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Built with asp.net and jQuery. Nowadays, it would probably be some React monstrosity that takes 30s to load and only shows one item per page (when did information density become evil?).
Which was little more than scans of their catalog pages, and some fields. Really. Instead of getting all excited about the latest web tech, they took their gigantic catalog and more-or-less scanned it in (well, used source files, but still...).
McMaster-Carr has always been an amazing company. I was once in the field, and ordered a $5,000 part from a key supplier and a $30 box of screws from McMaster-Carr. The other supplier charged extra for shipping, and sent it two days later to my company instead of my location as specified. McMaster-Carr overnighted the screws without being asked to do so.
Note they have CAD files for almost all of their products which - in combination with a 3D printer - can come in very handy.
I was there, Gandalf, thirty years ago when they formed their first website... Which was little more than scans of their catalog pages, and some fields. Really. Instead of getting all excited about the latest web tech, they took their gigantic catalog and more-or-less scanned it in (well, used source files, but still...). McMaster-Carr has always been an amazing company. I was once in the field, and ordered a $5,000…
On my browser the screen jumps around while vertically scrolling on the McMaster homepage. It's not all rainbows and sunshine.
love metalwork & buy parts but seriously; F@##% anyone that messes with my navigation back.
I was there, Gandalf, thirty years ago when they formed their first website... Which was little more than scans of their catalog pages, and some fields. Really. Instead of getting all excited about the latest web tech, they took their gigantic catalog and more-or-less scanned it in (well, used source files, but still...). McMaster-Carr has always been an amazing company. I was once in the field, and ordered a $5,000…
I wonder if the source images were from the cd-rom?
Imagine an alternate universe where Amazon has a similar interface. It would be the most amazing tool.
I was there, Gandalf, thirty years ago when they formed their first website... Which was little more than scans of their catalog pages, and some fields. Really. Instead of getting all excited about the latest web tech, they took their gigantic catalog and more-or-less scanned it in (well, used source files, but still...). McMaster-Carr has always been an amazing company. I was once in the field, and ordered a $5,000…
i'm old enough to have a few of the old McMaster-Carr yellow/green books on a shelf which came before the CD-Rom catalog which got disappeared by the website. I wonder if the source images were from the cd-rom?