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The Amazon example is so weak. Who the f navigates to a product page by typing the ID in the URL? The only argument I can think of in favor of this proposed al
by dudul 5y ago
The Amazon example is so weak. Who the f navigates to a product page by typing the ID in the URL?
The only argument I can think of in favor of this proposed alternative is if at some point in your business workflow someone needs to manually type an ID and cannot copy paste it. Sounds pretty rare to me. Even support is now done more and more via chat systems.
- henvic 5y agoIt's not rare at all, and that was precisely what made me think about writing about it a while ago (and a recent discussion).
- etblg 5y agoIt's also a URL coming from a link shortener, the slug on it doesn't seem related to any ID on the product page's full URL. The product behind the url could have been using a UUID if they wanted to.
- Zababa 5y ago> The Amazon example is so weak. Who the f navigates to a product page by typing the ID in the URL? Two cases: - screenshots - a page that's on your phone that you want to see on your computer Sure, those are not the most frequent, but I'm glad I don't have to type a UUID each time.