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amelius on Oct 5, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stripe Press

Did you actually like that "UI"?

I personally was annoyed that I couldn't open the books.

And rendering books in 3D is nothing more than a visual gimmick, not really a UI in any way.

It also reeks of skeomorphism which is nothing new and was certainly not invented by Stripe.

If Amazon presented their book catalogue like this, users would walk away. And to test this statement, let's see if Amazon copies this (I bet not).

freyir on Oct 6, 2021 [–]

It’s a poor comparison. Stripe Press can effectively show a dozen books like this. Amazon can’t show 30 million books like this.

amelius on Oct 6, 2021 | [–]

Amazon can show you a selection, based on your search-query or based on your previous purchases, etc.

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