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Re: Pizza Hut’s First Website

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Post by codeulike »

a3n wrote: post #127
CDSlice wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or I could just order online and make sure it is right the first time? Also, there is no way I'd just call in and say "Pickup, a large pizza, half pepperoni, well done" because that just seems incredibly rude so calling would take even more time. Much easier to load the website/app and enter your pizza

Aren't all of you glad that you can order on the web or by phone, as you prefer? Aren't all of you glad that you can use Vim or Emacs, as you prefer? Aren't you all glad that you can shave your yak in a bike shed painted exactly the way you prefer?

Yes but this conversation was about how preferences have changed or not changed

Re: Pizza Hut’s First Website

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Post by yellowapple »

_ea1k wrote: post #99
thrower123 wrote: post #77

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Ordering pizza might be one of the few things that is better to do over the phone than online. It's far quicker to say "Pickup, a large pizza, half pepperoni, well done", than to fight through the combobox salad of seemingly every pizzeria online ordering system.

I disagree, but only because that order will get turned into a large pizza with all pepperoni pretty regularly. Modifiers get lost on phone orders very regularly.

Modifiers get lost on online orders very regularly, too, as I've learned from the sheer number of Uber Eats orders I've placed where my request for "no bun" or "no bread" gets ignored.

Re: Pizza Hut’s First Website

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Post by rasz »

toast0 wrote: post #136
mchaver wrote: post #48

Let's collect all the internet's historical pizza moments. I've collected a few from the comments here and added a few. - 1990, Don Hopkins uses the PizzaTool to fax a pizza order. - 1992, Snow Crash is published. Readers imagine interconnected virtual worlds and action packed pizza delivery. Often quoted book in regards to internet, MMORPGs and pizza. - 1994, Pizza Hut's Pizza Net allows users in Santa Cruz to order…

1999, i-Opener internet appliance released with pizza key on keyboard. https://www.salon.com/2000/07/12/i_opener/

my favorite 'we charge $99 for $500 of hardware, and make it up in volume' .com scam

Re: Pizza Hut’s First Website

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Post by rasz »

axaxs wrote: post #109
stockkid wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had a similar thought when I landed on the site. On the other hand, some features/trends of modern websites could improve some aspects of our user experience. For instance, automatically getting my location could be sometimes useful. Makes me think where the optimal middle ground is.

When ready to order, I agree. However, when browsing for what's available, it's a frustrating experience. The last time I wanted to see prices from Papa Johns, I couldn't. They want you to sign in with your pizza profile, which I didn't have. Ok fine, enter your zip code, then pick delivery or pickup, then pick the store. Why do I need to do all of this to see prices? It more often than not just makes me skip it and…

Because after all that typing you are already invested and its hard to let go all this work to waste, might as well just order and be done with it.

Re: Pizza Hut’s First Website

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Post by conchy »

mchaver wrote: post #48

Let's collect all the internet's historical pizza moments. I've collected a few from the comments here and added a few. - 1990, Don Hopkins uses the PizzaTool to fax a pizza order. - 1992, Snow Crash is published. Readers imagine interconnected virtual worlds and action packed pizza delivery. Often quoted book in regards to internet, MMORPGs and pizza. - 1994, Pizza Hut's Pizza Net allows users in Santa Cruz to order…

you can add the emergence of Lightning Network Pizza for your 2019 entry: https://ln.pizza
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