!!!!! (Hi Franz)

Sup. I've actually been working on a REST API/server for a thing so it's extra fun to discuss. I can't say I like web programming when I have to generate all the HTML. I'd rather use php as my online evil of choice.

[Aster_E]

This is actually related to how the site is designed. At least, the back button portion. Mogstation appears to be running as a REST server or perhaps a servlet. Meaning, the bulk of its code and functions are all processed from a server application that then generates your HTML. Within these types of sites, things are typically session-based and rely on building a final page from multiple server functions. Kinda like getting passed through filters. You can't go back because it was never really there. At least, not in a workable state. What they could do though is instead direct the user back to the main page if any part of the session seems to be invalid.

This makes sense, and would be consistent with logging out while standing on top of someone's house (you end up in the front/side yard). The houses are there to stand on, yes, but they're also NOT there, so logging out causes our positions to default elsewhere, depending on where we started the climb to that roof.

Compare to Kugane's tower where the platforms are all totally there, so the same issue does not exist.

Yeah, I see your point, and yet it does nothing to undo my opinion that the site needs to be designed better to allow for a cart by some basic function. It would simply be nice to see, though also dangerous for those of us whose restraint are only helped by the lack of cart. *shrugs*

[reiichi]

Yeah, I see your point, and yet it does nothing to undo my opinion that the site needs to be designed better to allow for a cart by some basic function. It would simply be nice to see, though also dangerous for those of us whose restraint are only helped by the lack of cart. *shrugs*

Oh, I fully agree that it needs to be improved. My goal was to simply explain how it may currently work, based on experience in the field. If they can handle setting a login session, it really shouldn't be hard to add cart information to that session as well. My guess is this gets more difficult with the single-character items, as that would need to be stored or set before payment or something. Totally doable, but probably not seen as worth the developer resources to implement. (And likely, the people coding for Mog Station are not the same people coding for FFXIV's game servers, although there's probably some overlap!)

[ExKage]

Square Enix, if you're going to advertise items that are being sold on the mogstation, please know that it inconveniences your customers to not have the cart option. I'm sure there are people who stop buying because they got tired of the multiple single transactions.