Having just got an email in my inbox announcing a Google-provided shopping cart widget just a few hours ago, I decided to check out their demo:
http://checkout.google.com/seller/gsc/beta/demo/index.html
On first glance it all looks pretty nice and appears to work simply as expected. However I quickly noticed a couple of problems that render it unusable in its current state… Anyway, here’s what’s wrong:
– Add an item
– Go to checkout
– Hit back on the browser
– Add another item
Problem: cart widget removes the first item (and any previously added items), and shows newly added item(s) only
– Go to checkout
Problem: error!
Oops!
Google Shopping Cart Demo has sent Google a shopping cart with errors in it. We’ll contact them to ask that they fix this problem. As this could be a temporary issue, you can go back in your browser to try checking out again.
Hmm… looks like QA missed something…
5 replies on “Google Checkout shopping cart beta”
does Google have QA? if they call everything a beta, maybe they think they don’t need it.
Ha! Well either way they are apparently lacking in that particular department… I mean this is not just any small startup with no budget, it’s GOOGLE! This kind of simple mistake — so plainly obvious right upon launch — is just embarrassing, really.
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Hey Ann, I know you couldn’t find anything on that one story about that woman sitting on the toilet.
But I think I got one better for you!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/25/taiwan.missiles/index.html
Any one think that some one might lose there job over this?
Hmm, maybe that’s just the pure genius of Google and why things are “beta”. Everyone using the service becomes a beta tester and they don’t have a need to hire a QA team. Just roll it on out and wait for people to complain.