The world beyond Jameco, Digi-Key and Mouser

[redbelly]

Well, I guess this was one of those occasions because I'd tried the
right-click thing.

Okay, I figured you probably knew about that but thought I'd mention
it in case not.

Mark

p.s. By any chance, were you referring to this:
http://www.conrad.fr/webapp/wcs/sto...ghLightId=527921&from_fh=1&category=recherche
specs in English on p. 4 here:
http://www1.produktinfo.conrad.com/...ml-Kurzanl_OSZI-VORS_DSO-2090_de-en-fr-nl.pdf

 

[Joerg]

Okay, I figured you probably knew about that but thought I'd mention
it in case not.

Mark

p.s. By any chance, were you referring to this:
http://www.conrad.fr/webapp/wcs/sto...ghLightId=527921&from_fh=1&category=recherche
specs in English on p. 4 here:

"Photo non disponible". When will they learn? Ever?

http://www1.produktinfo.conrad.com/...ml-Kurzanl_OSZI-VORS_DSO-2090_de-en-fr-nl.pdf

Could be the one. No photo :-(

 

[Robert Latest]

Yup, their web site is still pretty bad, but it's a little better than
the worst of the Philips days.

NXP's site has improved a bit -- the datasheet download now is a real HTML
link rather than some Javascript snippet that had to be left-clicked.

robert

 

[Joerg]

John Larkin wrote:




NXP's site has improved a bit -- the datasheet download now is a real HTML
link rather than some Javascript snippet that had to be left-clicked.

It still does not work at all on older browsers and scripts-disabled.
You get the yellow logo and a blank page with some script trying to
execute. IMHO this company definitely does not get it. I wonder what
their next financials will look like. Probably as bad as three months
ago, wouldn't surprise me.

 

[John Larkin]

It still does not work at all on older browsers and scripts-disabled.
You get the yellow logo and a blank page with some script trying to
execute. IMHO this company definitely does not get it. I wonder what
their next financials will look like. Probably as bad as three months
ago, wouldn't surprise me.

Probably a lot of javascript. It's *very* slow and annoying.

And they make the same mistake many of the Japanese sites make: when
you're finally ready to select a part, you have to load and read
scores of PDF files. So it's easier to go to another vendor who has
sensible, and fast-loading, selection tables.

For a lot of companies, the most expensive employee they have is their
webmaster.

John

 

[Joerg]

Probably a lot of javascript. It's *very* slow and annoying.

And they make the same mistake many of the Japanese sites make: when
you're finally ready to select a part, you have to load and read
scores of PDF files. So it's easier to go to another vendor who has
sensible, and fast-loading, selection tables.

For a lot of companies, the most expensive employee they have is their
webmaster.

IMHO it's a management problem at the executive level. If a semi mfg
writes humongous losses in an otherwise relatively good economy while
competitors on this side of the pond post profits then something must be
wrong. They ought to sit down and boil things down to the root causes.
The web site is just one of them, but the one that's most easy to fix.

 

[John Larkin]

IMHO it's a management problem at the executive level. If a semi mfg
writes humongous losses in an otherwise relatively good economy while
competitors on this side of the pond post profits then something must be
wrong. They ought to sit down and boil things down to the root causes.
The web site is just one of them, but the one that's most easy to fix.

Hey, if I click on the Distributors/North America link, it shows me
the distributors in China/Hongkong! I knew all along that they really
don't want to sell ICs.

John