The next time you make a shopping trip to Amazon.com, you may be in for a surprise. The Net’s largest retailer will be rolling out significant design changes to its online store — changes that some say make the site more tablet friendly. The new design is airier than the old one. There’s more white space on the home page. The navigation bar on the right side of the page is gone. The search bar on the page is larger, too, making it easier to poke with a finger on a tablet. And product photos are clickable links. Click on a pic and you’re taken to its product page.
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Amazon Redesign: Limbering Up for Tablet Action?
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. September 8, 2011 09:29 AMThe next time you make a shopping trip to Amazon.com, you may be in for a surprise. The Net’s largest retailer will be rolling out significant design changes to its online store — changes that some say make the site more tablet friendly. The new design is airier than the old one. There’s more white space on the home page. The navigation bar on the right side of the page is gone. The search bar on the page is larger, too, making it easier to poke with a finger on a tablet. And product photos are clickable links. Click on a pic and you’re taken to its product page.