Store usability

I haven't seen any threads on this yet, and I'm not sure if it's buried any where else, however there should be some discussion/warning on the store usability and problems a number of us had during the beta. Admittedly I haven't used the store recently, so things may have improved. I'm sure I'll be corrected... :)

Here's some issues:

1. It's accessed as external web pages and is generally quite sluggish to respond.
2. Navigation is painful at times with limited back button functionality and/or bread crumbs. There's no easy way to just browse through the items without using the menu on the left and it's pop-out sub-menus.
3. You see very few items on the screen at a time.
4. You can't preview items such as cosmetics.
5. During beta it was possible to purchase items that you already had (say because you were a VIP) e.g. wardrobe - the shop did not remove/disable these items. So you could waste points on them.
6. A number of items did not have clear descriptions, including if it was character vs account vs server item.

(I'm sure I've missed things... :) )

I know a number of people had the store just suck up their points and not deliver anything, but I'd bet that was just a glitch during beta testing.

Some of the above should be easy to fix, but keep it in mind if they go live with what we saw in beta.