A great list from the folks at Mashable.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
KonaKart updates
KonaKart – one of a small number of Java based carts, just announced a release; InfoQ discusses it here. I spoke to John Hornsby of KonaKart about the advantages of using Java (versus PHP) for cart development. My thinking was that the biggest win was the elimination of bugs up front because of Java’s type-safety, but John’s take was much more expansive:
“Different people will have different reasons for choosing Java over PHP but generally it gives you a far richer, more-elegant, multi-tiered development environment than PHP and offers much greater scope for scalability, security and performance.”
The abundance of formally trained, professional Java software developers can’t hurt either. It will be interesting to follow this work as it develops. Good luck to the KonaKart team!
Using feedback to improve sales: the Return-O-Meter
A great idea from ShoeLine.com – the Return-O-Meter. 
When you’re shopping for a shoe, you can quickly see not only how frequently the shoe was returned, but the reason for the return.
