We have vertical scales like "16.1 16.6 17.0 17.5" because how the data is, and rounding problems. So for the last two years, I cannot convince our software team, that dumb "let the computer decide" autoscaling on graphs is not good. Oh don even let me get started on web development. DK’s site for Switzerland, for example, is still using the old interface. it looks like DK is testing the updated UI on US customers only. DK’s parametric search isn’t perfect, but it’s hands-down the best of any electronics distributor, and possibly the best I’ve ever seen anywhere, for any kind of product. DK seems to choose carefully, and makes it trivially easy to exclude them, but I’ve never needed to yet, since only a vanishingly tiny percentage of DK’s SKUs are marketplace. So other than for books, I’d say that these days, 90% of the search results on (the Amazon for Switzerland) can’t actually be shipped here.) IMHO they’re the poster child of marketplace done wrong. (It’s maddening for Switzerland because FBA vendors cannot ship here, yet there’s no way to eliminate them from search. (I ordered a TI book from the TI website, and while the name “Digi-Key” didn’t appear anywhere, it shipped in the same exact types of packing materials as DK (same slashed paper padding, blue zip bags, and label layouts), and shipped from Thief River Falls.) I have nearly entirely stopped using Amazon because of the marketplace BS. DK has supported drop-shipping from manufacturers for a while, and DK itself handles logistics for some manufacturers’ own stores. Although "sort by price" seems disabled?Īt least Digi-Key’s marketplace seems to consist only of carefully curated vendors. Who authorized the change? Right now, Mouser's website is better for parametric searches most of the time. This is going to be another bombshell when Production calls and there are problems with the build. I think Supply Chain or Purchasers will be tempted to procure from Marketplace vendors because of the lower price or inventory (stock) they have, riding on Digikey's reputation or name as being OK. If I want to buy cheaper, shady components I wouldn't bother with Digikey at all. The whole reason to pay so much extra for Digikey is that the parts are authentic and traceable. These small "marketplace" vendors I've never heard of are surely a backdoor for counterfeit or repackaged components. Why waste so much money on web developers that don't even know or understand electronics, pico or micro? The Radix sort, the long columns with "5mm, 5.02mm, 5.05mm, 5.07mm, 5.12mm" are just stupid to click to death on when you simply want a 5mm part. How's your mobile experience? Every week they mess around and cripple some aspect. I strongly dislike Digikey's direction: now a bimbo website that looks pretty but bloated and slow AF with analytics and buggy Javascript that doesn't work well enough to even use the site many times.
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