Restrict max number of product scans.

[bhattabhi013]

Problem

The user can scan as many products as he wants.

Proposed solution

Cap max number of scan cards on the scan page to 25.

Part of

• Launch Blocking (and nice to have) Smoothie features #655

[monsieurtanuki]

As an end-user I do not support this issue. When I read "The user can scan as many products as he wants.", I said "Of course!". Then I said that it was considered as a problem...

Regardless, whatever is done here, you guys must be clever about the UX:

• 25 is only half of the number of breakfast cereals in my shop. If I want to do a "breakfast cereals" session, would that be possible?
• OK you want to cap to 25. What happens if I try to scan number 26? A blue screen of death? A message? What action is needed then on the user side?
• Will that be capped only on the carousel or also on the (future) scan product list page?
• I suggest as a test to lower the limit to 5

[bhattabhi013]

Hi @monsieurtanuki,

• As of now, I was thinking to display a message to the user when he tries to scan the 26th product and he can remove some individual products from the earlier scanned list.
• I thought of starting the capping with the carousel and then proceeding with the user experience.

After reading your comments and suggestions above, I think you are right, if we say that the user can scan as many products as he wants and then limit the scans to 25 won't make any sense.

[monsieurtanuki]

What makes sense is saying that the carousel is not well designed for 25 items. And the user should be able to clear the carousel or remove chosen items. How can the user do that today?

[M123-dev]

Current status:

• The clear all button on top
• The cross needed to remove one product from the product carousel is missing #1295

[monsieurtanuki]

Thank you @M123-dev. Soon the user will be able to display the scan list a bit like the history, and to dismiss items from it.
What shall we do then for the current issue? Maybe open a pop-up after 25 items "hey it's a bit too much, do you want to remove some items?" and open the scan history page?

[teolemon]

• I think the 25 limit is something that was discussed at some point, but I don't believe it's a priority right now to ship in time for May 23rd.
• The cross needed to remove one product from the product carousel is missing #1295 would be a more valuable use of time on that topic

[monsieurtanuki]

@teolemon I'm currently working on lists. But I cannot work on #1295 (I cannot scan on my emulator). @bhattabhi013 Do you feel like working on #1295 instead of this current issue?

[bhattabhi013]

Sure, I'll work on #1295 . Should I close this one?

[monsieurtanuki]

@bhattabhi013 Yes please close it. You'll reopen it or open a new issue if needed.