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Digi-Key has changed and it is not very good
asmi:
Their mobile app is also deteriorating. It used to be my go-to tool I used to research parts, but now it can't open about half of datasheets and so it's becoming borderline unusable :-BROKE
SilverSolder:
I just took Digikey for a test drive, using "555 timer" as a generic search term to see what happens. Overall I didn't get an impression of it being unusably terrible or anything.
I agree that there is never any reason not to show all the filter options at the top of the product page - why would you want to hide a random selection of them? - Waste of time.
I actually like the "marketplace" idea - it can be made to work, I think. Makes Digikey similar to using sites like www.octopart.com to compare suppliers and locate difficult-to-find parts - it makes the Digikey site more of a one-stop-shop. As long as Digikey is the guarantor of transactions in their marketplace... it is in Digikey's interests as much as customers' that "bad actors" are kept out of the marketplace, and customers are made good if they ever do run into problems with a "bad actor" despite efforts made to make that unlikely.
Obviously for this whole concept to work, the search functions have to be laser accurate... we can't be dealing with any of the modern "approximately right" search algos that could only have been developed based on input from focus groups consisting of unusually dull computer illiterates...
eevcandies:
Makes Digikey similar to using sites like www.octopart.com to compare suppliers a
Octopart list distributers like Arrow, Mouser, Digikey,Ffarnell...not BanjoMan37 or BugChips82
If you want to do that, use Octopart, not Digikey. A few years from now you will be saying, I remember when we could count on the parts ordered through Digkey, now half our boards fail from junk that accidentally gets ordered there.
"555 timer" as a generic search term to see what happens. ---you can see what happened, is they can't even sort a list of a dozen prices properly...imagine when you are looking at a list of 300 different opamps.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: eevcandies on October 13, 2020, 07:51:38 pm ---Makes Digikey similar to using sites like www.octopart.com to compare suppliers a
Octopart list distributers like Arrow, Mouser, Digikey,Ffarnell...not BanjoMan37 or BugChips82
If you want to do that, use Octopart, not Digikey. A few years from now you will be saying, I remember when we could count on the parts ordered through Digkey, now half our boards fail from junk that accidentally gets ordered there.
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If I made a mistake ordering stuff on a site that is very clear about what is going on, why would I blame the site?
The problem is surely just this: How obvious is it who you are buying from.
ataradov:
I also just noticed, they don't show price breaks anymore. Now you have to type different amounts manually to figure out what the price would be. Now you can't just round up to 250 even if you only need 200 if 250 happens to be a price break. How stupid (or malicious) are people that though this was a good idea?
Nevermind. Price breaks just moved around.
I thought sorting issues had to do with price breaks, but it does not seem to be the case. They really just can't sort by price.
Yeah, I think my Mouser shopping will increase after that update.
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