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Fast Amazon: Amazon searching made simple
Authored by: hansef on Jun 07, '05 01:40:49PM

Thank you for the kind words. I've been working on adding an "All Products" search and international support for the last couple of days, so version 1.0 should be out soon. Like you said, the number of returned items is an Amazon Web Services thing. In version 2.0, probably out in early July, I will be supporting widget resizing and an additional option to view an item detail page instead of going directly to Safari on clicking a title.

I couldn't make it to WWDC this year, but my dad was there in the audience and he pretty much bursted when he saw that Jobs had used my widget as an example. I tried to make something that was genuinely useful and tastefully designed, not just the usual Amazon referralware that's floating around out there. Hopefully this will have a longer shelf life. Any additional suggestions for improvement anyone has are COMPLETELY welcome. If this type of widget really isn't your thing, period, I understand - but if there's something I can do to make it more useful let me know.

- Hans
Very proud Fast Amazon developer



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Fast Amazon: Amazon searching made simple
Authored by: Trunkmonkey on Jun 07, '05 07:46:14PM
If you haven't already, you might think about hooking up with the Amazon.com Associates Program to make some revenue off the search feature. ;)

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