Digi-key website update - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Dago
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 29, 2016, 08:05:09 am
content: Recently at least digikey.fi was updated to have some sort of updated look. Initially I thought it was just a visual change but nope... They seem to have somehow fucked up the parametric search.When opening a new products category the page "loads" fairly regularly but clicking on the parametric search options can initially have a delay of up to thirty seconds or so! Even my laptop fan starts to scream (and it pretty much never even spins up in normal use!).The previous iteration of the website was nigh perfect in my opinion. I sent them some feedback on the new "improved" site...

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 29, 2016, 09:16:11 am
content: Yuck, I hope this doesn't happen to other regional sites. Compared to the Farnell catalogue, the Digi-Key catalogue is so much better because it is simple. I am guessing some management decided to change things to justify their job.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 29, 2016, 09:29:03 am
content: Marketing wankers. I've never met a good one.They should never be allowed near websites.

author: TinkerFan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 29, 2016, 10:08:28 am
content: They have changed the website (I looked at digikey.com), but I cannot find any delays in the parametric search.The only thing I think sucks is the digikey app, which sometimes needs a minute and more to load. Parametric search is almost impossible with delays that long

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2016, 04:04:34 am
content: It really seems to get stuck in regular cycles for several seconds at a time, with a corresponding jump in processing time.Bad move, Digi-Key.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2016, 04:13:54 am
content: I don't know what people are complaining about so far, it seems to work lovely. Even giant categories like ceramic caps are quick and easy.Seems like they've sorted a few sorting issues and added some contrast. Nothing horrible.

author: georges80
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2016, 05:55:54 am
content: Yep, built a BOM yesterday for a new board and today ordered a bunch of parts while doing parametric seaches etc and all works fine with no speed issues. This on the US site (which has a new look/feel).Win7 and Firefox.cheers,george.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2016, 07:24:27 pm
content: It's actually an improvement. It's more responsive, and the clear button now finally works!

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2016, 08:36:09 pm
content: I noticed it being pretty sluggish last week

author: Dago
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2016, 12:57:28 pm
content: I sent a feedback email to Digi-key and they responded they have gotten some complaints before and said clearing cookies can solve the issue. I was rather sure that this was just some canned answer but with a days testing it actually does seem like clearing the cookies helped!

author: alank2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2016, 12:58:56 pm
content: Last week it was so slow it was unusable with firefox but not so bad with IE. I'll try it today and see if it is better with firefox.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2016, 09:14:13 pm
content: Probably just networking kinks.They finally added a per-category reset, like Mouser's had for ages!Tim

author: alank2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2016, 09:39:37 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on February 01, 2016, 09:14:13 pmIf we could just get mouser to add the quantity feature so you can sort by pricing for a specific quantity, it would be awesome.

author: Alexei.Polkhanov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2016, 02:45:57 am
content: My choice of shopping always is1. Digikey2. Mouser3. Newark4. Testequity (they sell materials now)5. ...just because of website speed and then features.

author: alank2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2016, 02:50:21 pm
content: Firefox will not load digikey for me, but IE will. Does anyone else use firefox? Will it load for you?

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2016, 02:58:20 pm
content: Working perfectly.