Article declares Ubercart part of "A new breed of open source shopping carts"
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24Sep2008
I got a Google Alert and an e-mail from Wim Mostrey upon returning from lunch today both linking to this article posted on the IT news site InternetNews. The topic of the article is open source shopping carts, and the author reviewed Ubercart alongside of Prestashop and previously Magento as part of a new breed of carts. As you might guess... that makes me happy. 
The Ubercart "brand" continues to stand up independently while at the same time spreading awareness and good karma for Drupal through non-traditional channels like this article and the recent nod in PC Magazine. The review was pretty encouraging, and the author managed to relate the back story of Ubercart quite well without having to consult me regarding the oft confused tale.
What's more, a good majority of her Ubercart review focuses on the strengths of Drupal as a content management system. She points out the advantages of Drupal's modularity and highlights several major contributed modules like CCK, Views, and Userpoints. I'm grateful yet again for the strengths of Drupal as a base for an e-commerce suite.
Check out the article if you feel inclined and post your feedback here.
The Ubercart "brand" continues to stand up independently while at the same time spreading awareness and good karma for Drupal through non-traditional channels like this article and the recent nod in PC Magazine. The review was pretty encouraging, and the author managed to relate the back story of Ubercart quite well without having to consult me regarding the oft confused tale.
What's more, a good majority of her Ubercart review focuses on the strengths of Drupal as a content management system. She points out the advantages of Drupal's modularity and highlights several major contributed modules like CCK, Views, and Userpoints. I'm grateful yet again for the strengths of Drupal as a base for an e-commerce suite.
Check out the article if you feel inclined and post your feedback here. 
Comments
#1 This will probably make you
Submitted by Jacine (not verified) on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 17:18.
This will probably make you happy too
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/24/drupal-developers-toolbox/
#2 Awesome Ryan!! Lots of
Submitted by stephthegeek (not verified) on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 19:04.
Awesome Ryan!! Lots of great press for UC lately.
I just saw that Smashing mag article in my logs too, woohoo.
#3 haha, i clicked the
Submitted by mike (not verified) on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 12:00.
haha, i clicked the prestashop link and the site is down
no 404... seems like the application itself is ded
Uber, ilu
#4 It was such a relief to use
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 23:30.
It was such a relief to use Ubercart after struggling with e-Commerce. This was around 18 months ago, and mostly due to Ubercart's better UI. Since then, features and contribs have been added at a break neck speed. I would strongly recommend that you overhaul/do a UI audit to streamline the Ubercart experience.
With the number of modules and dependencies, Ubercart might be suffering from bloat. I know you provide Ubercart for free. And provide consulting services to recuperate costs. All of which keeps you v. busy. Ubercart has benefited from its focus on UI, hopefully it will continue to prioritize it.
#5 Thanks for the feedback and
Submitted by Ryan on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 15:08.
Thanks for the feedback and good reminders. I'd certainly love to do more work on the existing UI... things just grow old after a bit, right? We have plenty of technical hurdles we need to jump, too, to rethink how we were building these interfaces to begin with. I expect some rewrites in the 3.x version will go a long way toward making the UI more streamlined.