The new Analog Devices website - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Marco
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 03:55:35 pm
content: The new Analog Devices website is a complete mess now, a lot slower too to boot. Why do companies keep making these websites optimized for portrait mode mobile phone viewing (and de-optimized for landscape mode laptop or desktop viewing). The only thing still relatively sane are the parametric searches. How did any engineer at ADI ever sign off on this atrocity?Information density seems a dirty word to modern website designers ... the majority of website redesigns I've seen in the last couple of years have made websites much less usable on desktop and laptop screens.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 04:07:57 pm
content: I was using it a few days ago. Awful. Especially of note is the website appears to be designed to be around 800 pixels wide... which means on my 1920 wide monitor, there's huge amounts of wasted space, really pisses me off when designers can't seem to build websites which scale to the monitor.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 04:21:34 pm
content: The "new" paypal site also annoys me, although it has been that way for about a year now (I think).Most big companies are viewing their homepages as opportunities to push advertising.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 04:39:25 pm
content: I was literally running around the office yesterday and complaining about it with my hand in the air like an Italian. I dont know what kind of morons are responsible for the website layouts. It was one of the best usable before, now it is like a Infineon and Maxim copycat, with huge scrolling pictures on the front, while you need to click several times to get to the product list. I guess investors are more important than engineers, and investors love pictures of cars and running womans. Fairchild did the same last year. How does this meeting go? "Sales are not good" "I guess we need more pictures on our website and harder access to information, and also make it compatible with mobile phones, because engineers usually design stuff with tablets and mobile phones and not PCs with 2-3-4-5 screeens"You know what the worst part is? They had an excellent technical library, with static links. I've used it in documentation, I think there are even some in my thesis (because they had exactly the same links years and years ago). Guess what. They broke it all.I wanted to write an email complaining, but couldn't figure out their contact email.

author: Warhawk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 05:48:14 pm
content: We are maybe just getting oldIt is like a trend of wide screen aspect ratios and ribbon menus at the same time, it gives you soooo much space for ads....I already have a one LCD in portrait mode.btw: what about edn.com and eetimes ? There are useful information but I simply don't feel comfortable reading it. Is it just me ? These webs are madness IMHO.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 05:58:35 pm
content: Glad I wasn't the only grouch who thought it was horrid!Stupid chunky Fisher-Price bullshit makes me scroll my little browser window half a bloody mile just to see any goddamn information that I... *grumble mumble*

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 06:47:06 pm
content: This trend of turning sites into nothing more than huge pretty pictures and little/hard-to-find useful content needs to stop.QuoteThere were probably no engineers involved in this.Vishay and Microchip's sites are still sane and examples of good design. Cypress is pretty good too.Atmel is bordering on acceptable (influence of the Arduino crowd...?)

author: blackdog
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 06:48:48 pm
content: Hi,This week i send a e-mail to analog.com about the terrible website...But no reply received :-)Maybe later..Kind regarts,Blackdog

author: mathias
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:32:23 pm
content: I suggest we all buy and use part from Linear, which still have an excellent website. (And really good stuff anyway)

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:36:34 pm
content: On one hand, I wouldn't avoid using their parts because their web site is crap. IlikeADI parts, they're really nice.On the other hand, there are a good few occasions where I go to their website first because it's the easiest one to use to find exactly what I'm looking for. They still are for some things, but if they continue...

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:43:50 pm
content: https://form.analog.com/Form_Pages/feedback/websiteInfo.aspxLet them know how you feel.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:47:57 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on February 24, 2015, 06:47:06 pm+1I think that's true of an awful lot of product briefs too. "Should we let our engineers/devs talk to the engineers/devs using our producs? Nah, we'll get marketing to write it as if end users care about the tools used..."

author: mk_
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:51:45 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on February 24, 2015, 07:36:34 pmwell - now you know their parts, but next year? They kill their selling rate for new projects because you don`t find their interesting stuff anymore and move to LT or someone else...

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 07:56:12 pm
content: You dont have to surf this optimized-for-teenagers-with-iphones website... using a search engine will get you immedately to the data sheet or product pages you are looking for. Less chance to see advertising, I fear.(Me is consuming way more Analog devices InAmps than Coffe beans!)

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:01:25 pm
content: Google can't do a parametric search on variable gain amplifiers...

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:02:32 pm
content: Quote from: babysitter on February 24, 2015, 07:56:12 pmThere's a big difference between searching and browsing: serendipity.The AD site is/was one I would browse to find things that I didn't know I was looking for.Clear example: Amazon is the best way of finding the book you know you want - but asmallbookshop is the best way of finding (and then doing) something that hasn't crossed your mind before.

