Browse Amazon, Randomly

Post by logn » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 7:21 PM UTC

bertomartin wrote: post #4

Another thing, make an obvious link to the amazon page. something like "see it on amazon.com"

Post by hmason » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

marquis wrote: post #10

whelps wrote: post #2

I understand where the name came from, but bookbookgoose just doesn't work for me. Its just too long and unwieldy for me. As for the service itself, I am not sure what type of customer this is servicing. Are there people out there that are trying to find random books to read without any context (i.e. subject matter, recommendations from others, etc.)? Now, I think this would be a lot more useful if you could perhaps…

it's probably a play on duckduckgo.

Post by lrm » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 8:30 PM UTC

hmason wrote: post #14

marquis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's probably a play on duckduckgo.

It's a play on "duck duck goose", the children's game. The similarity to duckduckgo was unintentional, but I like it. I actually wanted to call it "bookroulette", but all permutations of that domain were taken.

Post by CrankyPants » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 9:29 PM UTC

marquis wrote: post #10

whelps wrote: post #2

I understand where the name came from, but bookbookgoose just doesn't work for me. Its just too long and unwieldy for me. As for the service itself, I am not sure what type of customer this is servicing. Are there people out there that are trying to find random books to read without any context (i.e. subject matter, recommendations from others, etc.)? Now, I think this would be a lot more useful if you could perhaps…

it's probably a play on duckduckgo.

Post by gourneau » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 9:45 PM UTC

  setInterval(function(){$("#book_next").click()}, 500)

  function getParameterByName(name) {
      var match = RegExp('[?&]' + name + '=([^&]*)').exec(window.location.search);
      return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
  }

  if (getParameterByName("auto")){
	  setInterval(function(){$("#book_next").click()}, getParameterByName("auto"))
  }