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Amazon.com aids customers purchase decisions in a variety of ways. For example, Amazon keeps track

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Amazon.com aids customers purchase decisions in a variety of ways. For example, Amazon keeps track of customer’s order history from their database which collects information on the items that the customer purchase and groups them into convenient categories. The reason for this is to build a profile on the customer which is then used to market items on the customer’s homepage that they would be more apt to buy. Amazon also groups items by pairing certain items. One example is that if the customer is buying pans, Amazon will have a column for items that are frequently bought together and label them as such, assuming that the person buying pans would probably also need a set of cooking utensils. While these spots are basically ads for …show more content…

Websites are developing new types of user interface design and taking advantage of quicker network systems. These new interface designs often allow users to view and manipulate large quantities of data. Some examples of the new interface ideas include the slider based filtering, treemaps and the frag and drop.
The user interface design of Amazon’s Diamond Search uses click and drag sliders to allow users to broaden a wide range criteria. The page then automatically updates to show how many results conform to the users’ selected criteria. Fisheye menus are very common for Amazon and are very useful in helping users to select items. Menus like this are used by Amazon to provide excellent features by changing the size of menu to provide a magnified- focus.
Treemaps is another user interface design in which data modified. Treemaps enable Amazon to present complicated data relationships. Drag and drop is another type of user interface designs that makes use of users’ familiarity with moving elements around. For example, Amazon allows users to either click a ‘button/plus symbol” to add an item to their cart or drag-and drop the item into it. Amazon is a successful company because it’s always innovating their systems, features and taking advantage of its opportunities. The user interface is a set of commands or menus in which the user enters

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