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 08:16:56 pm
content: I tried to post feedback. Was going to say that the new site sucks"For quickest response for inquiries related to sales, orders and website feedback.Submit a Customer Service request."http://www.analog.com/en/about-adi/contact-us.htmlThen"*What type of support do you need?" There is no option related to "Web Site", only sales stuff.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 09:09:54 pm
content: I used a customized adblock to get rid of that top car and girl banner crap that took up 80% of my screen.Put this in your adblock custom filter (pasted as an image because only the preview function gets the URLs right):FINAL EDIT: I put the lines into a pastebin, since the forum was getting it wrong (it always wants to format the URL, even inside a code block!)get the text here :http://pastebin.com/QhTw3UW6

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 09:58:13 pm
content: codeboy2K THANK YOUAfter adding those three lines the website loads in 2 seconds rather than 45 (and I am on a 100Mb connection). Whoever wrote the code for that site must be insane.

author: blackdog
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2015, 10:09:47 pm
content: Hi codeboy2k,Thanks, the B.S. is gone....Kind regarts,Blackdog

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 04:06:55 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on February 24, 2015, 09:58:13 pmYou're welcome.. blackdog too:)Yes, it does load much faster now.

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 06:19:31 am
content: +1 for the Adblock code

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 09:51:46 am
content: Youcan respond, and tell somebody what you think of the new design.If you open the frontpage in a "plain" browser (no ad/popup blocking), then at the bottom right there is a triangular tab for feedback.

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 09:53:04 am
content: Adblock code made the drop-down menus disappear? No, they are back now?!? Maybe. Yes!Thanks for the code codeboy2K!

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 10:00:00 am
content: Don't know about you but basically I use two things on manufacturer pages:- Parametric search- DatasheetOccasionally, circuit design / calculators.The rest naaaah.

author: blackdog
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 01:39:36 pm
content: HiI received an answer of ADI:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hello Bram,Thank you for taking the time and providing feedback on our new site.Your feedback will help us continuously improve the site and provide a better experience to our customers.Regards,...........-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Looks like a computer generated replyKind regarts,Blackdog

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 01:44:04 pm
content: To repeat, the link for website feedback is:https://form.analog.com/Form_Pages/feedback/websiteInfo.aspxThe message I sent was:0/10 for the new website design guys. It takes four times as long to load then fills the screen with useless information and pictures. I'm guessing that an engineer is not responsible for this mess.The reply I received is as follows:Hello German_EE,Thank you for taking the time and providing feedback on our new site. Your feedback will help us continuously improve the site and provide a better experience to our customers.Regards,LucyYet another copy and paste reply

author: atferrari
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 01:59:48 pm
content: Hola codeboy2KI know that my request is more about Adblock but could not get it to workTried to paste your code in two different ways into the "options" from ABP but they seem not to "take" there.If I individually ask ABP to block this or that by clicking on this or that (after closing the popup) some info is included in the "to filter" list but the whole thing is still loaded.I know is not about the site but about ABP. All this far from my knowledge. Sorry and thanks.

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 02:22:27 pm
content: Did you click the Edit button before pasting?Quote from: atferrari on February 25, 2015, 01:59:48 pm

author: atferrari
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 03:35:41 pm
content: Quote from: janaf on February 25, 2015, 02:22:27 pmYes.The code works now after cleaing completely the list inside ABP. Have to rework the list for those sites I visit frequently.Gracias for the help.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 04:39:53 pm
content: Same response:Quote

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2015, 04:47:08 pm
content: Quote from: janaf on February 25, 2015, 09:53:04 amThe drop downs didn't disappear for meHope you're ok now. You're welcome!The dropdowns are wayyyy toooooo slowwwwwww, however. Maybe there's a userscript we can figure out to make it change the animate speed in the Javascript.Quote from: janaf on February 25, 2015, 10:00:00 amI'm the same.. that's all I use it for, so I want that activity to be optimized, and get rid of all the cruft.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 01:40:52 am
content: Suggestions that you will use a competitor's parts instead might get a bit more attention from them...

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 04:39:41 am
content: I think with this change ADI will only achieve the opposite - people will stop visiting their garbage web site, and go straight to datasheets from search engines. So ADI better to think how to redesign all the datasheets and put the ad garbage right there. My be I should patent this idea.EDIT: may be Dave could consider busting it on the next eevBlab, with enough views may make ADI to listen.

author: funkyant
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 08:03:35 am
content: It's funny, because I was just complaining about the newhttp://labgruppen.com/website. Looks like exactly the same template

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 11:16:32 am
content: They have to realize that techs don't visit web sites for entertainment, but for technical facts

author: janaf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 11:42:05 am
content: As I like the Digikey site, I look at it daily, I sometimes suggest improvements, and pointed at Analog as a bad example (yes, I know Digikey its not perfect, yes I know they are not a manufacturer).Part of a reply from aUser Experience Analystmade me worried:Quote

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 04:39:13 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on February 24, 2015, 04:39:25 pmLinks to published literature should be static by law.

