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Improvements to the site since the beta a few weeks ago. - Added JQuery UI - Each book now has its own detail page - On the book detail page, you can see whe

Improvements to the site since the beta a few weeks ago. - Added JQuery UI - Each book now has its own detail page - On the book detail page, you can see where other hackers all over the web are talking about the book. Good for those who want to research books more before buying - There's an "Ask Question" where you can ask a question. I tried to include the standard questions we get over on HN, but if I missed one, here's the place to add it - There's an "Answer Question" page. Don't like my list of books? Make your own using drag and drop. Site creates an url with your lists of books to answer a particular startup question. You can reuse the url in other places (like HN) - Added a bunch of noscript text so folks without Javascript can still browse the books - Spent way too long on load and response times (Always seems that way, eh?) First hit on an empty cache still sucks, but return hits aren't so bad. Also added several books based on HNers suggestions.

chollida1 16y ago
This looks great! One suggestion I would have is to tell the users upfront about the affiliate links. I don't have a problem with them but the amazon links are minified. For example this is the link the user is shown: http://amzn.to/bkB3gr http://amzn.to/bkB3gr This is what it expands to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688014291?ie=UTF8&tag=whtofi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688014291 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688014291?ie=UTF8&tag=... By not mentioning the affiliate link and only showing an obfuscated link it gives the appearance that you are trying to pull something over on the user. I think a statement on the front page saying that links are affiliate links, or just putting the actual links on the pages would help with gaining the user's trust. Great site:) edit I know see this on the site: external links to amazon are through their affiliate program Great:) Back to reviewing books to buy!
- DanielBMarkham 16y ago
  Fixed. No deception was intended -- I just like being able to track links with Bit.ly real-time instead of waiting overnight for Amazon reporting -- but I can see your point. Hopefully the new text will clear that up. Glad you liked it.
  - chollida1 16y ago
    > No deception was intended I didn't mean to imply that there was. Your reputation here earned you the benefit of the doubt:)
sabat 16y ago
Truly wonderful. It's already been a valuable resource for me. Feature request for those of us who may be checking in from time to time: is there a way to see books recently added to the list? Would be really useful.
- DanielBMarkham 16y ago
  It's RSS-enabled
  - sabat 16y ago
    Not quite what I'm looking for.
    - DanielBMarkham 16y ago
      Ok. I'll add something like a new page on the next drop and let you know. Thanks for the feedback.

chollida1 16y ago

This looks great! One suggestion I would have is to tell the users upfront about the affiliate links. I don't have a problem with them but the amazon links are minified. For example this is the link the user is shown: http://amzn.to/bkB3gr http://amzn.to/bkB3gr This is what it expands to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688014291?ie=UTF8&tag=whtofi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688014291 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688014291?ie=UTF8&tag=... By not mentioning the affiliate link and only showing an obfuscated link it gives the appearance that you are trying to pull something over on the user. I think a statement on the front page saying that links are affiliate links, or just putting the actual links on the pages would help with gaining the user's trust. Great site:) edit I know see this on the site: external links to amazon are through their affiliate program Great:) Back to reviewing books to buy!

DanielBMarkham 16y ago
Fixed. No deception was intended -- I just like being able to track links with Bit.ly real-time instead of waiting overnight for Amazon reporting -- but I can see your point. Hopefully the new text will clear that up. Glad you liked it.
- chollida1 16y ago
  > No deception was intended I didn't mean to imply that there was. Your reputation here earned you the benefit of the doubt:)

sabat 16y ago

Truly wonderful. It's already been a valuable resource for me. Feature request for those of us who may be checking in from time to time: is there a way to see books recently added to the list? Would be really useful.

DanielBMarkham 16y ago
It's RSS-enabled
- sabat 16y ago
  Not quite what I'm looking for.
  - DanielBMarkham 16y ago
    Ok. I'll add something like a new page on the next drop and let you know. Thanks for the feedback.