The previous posting talked a little bit about the initial capabilities of Feed Cart, this post will talk a bit about the interface that Feed Cart uses for affiliates to create their product displays.
Currently the Feed Cart interface is a simple linear step based form that uses AJAX technology to create and edit affiliates’ feeds. Prior to public launch the interface will be radically overhauled. The overhauled interface will incorporate the Yahoo! User Interface library (YUI for short). By taking advantage of the powers of YUI, Feed Cart will be able to provide a desktop application like experience for Feed Cart users.
This advanced interface takes a lot of work to create, but it’s worth it in order to provide Feed Cart users the best experience. Due to the length of development, we decided to make a simpler and less advanced interface so we could begin testing other aspects of Feed Cart while the final interface was finalized.
Current Feed Cart alpha testers can expect to see the new interface when they log into Feed Cart beginning at the end of August.