General UI Issues with Square POS

We've been using Square for over 2 weeks now and the payment processing side is a bliss. Absolute godsend. It's definitely been a talking point amongst existing and new customers as the business has already been around for several years. It's certainly an improvement from the traditional till.

 

Anyway, we've been using the Square POS app at the same time and it has made taking orders alot simpler - in most cases. What we do find is there are limitations which lead to confusions. They are only a couple of minor pointers but it would make life so much easier as a cafe so we're not wasting time going back and forth.

 

1). Instead of clicking the (X) icon on the top left of the boxes, when clicking off screen (the shaded area) can this close the box too?

 

2). When selecting a product within a category; for example, if I select sandwiches and then my list of sandwiches are displayed. I select one and choose the additional options, after adding we are taken back to the main checkout page. What would be useful is that - for us - customers tend to order products from the same category at the same time. So instead of taking us back to the checkout page can the system take us back to the category list incase there was another item we needed in that category? (if that makes sense)

 

One of my cashiers gave me this feedback as they're using it the majority of the time.

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1) I have no idea where this is referring too, but wherever it is - it sounds sensible! 

2) There are a few screenshots in the beta community of the new app (only open to testers in US right now..... bah!). But looks like it should solve the issue here. Worth checking out 👍🏻

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Hi @thecafeguy, these are really great suggestions! With regards to the first one point - is this when you are looking to close the item box, or just any box that pop up? I just want to get a bit more details before passing it over to our Product team as a feature request. 

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Aye, so when you click on a product it brings up a dialog box. It would be ideal if you clicked anywhere but the box area it closed down instead of having to click the (X) icon in the corner.

 

As for the second point, it would just make life easier for us when adding products from the same category. At the moment whenever you add a product it takes you straight back to the checkout main screen. Ideally we want it to take us back to the category page we were on incase we have a customer who wants something from the same category but different product.

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Thanks for the context, @thecafeguy! I've flagged this with our team now so they can consider it for future Square Point of Sales app release.

 

Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you in the meantime.

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