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 04:55:08 pm
content: Quote from: janaf on February 26, 2015, 11:42:05 amDigikey is vastly improved with this userscript. The author is here on Dave's blog too, but I forget his username.https://www.eewiki.net/display/Motley/advancedsearch+Greasemonkey+Userscript+for+Digikey.comIf they revamp their site in the future, all this will instantly break.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 05:50:55 pm
content: Woah! An unfortunate example of"Design by social media infected twat. For your inconvenience.". One compliment I can give them is that it looks like they did succesfully map urls from old to new. But comparing old vs new ... old was not perfect, but new has more drawbacks IMO. Oh well...Randomly selected page old vs new:http://web.archive.org/web/20140712181718/http://www.analog.com/en/power-management/mosfet-drivers/products/index.htmlhttp://www.analog.com/en/power-management/mosfet-drivers/products/index.htmlWay too much screen estate wasted on irrelevant fluff on the new version. It will be interesting to see if feedback actually gets incorporated after they just spent a chunk of cash to downgrade their website...

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2015, 11:42:13 pm
content: Quote from: evb149 on February 26, 2015, 06:20:49 amThis. So much this. All of it.

author: hans
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2015, 11:16:58 am
content: Just thrown together in the last hour or so:https://userstyles.org/styles/110933/analog-devices-unmodernizedLet me know if any pages are broken so I can see if it's fixable - or feel free to modify & redistributeStill feel bad I couldn't figure out how to efficiently replace the "Features & Benefits" header on product pages with "Specifications".

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2015, 05:24:15 pm
content: Quote from: hans on February 27, 2015, 11:16:58 amnice! Thanks!The only thing I changed locally was added a 2px margin on the body element. Without that it was just a little too close to the edge of my screen for my liking

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2015, 07:43:56 pm
content: I keep finding broken pages, with Adblock on or off. The latest ishttp://designtools.analog.com/dtDDSWeb/dtDDSMain.aspxwhich doesn't even work on my girlfriend's Windows 7 machine with IE.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2015, 09:34:32 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on March 01, 2015, 07:43:56 pmJust tested that page with firefox and doesn't seem to work either. Cannot even select something in the "Select DDS" dropdown.

author: atferrari
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2015, 10:50:26 am
content: Quote from: mrflibble on March 01, 2015, 09:34:32 pmTried it twice and works for me.Opera - Win XP

author: engineerbynight
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 11, 2015, 10:07:44 pm
content: The DDS tool *was* down. Worked last time I checked.

author: larry42
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 03:09:42 pm
content: Anyone have conacts at AD at a higher up level? The new website is useless and find 'comparable parts' doesn't even list the part that one clicked from.I plan to go over to LT for most of my design work (TI is so-so)

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 04:17:56 pm
content: LT hasphenomenallyexpensive chips. You want to spend $7 on a bloody linear regulator? Go LT.ADI has expensive chips, but notthatexpensive. I've used ADI linear regulators before because they had some specific, obscure spec I wanted, and they certainly didn't blow the BOM even if they made me cringe a bit. TI are even cheaper and just as good, but ADI has more obscure stuff.

author: SArepairman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 04:34:03 pm
content: hooray for linear.com

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 05:07:35 pm
content: Quote from: AcHmed99 on May 25, 2015, 04:36:03 pmI've seen Apple use quite a few LT chips - so I'm sure if they try, LT can compete on price. But, LT doesn't sell much into the consumer or low cost market. They sell well into the high end, expensive market, requiring high reliability and performance.Open an Agilent/Tek scope, or a piece of telecoms gear, or high end network gear and you'll probably see LT chips used in quite a few places. Notice LT has a huge number of chips optimised for -48V positive ground telecom systems.Sometimes they're the only place for specific solutions - I've used the LT3471 myself on a design - it's hard to get something of that sort of density from anyone else (at least at the time.) And the price was reasonable, considering the benefits it had.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 05:20:48 pm
content: I will still be using ADI products but certainly they made it incredibly difficult for me with their stupid new web site.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 05:24:53 pm
content: Does TI offer free samples ?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2015, 05:43:34 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on May 25, 2015, 05:24:53 pmAlong with ADI and LTC, quite liberally.