On 6/12/06, Laura Akerman <liblna_at_emory.edu> wrote:
>
> Amazon's search capabilities are infuriatingly lacking! - for example,
> with a search for classical music (try prokofiev 2nd piano concerto), or an
> artist or author with a common name, or a title with common words. Granted
> I'm usually looking for something a bit obscure, not the latest Mariah Carey
> record. And any kind of subject searching - forget about it.
Some time ago I wrote an article about Topic Maps in which I used my
frustrations with Amazon.com (*) as an example for those of us who
need a little bit extra from their interfaces, and let's face it ; if
you're into classical or baroque music, you're stuffed! I don't know
how many times I've struggled to find even the basics, like different
renditions of the same piece of music. Drives me nuts, and drives me
away, too.
Alex
(*) http://shelter.nu/art-007.html, scroll down to "Music"
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Received on Mon Jun 12 2006 - 20:32:52 EDT