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| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: E-Design on October 27, 2020, 07:39:05 pm --- --- Quote from: jfiresto on October 23, 2020, 05:09:58 pm ---So why are Digikey's prices now higher compared to some other stocking distributors in traditionally less competitive markets? They did not used to be. Is it really because of their credit crazed customers? I am merely curious. --- End quote --- To me, Digikey has ALWAYS been higher priced. Border lining on highway robbery if you ask me. However, they fit a really important role - buying low quantities of almost anything with fast shipping (US anyways) [...] --- End quote --- Kind of the electronics version of McMaster-Carr. |
| KE5FX:
--- Quote from: Ysjoelfir on October 27, 2020, 06:56:09 pm ---I was wondering what all this is about, as it seemed to work the last time I was browsing digikey extensively (=for more than 5 minutes to look up a part I know). Now... well... take a look. :wtf: There are several misaligned texts, the stupid marketplace thing changed from having to select "exclude" to having to unselect "include" ( :palm: ), and in general the UI feels slow, compared to some days ago. I realy wonder what incompetent person they hired, after searching that: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/jobs/digi-key-search-product-owner/ --- End quote --- That's a disturbing ad, all right. "Wanted: Electrical engineer, strong background in industrial chemical processes required. Experience in fireworks manufacturing helpful. Applications should be sent to NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas." |O |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: Ysjoelfir on October 27, 2020, 06:56:09 pm ---... the stupid marketplace thing changed from having to select "exclude" to having to unselect "include" ( :palm: ) --- End quote --- Well in this, they made a change for the better. Excluding is a “negative” action, and requiring one to select a checkbox to do a negative action requires slightly more cognitive effort than having the selected checkbox mean the “positive” action (“include”). (Remember that in the rest of the search interface, you select the things you want, and unselect the things you don’t want. So having the box be “include” is more consistent.) Of course in a Boolean truth table they’re the exact same thing, but this is something that’s well understood in usability research and design. --- Quote from: Ysjoelfir on October 27, 2020, 06:56:09 pm ---I realy wonder what incompetent person they hired, after searching that: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/jobs/digi-key-search-product-owner/ --- End quote --- Yikes. Yeah, somebody’s head rolled, there’s no way this timing is a coincidence! |
| ataradov:
--- Quote from: tooki on October 28, 2020, 07:51:54 pm ---So having the box be “include” is more consistent. --- End quote --- Having the only checkbox enabled by default is also inconsistent. Yet here we are. There is no need to justify marketing driven decisions. They don't care about anything but money. And in a short term it will probably generate more money. |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: ataradov on October 28, 2020, 07:55:01 pm --- --- Quote from: tooki on October 28, 2020, 07:51:54 pm ---So having the box be “include” is more consistent. --- End quote --- Having the only checkbox enabled by default is also inconsistent. Yet here we are. There is no need to justify marketing driven decisions. They don't care about anything but money. And in a short term it will probably generate more money. --- End quote --- There is no inconsistency in having some checkboxes selected by default, because that’s not something where we need consistency. There is no added cognitive load to identifying the state of a checkbox, whereas there is added cognitive load to parsing the meaning of the state and the title. That’s why, for example, a default-selected checkbox titled “Autocorrect” would be superior to a default-cleared checkbox titled “Don’t autocorrect”. (Never mind the “geniuses” who have the wording change along with the checkbox state, ensuring confusion...) I worked in usability for years, in particular with software interface terminology. And indeed, sometimes the best result (easiest to use) was achieved by reversing the logic of a control. None of what I said about this has anything to do with marketing. |
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