iAmazon

I had a quick look at iAmazon. This application allows user to search and browse through any of the Amazon sites (what is wrong with France?). It looks promising, but needs more work before it is nice to use. I especially do not like the interface. It should be much more like iTunes. Everything on the interface is now huge.

And I miss a lot of MicroContent Client options.

I guess we will see this functionality in DeliciousLibrary. Is very much like the iTunes MusicStore.

Supported MicroContent Type(s): Product Descriptions •
Rating: This Client gets 19 out of 90 points with checklist version 1.4. • Developer: Claudia Brak • Version: 1.05 •

Checklist:

• MicroContent (2/10) - to what degree does the client support MicroContent Items?
  
  • Structure - YES, Products as used by Amazon;
  • Multiplicity - NO;
  • Flexibility - NO;
  • MicroWeb - NO, although the images corresponding to a book are loaded;
  • Pick-list fields - NO;
  • Merged - NO;
  • Title - YES, for product;
  • Description - NO;
  • Tags - NO;
  • Rating - NO;
  
  
• Interface (3/10) - does the client have the characteristic layout?
  
  • View-pane - NO, most information is visible in the Items-pane;
  • View-pane Styles - NO;
  • View-pane Window - YES;
  • Items-pane - YES;
  • Items-pane Views - NO;
  • Items-pane Sorting - NO;
  • Items-pane Fields - NO;
  • Lists-pane - YES, very limited in the form of a trolley;
  • Browser-pane - NO;
  • Pane layout change - NO;
  
  
• Item functions (2/10)
  
  • View - YES;
  • Create - NO, the Items are based on a search;
  • Edit - NO;
  • Mark - NO;
  • Search - YES, one can search through keywords or product title;
  • Access Control - NO;
  • Duplicate Control - NO;
  • Delete - NO;
  • Persistence - NO, a trolley is delete between application sessions;
  • Downloading - NO;
  
  
• List functions (7/17)
  
  • Local Lists - YES, The Trolley;
  • Connected Lists - NO;
  • Shared Lists - NO;
  • Remote Lists - YES, the search results;
  • Handpicked Lists - YES, the trolley;
  • Smart Lists - NO;
  • Recommendation Lists - NO;
  • List Metadata - NO;
  • Statistics - YES, the total price of the trolley;
  • Directory - NO;
  • Add - YES, to the trolley;
  • Edit - NO;
  • Remove - YES, from the trolley;
  • Show - NO;
  • Backup/revert - NO;
  • Refresh - YES, the price of the trolley;
  • Delete - NO;
  
  
• Group functions (0/9)
  
  • Unlimited Depth - NO;
  • Local Groups - NO;
  • Connected Groups - NO;
  • Shared Groups - NO;
  • Remote Groups - NO;
  • Handpicked Groups - NO;
  • Smart Groups - NO;
  • Recommendation Groups - NO;
  • Directory - NO;
  • Add - NO;
  • Edit - NO;
  • Delete - NO;
  
  
• Import (0/6) - does the client allow for importing Items?
  
  • Classic - NO;
  • Standards - NO;
  • Proprietary - NO;
  • Applications - NO;
  • Bookmarklet - NO;
  • Drag&drop - NO;
  
  
• Export (0/14) - does the client allow for exporting Items?
  
  • Classic - NO;
  • Standard - NO;
  • Proprietary - NO;
  • HTML - NO;
  • Print - NO;
  • Feeds - NO;
  • Local - NO;
  • Connected - NO;
  • Shared - NO;
  • Remote: .Mac - NO;
  • Remote: FTP - NO;
  • Remote: RPC - NO;
  • Drag&drop - NO;
  • Application - YES, to iCal;
  
  
• MacOSX (5/15) - is the client a good MacOSX application?
  
  • Look&Feel - YES;
  • Menu - YES;
  • Toolbar - YES;
  • Alt-click - NO;
  • Ctrl-click - YES;
  • Drag&drop - YES, for adding product to the trolley;
  • Services - NO;
  • Dock - NO;
  • Spotlight - NO;
  • Dashboard - NO;
  • AppleScript - NO;
  • Framework - NO;
  • Menu bar - NO;
  • Plug-ins - NO;
  • Language - NO, just English;