"It is a jpg. (image) file! Next to worthless."
Well, while it certainly isn't ideal, how long can it take to visually scan the descriptions to find want you want? I found my S2 "scale tinplate" set fairly quickly just by looking.
But - I do think that an item # sequence would probably be more useful for more people, but then somebody wants it in description order, and some still want it in date order...