I read the other comments before looking at your site and initially agreed with comatose_kid. I still think if I were looking for a specific item, or buying lots of items than I would prefer to use amazon's interface directly. However for "I think I'll buy a book to read over the weekend but don't know what" browsing I quite like it.
Suggestion: The navigation/search/shopping basket box on the top left takes up space and interrupts browsing (imho). Have you considered putting it in a bar going across the whole page, or alternatively adding a minimize/maximize button to it?
I like your suggestion of making the nav box minimizable. That could reduce the actions to just icons, taking up very little space. A bar across the top would be nice too, but I have other plans for that space... :)
I read the other comments before looking at your site and initially agreed with comatose_kid. I still think if I were looking for a specific item, or buying lots of items than I would prefer to use amazon's interface directly. However for "I think I'll buy a book to read over the weekend but don't know what" browsing I quite like it.
Suggestion: The navigation/search/shopping basket box on the top left takes up space and interrupts browsing (imho). Have you considered putting it in a bar going across the whole page, or alternatively adding a minimize/maximize button to it?