Comments on: Window Shopping the Amazon Way

By: Property Man

Property Man — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:36:11 +0000

just checked out this site. It is the most awful shopping experience I have ever had. I know I’m my very own type of demographic, but I really wonder what their results have been with this method.

By: Scott Salwolke

Scott Salwolke — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:00 +0000

To me its a mistake and actually annoying to view. But the main problem is what I like best about amazon.com, the text. The reviews of books or products by both professionals and consumers. I’m not sure how this will appeal to consumers after a couple of visits.

By: Chris TT

Chris TT — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:26:16 +0000

Very cool – tried it out on my 16yr old daughter who loved it!

Frustrated that you can use the mouse with what is visible on screen but not able to move off screen with the mouse.

Think that the books have room/should have information when in the overview section but obviously this is a technical issue due to what happens when you zoom in.

Also, I’m busy and won’t remember to come back every Tuesday and neither will my daughter. We would though if we could sign-up.

Overall though, excellent for the mainstream market.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:07:01 +0000

The “idea” is interesting, but to me the execution ends up being just to much “visual noise.” Some kind of interest based experience that leads the user past windows that might actually interest them.

This kind of random approach, I think, will prove to be just another page of internet eye candy.

Cheers,
Adam

By: ecommy

ecommy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:46:32 +0000

Really great services, the reason I think they ask customers to come back each Tuesday is a simple way to make the new visitors into loyal customers.

Even if I can’t find anything that I like, who knows maybe next Tuesday I will…

On classic e-commerce websites I doubt a new visitor will come back just to check if this time, THAT product is for sale now.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:13:27 +0000

I think I figured out why they push you back to the top when you use the right or left arrows. It’s because the titles are organized by category vertically. So they assume if you want to move over, you want to start browsing a new category.

Clearly though, this should have had some more thought put into it from a useability standpoint.

By: Tertius

Tertius — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:52:10 +0000

Genius, one thing I wanted to see was the bandwidth requirements.

We have slower connections than normal here in South Africa (we have DSL but it’s not 10mbit, but you have to pause to youtube and let it buffer/cache before you can enjoy the video…). But even the slow one that I’m on at the moment suits it perfectly.

Genius.

Agreed that it should be integrated into Amazon using your personal data if applicable.

By: Bryan Markham

Bryan Markham — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:38:07 +0000

I totally agree that it is annoying to get pushed to the top. From user testing I have heard a few users asking for a site such as this. This just may be the future of shopping!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:37:46 +0000

Great gee whiz factor, pretty much uninteresting to me as a shopper. If it was tied to my previous purchases and actually relevant to me then I find it useful. Now I’m impressed but not have no plans to use it to shop.

By: Joshua Briley

Joshua Briley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:26:05 +0000

Paul,

I have the same complaint. Of course, I wish I would have thought of the concept. It’s really pretty amazing.

By: Bryan Eisenberg

Bryan Eisenberg — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:41 +0000

Paul I agree left or right should be just that.

By: Paul Stoltzfus

Paul Stoltzfus — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:19:44 +0000

Pretty cool. Kinda weird. Zoom in and out is VERY cool. Annoyed that when I hit R or L arrow, I am pushed all the way to the top of a row instead of taking the scent of the image I see RIGHT THERE.