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dukedalton wrote: »I just bought something on eBay and have only just realised I forgot to put in my Identification Number after my name in the address. How is this going to complicate things for me?!
If you name and mobile is on it, then you should still get it fine but will take a few extra days. You might get a friendly sticker to remind you not to do it again
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Parcel Motel: Orla wrote: »We can send it to our Nightline depot in Oranmore for no extra charge. We have Nightline depots in Belfast, Sligo, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Kerry and Dublin.
Thanks, that's good to know, can't always be sure of parcel sizes.0 -
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Been using this myself for ages, delighted with it. Introduced my dad to it over the weekend and did a pickup with him at the Cork Midleton Topaz.
The only problem I have with the pickup is that the touchscreen monitors are notoriously bad. You can sometimes push all you like and it doesn't register. The one at the Cork Midleton Topaz seemed worse than the others, it timed out as we were trying to key in the confirmation code.
These really need to be looked at, or else newer Motels need something better. Whats wrong with a simple screen with the kind of manual buttons like you get on an ATM? The current Motels touchscreens are not quite up to par I'm afraid
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Chris_5339762 wrote: »Been using this myself for ages, delighted with it. Introduced my dad to it over the weekend and did a pickup with him at the Cork Midleton Topaz.
The only problem I have with the pickup is that the touchscreen monitors are notoriously bad. You can sometimes push all you like and it doesn't register. The one at the Cork Midleton Topaz seemed worse than the others, it timed out as we were trying to key in the confirmation code.
These really need to be looked at, or else newer Motels need something better. Whats wrong with a simple screen with the kind of manual buttons like you get on an ATM? The current Motels touchscreens are not quite up to par I'm afraid
Try using the screen if rain is falling onto it, it keeps resetting itself to the home screen.0 -
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Irish Steve wrote: »from much experience, the height and angle of the screen causes parallax errors, if you try pressing what appears to be close to the top of the button rather than the centre, the results are usually better,
Work on the basis of projecting a line out of the front of the screen at 90 degrees to the centre of the button you want, allowing for the angle of the screen, then go up a bit, the results are usually much better.
From a technical aspect, there is way too much white space on the screen, all of the buttons could be a lot larger without causing any issues on the screen, the possible snag is the sensitivity of the touch screen sensors
I would prefer to see much larger icons and buttons, with a lot more separation between the buttons, as that would help alleviate the problem, and it's not a major programming change to do that, as there's no programming change as such, most of the work is with the graphics layout setting.
I've said it before but a couple of outline stickers on the touchscreen properly aligned would do wonders without being too obtrusive
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I've said it before but a couple of outline stickers on the touchscreen properly aligned would do wonders without being too obtrusive
It might, but it might also cause as many problems as it solves.
I'd prefer to see more white space between each button, both vertically and horizontally, along with larger fonts for the more visually challenged,
Making the border larger would not be an issue either.
The possible problem with sticking anything on the screen is that they attract dirt, and mosture, both of which are not good for touch screens, depending on the technology that's being used. If it's a scanning system that is detecting above the screen as such, no big deal, but if it's using embedded wires in the screen, then the screen needs to be clean.
The ATM style keyboards that someone suggested, well, sorry, forget them, I used to work on ATM's too many years ago, and we had to regularly strip keyboards down to get grit and dust out of the O ring seals that were necessary to keep water out of the insides. We also used to get problems with gurriers filling the keyboards with superglue, which was a PAIN to fix.
Now, here's another thought, which would help some people. How about a Bluetooth interface on the PC that could then communicate with a mobile, which would allow the user to be validated over bluetooth. Might be some security issues to be teased out, but might work.
Not sure if this is an issue for anyone, there's a lot of green in use at the moment, does anyone with Red/green colour blindness issues have any trouble using the Motel screens, I don't have a problem with colour vision, so I can't tell if it's an issue for anyone else.Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁
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Irish Steve wrote: »It might, but it might also cause as many problems as it solves.
I'd prefer to see more white space between each button, both vertically and horizontally, along with larger fonts for the more visually challenged,
Making the border larger would not be an issue either.
The possible problem with sticking anything on the screen is that they attract dirt, and mosture, both of which are not good for touch screens, depending on the technology that's being used. If it's a scanning system that is detecting above the screen as such, no big deal, but if it's using embedded wires in the screen, then the screen needs to be clean.
The ATM style keyboards that someone suggested, well, sorry, forget them, I used to work on ATM's too many years ago, and we had to regularly strip keyboards down to get grit and dust out of the O ring seals that were necessary to keep water out of the insides. We also used to get problems with gurriers filling the keyboards with superglue, which was a PAIN to fix.
Now, here's another thought, which would help some people. How about a Bluetooth interface on the PC that could then communicate with a mobile, which would allow the user to be validated over bluetooth. Might be some security issues to be teased out, but might work.
Not sure if this is an issue for anyone, there's a lot of green in use at the moment, does anyone with Red/green colour blindness issues have any trouble using the Motel screens, I don't have a problem with colour vision, so I can't tell if it's an issue for anyone else.
It's a typical resistive touch screen. I also find that on some Parcel Motels the calibration is way off.
Still though very minor complaints for an overall fantastic service.0
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