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Re: Cooler screens

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Post by seanalltogether »

alias_neo wrote: post #13

My wife stopped into a local supermarket (in the UK) a couple of weeks ago to grab some things, she came out slightly puzzled and said to me; something along the lines of "what a pain in the arse; all of the freezers have black glass now and I had to open each one to find out what was in them". I was equally puzzled at why on earth they might have done this; It finally occurs to be, having read this, that they must h…

Are they infecting us in the UK as well? I've yet to see a screen on any of our local shops yet but I've been worried this nonsense will make it to us as well.

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by the_gipsy »

m463 wrote: post #14

Is anyone else repulsed by this stuff? The gas pumps that play advertisements while your car fills are incredibly obnoxious and makes me regret being a customer. I think of "tax what you want less of".

I stopped going to my local station brand that blares ads non-stop over loudspeakers while pumping.

Nobody ever measures lost sales due to annoyed customers, it contradicts someone else's project, politics. Like that website that you immediately close when it bombards you with engagement popups.

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by Negitivefrags »

At the start of the article my assumption was that the reason to do this was to save power.

After all, the big glass front is not very thermally efficient. Regular fridges like you have at home have much more insulated doors.

But then we find out that not only is there still glass behind the screen, but also the screen itself is very hot and therefore consumes a lot of power.

Madness.

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Post by robertlagrant »

I was assuming this was some sort of smart shelves idea: you just walk up to the image, scan a QR code, and in the back a human/robot adds your shopping to a cart that you pick up on the way out, and you're automatically billed.

But it's just pictures of what's behind the door when you open it?

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by yvdriess »

robertlagrant wrote: post #25

I was assuming this was some sort of smart shelves idea: you just walk up to the image, scan a QR code, and in the back a human/robot adds your shopping to a cart that you pick up on the way out, and you're automatically billed. But it's just pictures of what's behind the door when you open it?

Worse, it's an ad delivery platform.

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by the_gipsy »

thih9 wrote: post #7

To be fair, this technology could have been introduced in a way that benefits the customer. Some products are smaller than the others, making them harder to spot. Having a well organized and clearly visible directory that is also a guiding system might help. Then again, stores like this are already doing their best to confuse, with those screens or without. No reason to believe screens have been introduced to help th…

There is basically nothing that would net improve UX here.

Amazing that they managed to raise millions.

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by dna_polymerase »

sspiff wrote: post #16

A fun aside: Cooler Screens, the company making these, used to be the CEO of Walgreens, and Walgreens is their only "whale" customer. Walgreens began to sour on the idea of the idea of these screens, and the current CEO basically cancelled the whole deal when he came in, calling them ugly, costly and ineffective. Cooler Screens has been forced to take back many of the screens, which are custom made to the size of the…

This is all covered in the post.

Re: Cooler screens

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Post by nicoburns »

johnnyworker wrote: post #26

What a waste of energy, what a destruction of resources, what a needless cause of toxic materials in landfills. Shame on everyone involved.

If they enable thicker insulation, it’s possible this may actually save power. Thas the only I can think for doing this.
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