New Amazon.com orders page in beta

November 4, 2009 @ 8:31 pm

Amazon.com has a new Orders page that’s currently in beta testing if you log in to your account. The new orders page shows your current and previous orders in a clearer way and gives you access to tracking information without having to load another page. Overall, it’s a welcome improvement over their current orders page.

YouTube unveils movie trailers page

June 25, 2009 @ 2:11 pm

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YouTube has finally dedicated an actual page for movie trailers, which is welcome news because I hate relying on YouTube users to upload trailers properly (because most can’t).

This is sure to rival Apple’s own movie trailers page once more trailers are added. And surprisingly, all of the studios are allowing the videos to be embedded which is nice.

Here’s the trailer for Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (just for fun).

Loving City of Darkness

March 13, 2009 @ 6:11 pm

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I’ve literally been captivated by the pages of City of Darkness all day. This book is fast becoming one of my favorites on my bookshelf.

New item page pops up at eBay

January 30, 2009 @ 10:50 am

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eBay has launched a revamped item listing page and I think it does a much better job of bringing important item information up front to the user. And finally, eBay realized that it was ridiculous to put additional pictures of an item below the description. So now all of the images are at the top similar to an Amazon.com listing.

It’s yet to be determined if the relocated “Related Items” panel will make eBay more money, but it’ll definitely get those items more exposure. Previously, the “Related Items” bar was way, way down at the bottom of the page — the least viewed portion of the site.

The new item page for eBay isn’t perfect in any sense, but compared to its previous arrangement this is far superior.