I know I haven't done any work on AmazonRank in a while. Today, when I noticed that it was published on Flex.org and it was having some issues, I thought that I should put some work into it to get it to return results better.

The ehancements I made to this version are:

• Improved error-catching to eliminate issues with Amazon data attributes that don't exist for a given item
• Added a height attribute to the item rows to eliminate the issue where titles with many words would push other items off the display in the widget
• Background of the application is now invisible so the widget merges in seamlessly with your website.

You can download this update at RIAForge:

You can see a demo on the bottom left-hand column of this page or any other of my blog pages.

I have added a couple of features to my AmazonRank widget. You can now click on any of the items in the list and the widget will fade in the item detail for the selected item. The detail shows you the full name of the title, author, actual Amazon SalesRank, and the price.

Additionally, you can jump to the product page on Amazon.com from the item detail.

I have also updated the download on RIAForge. Click the link below to check it out.

My Amazon Rank widget has been updated to 0.21a due to some graphical changes. An example of these changes are to the left.

Now I know there are quite a few features missing still, but I would like to get some additional ideas. Please comment below and leave suggestions. Thanks!

My Amazon Rank Widget project just got approved on RIAForge.