I just stumbled upon something pretty impressing:
Zoomii's bookstore uses a Google Maps -like interaction design pattern
to display Amazon's books in an impossibly big bookshelf that can be
zoomed in and out. You can fly to any shelf and pick a book. It works
inside a browser without plugin
That's very interesting idea, I think.
Very nice implementation as well.
However it misses most important part of bookstore experience --
ability to go through pages, take a look at different sections and so
on (which is understandable because of all copyright stuff and so on).
Anyway, good food
Overall I think it's a really cool idea. The shelf experience was so
similar to real life that I actually tried to flip through the books
like you can in a bookstore! It did take me a couple of seconds to
figure out how to navigate around to different section and how to
zoom into sections, but over
Parts of it I like, parts of it I don't like. At first I thought this was
all Flash. I don't think it is, so that's pleasantly surprising what you can
still achieve without it. On the other hand, while it may not be directly
the fault of the author, though still counts against him, the graphical
pe
The brilliant thing about Google Maps for maps is that the infinite
drag and scroll technique is being used to display data that is
inherently 2 dimensional and infinite (if you consider flattened
projections and wrapping around the Earth, of course), so the
interface is a nearly optimal portal int
Are the responses to this site just further proof that interaction designers
can't be happy with anything?
The learning curve is low, the experience is rich. It's enjoyable,
interesting, and engaging. It offers a search method so you can still find
books not showing, and even offers an easy way to
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are the responses to this site just further proof that interaction designers
> can't be happy with anything?
Of course. That's the first tenet of IxD, is it not? If users don't
like something, the problem clearly lie
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Petteri Hiisilä <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I just stumbled upon something pretty impressing:
>
> Zoomii's bookstore uses a Google Maps -like interaction design pattern to
> display Amazon's books in an impossibly big bookshelf that can be zoomed in
> and out. You
The back button works with this site... brilliant! *clink*
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So it was neat to use but would I use it to buy my next
book...probably not. I would rather see related books together or
other things like recommendations or comments which I feel Amazon
does very well hence I will go there instead.
If I could see "my bookshelf" and then get recommendations base
Maybe this has already been articulated, but the whole concept of 'browsing' a
store for a book site seems flawed to me. I can't remember the last time I
browsed a bookstore looking to stumble on an interesting book (I love books,
bookstores, and the general ambiance, however browsing a bookstor
About half the time I spend in a book store, even if I came for
something specific, I'm just browsing and hoping to come across
something good.
I liked how the back button allowed me to retrace my steps until I
realized my steps were pretty short. "Click click click click click
click click..."
G
This is a neat idea which has been better implemented (schematic.com),
but I don't believe it will revolutionize the online shopping
industry any time soon. Though searches on Amazon or half.com can
always give you a few lemons, the traditional text-based interface
lends itself to a quick scan. I w
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