They would be wise to do so the ability to purchase e-books would be a nice complement to the site. We could personalize the site through the My Bookshelf feature, which allows subscribers to save often-used books and includes a collaboration interface for sharing comments and sections of books. However, the site doesn't use personalization technology to recommend books. The site includes a thorough privacy statement, and it is a member of the nonprofit Truste network. Truste is reworking its privacy standards based on recent criticisms of its inability to punish software-based violations such as those caused by some RealNetworks Inc. applications.
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A one-week free trial is also avail able. The revamped site, which made its debut last month, is extremely well-designed, especially considering how much is there. Key to its usability are several custom entry points, which focus users based on their needs. Although the difference between the ASP pages and the XML-generated pages caused some design and navigation problems in tests, it makes sense for any site this large to implement new technologies one section at a time. John Zoglin, Dell's director of online technology, in Round Rock, Texas, said internally developed scripts and XML are used for most of the site content, although the initial redesign was done by design partner frogdesign.