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Post by buyparts » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

matt_the_bass wrote: post #11

Sorry. I found this a little difficult to use. I searched for a few terms and had results that seemed to be in a wide range of categories. Take a look a digikeys search results as an example of results categorization. Also, I found the pictures on the front page to be without rhyme or reason. One example: Why separate icons for different color leds but not for different types of capacitors? Why aren’t similar items g…

Post by matt_the_bass » Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 2:51 PM UTC

buyparts wrote: post #12

matt_the_bass wrote: post #11

Sorry. I found this a little difficult to use. I searched for a few terms and had results that seemed to be in a wide range of categories. Take a look a digikeys search results as an example of results categorization. Also, I found the pictures on the front page to be without rhyme or reason. One example: Why separate icons for different color leds but not for different types of capacitors? Why aren’t similar items g…

Thanks Matt, appreciate note on the homepage images. they are just for search engines to pickup content. Sites not really geared for browsing like McMaster but more focused on searching and faceting using the input boxes in the table headers. So it's really for users who have specific paramaters they're looking for. It is early so all this feedback is good. Seems to have the marmite effect at the moment. Some users l…