{"id":3691,"date":"2014-03-30T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T17:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2014-03-30T13:42:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T17:42:52","slug":"vendors-please-sort-the-measurement-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/30\/vendors-please-sort-the-measurement-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendors, please sort the measurement list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDear Vendors with Product Search Interfaces,
\nThis list of measurements is complete nonsense. It’s sorted alphabetically, not even numerically (numbers are treated as letters). That’s why “24 inches” comes before “3 inches”, with “27.0 millimeters” in between. It’s not hard to fix. Convert all of the measurements to a common unit, sort that list numerically, and then apply the same sort to the original list.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The screenshot is from Amazon Supply<\/a>, but other vendors have the same problem. McMaster<\/a> does it right, and also separates by units and then concatenates the two lists.<\/p>\n

More:
\nBolt sizes – references<\/a>
\nNumberfactory – very useful<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\nDear Vendors with Product Search Interfaces,
\nThis list of measurements is complete nonsense. It’s sorted alphabetically, not even numerically (numbers are treated as letters). That’s why “24 inches” comes before “3 inches”, with “27.0 millimeters” in between. It’s not hard to fix. Convert all…<\/p>\n

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