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July 17, 2002

Amazon made usable
Posted by Teresa at 03:41 PM *

Boingboing already blogged this, and I don’t care. It’s too useful. Basically, it’s Amazon stripped down to its working essentials.

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#1 ::: Erik V. Olson ::: (view all by) ::: July 17, 2002, 04:06 PM:

People need to note this lessons. Simple interfaces are often the best.

#2 ::: Janet Lafler ::: (view all by) ::: July 17, 2002, 06:58 PM:

Indeed. I haven't used Amazon in a couple of years because I got fed up with the clutter. (Besides, I generally prefer to support Powells.) This is nice to know about.

#3 ::: David Moles ::: (view all by) ::: July 17, 2002, 07:23 PM:

Someone ought to do the same thing for Powells' Union Bookstore.

#4 ::: John Farrell ::: (view all by) ::: July 18, 2002, 11:05 AM:

On a related Amazon subject, has anyone heard anything about sites like Junglescan.com for its ability to track sales ranking on Amazon?

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