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B: Yeah, but … yeah, we could’ve. But I like single-page applications. They feel more responsive. It's not more responsive when you break the basic functionali
by ctide 12y ago
B: Yeah, but … yeah, we could’ve. But I like single-page applications. They feel more responsive.
It's not more responsive when you break the basic functionality of the web. Open in new tab has basically never worked with Instacart's site. I see that they attempted to remedy it a bit since the last time I placed an order (about a month ago). Now instead of generating hashbang URLs that the frontend completely ignores, it just generates broken URLs instead such as: https://www.instacart.com/store/whole-foods/departments/whole-foods/departments/89/aisles/985 https://www.instacart.com/store/whole-foods/departments/whol.... I get that there are a lot of challenges involved in building a business like this, but a frontend that's had basic functionality totally broken for months shouldn't be one of them.
- baddox 12y agoI suspect that responsiveness is more strongly correlated with sales than the ability to share URLs or open them in new tabs.
- hayksaakian 12y agoI suspect that "responsiveness" is a post-hoc justification for: > But I like single-page applications
- shiftb 12y agoI'm really sorry about that bug and how long it's been broken for you. We'll have it fixed tomorrow. We've worked hard to ensure basic browser functionality works. Every link on Instacart should work like a normal anchor tag would. This specific issue has less to do with it being a single-page app, and more to do with those specific Department/Aisle View More links being improperly formatted.
- ctide 12y agoThe current issue is not due to single page app, the previous one was. That one was prevalent for about a year since I was using your site when I lived in SF and noticed it then, and it still had the same issue when it launched in Boulder recently.
- russell_h 12y agoOne thing that impresses me about Instacart is how fast they're iterating on their web interface. My wife and I have been using it for probably a year now, and hardly a week goes by that something isn't noticeably different, usually for the better.