[azalemeth]

I wish Amazon was more like McMaster Carr or RS or any of the good websites. The ability to have filters that are meaningful (sort by random technical parameters, filter by dimensions or manufacturer, warranty, lead time, item location and that of manufacture, as well as price) and datasheets that were informative world be absolutely fantastic. I'm probably spoilt by datasheets for chips but God I miss them elsewhere...

[ooklala]

I’m surprised you mention RS in the same breath as McMaster— their website is awful. Yes, you can put in very detailed parameters, but if you want a fairly generic part (like a DPDT 12v relay) you’re presented with hundreds of options, only one of which will be in stock— which they only tell you after you add it to your trolley… Given that RS is mostly ‘I need one of this part, tomorrow’ the inability to filter by stock completely ruins the usability of the site. It’s bad enough that I just use Farnell or Rapid—who both let you filter by stock—despite their sometimes worse selection. (and about a year or so ago the RS site stored state on the server side so if you hit the back button, or opened something in a new window the site would freak out and bring you back to the homepage)