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IMDb Name Page BETA OPT-IN

IMDb Name Page BETA OPT-IN

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Before launching IMDb’s redesigned Name Pages (coming soon!), we want to provide our valued users with a sneak peak, and extend an opportunity to provide feedback between July 22, 2002 and early August 2022.

We hope you enjoy these latest improvements, and thank you for continuing to make IMDb the world’s most trusted source for movie, TV, and entertainment content.

Thanks as always for all of your feedback – please feel free to post your questions or comments to this thread.

— The IMDb Website Team

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62 Points

2 years ago

Look nice, but not too practical. Too many graphics. Hard for die hard movie fans to look for information easily.  It will take too many clicks and scrolls to do a simple research with all the graphic instead of list. Hope there is an option for me to keep the old design?

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@Rufus_TThanks for taking the time to try the beta and to share your feedback.  There are details of some upcoming changes to the new design at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-beta-optin/62db09f1e232bb632089ba01?commentId=62e2c60527c9e55d81c713c9&replyId=62e2dd17c998636027ae4ca3  which address your points. 

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170 Points

2 years ago

Hmmmmm, im speechless! I don't see the need to change this classic and iconic site. Please help me understand what's broken here? From such a beautiful page, to a "New Look' that seems who ever is trying to create this new page is wearing bifocals  becasue everything has been enlarged taking up so much real estate and making each page look horrible! Credits are now enlarged covers of the actors movie and buttons with drop-downs, just to see what an actor is doing. RIDICULIOUS! What....are you guys bored at office/home? I feel like this is becoming Amazons rate/review section of thier site. Ever since Amazon's purchase of IMDB, this site has been promoting so much of Amazon's original content and monopolizing thier content instead of others. This site belongs to Actors, not greedy companies that sooner-or-later will try to find more deceptive ways to raise prices and advertise more Amazon's non-sense. They're rasing Prime prices, they'll soon raise the price for IMDBPro. Just watch! Let's start a petition for the so-called "New Look" to not be passed!

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170 Points

2 years ago

PEtition link to stop IMDB to stop its so-called "New Look!" Please go onto this link to see my comments...https://chng.it/xtprF89H

Don't erase this! This is freedom of speech and as such should be allowed all my fellow actors to have the choice to reject of accept of these absurd changes!

https://chng.it/xtprF89Hhttps://chng.it/xtprF89Hhttps://chng.it/xtprF89H

https://chng.it/xtprF89Hhttps://chng.it/xtprF89H

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350 Points

2 years ago

Please just keep the current reference view as is, it is good and very much tried and tested.  It has all the necessary information on a single page and works both on large and small screens alike.

If you really must change it, just have the "Explore More" removed, i.e. always expand the side bar, and call it a day.

Also, it is not like it couldn't be fine tuned.  There are still raster graphics that could be presented these days as vector graphics, just to name a single example.  Implementing that might require less bandwidth, thus lower energy consumption and therefore be a more sensible option for modern environmental friendly, or at least aware, era!

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330 Points

2 years ago

I made the mistake of clicking on the "new look" for IMDb pages that are in development, and to my dismay, the choice came to be default. I'd like to go back to the traditional look. Is there a way to revert back?

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Is There a Way to Revert Back to the "Traditional / "Classic" IMDb Page From the New Version?

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@HClegg​ 

Yes, click the "stopwatch" image in the same place in the name page where you clicked before.

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@HClegg​  We have now made the opt-out pop-up sticky until dismissed so the opt-out should be easier to find. 

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@Col_Needham​ 😀

Sat Jul 23 2022 

Add a banner ad top of all the 11,746,200 Name Pages 
Many of the 154,950,000 Users may not see the floating timer / clock button on the page
or know why it's there 🙄

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-beta-optin/62db09f1e232bb632089ba01?commentId=62dc829dc998636027acbff0

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@ACT_1​ The opt-in opens a pop-up by default on every name page until dismissed.  The opt-out now does likewise. The beta ends next week and more people have tried it than we ever would have imagined (also, the opt-out rate is remarkably low even with the opt-out now significantly more visible).  If anything, a banner at the top of the page would be less visible (unless we made it flashing red :-).

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2 years ago

The new page displays character names with "as", unlike the old page.

The new page also omits "Self" from character names in the Self section.

This can have awkward results because of Self character descriptions:

In this case it looks like Kim Kardashian appeared as On the Phone in 21 episodes when she is actually listed as "Self - On the Phone" in two episodes and as "Self" in 19 episodes.

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@Peter_pbn​  Good catch, thanks, and a great example.   We have logged this with the team. 

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2 years ago

"As" attributes are not displayed for TV series, not even when clicking to view episodes. This seems inconsistent when they are displayed for other titles.

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@Peter_pbn​  Thanks for confirming this bug.  It's the same with (voice) credits, for example, see Julie Andrews in Bridgerton (or rather, hear her in Bridgerton :-)

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2 years ago

On mobile view: These issues already exist in the old mobile site, but it might make sense to consider them when updating the pages:

When there is a featured video, it is at the top above the headshot. I think this might sometimes make it confusing when the video still frame features a different person.

The space for the bio is not always long enough to display even automatic bios on a small screen.

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@Peter_pbn​  Thanks, this is a good point.  The design team will review your comments. 

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80 Points

2 years ago

What are you thinking? PLEASE don't make this new beta version the new webpage. It is awful. Hard to find credits. Now I have to click to add previous credits??? I had to do it a dozen or more times for an actor with hundreds of credits. I loved the site for years, and the ability to wiz down the page seeing the list of credits. DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF MAKING THIS YOUR NEW PAGE!

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled I absolutely HATE your new beta look of IMDb!! It's horrible

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102 Points

2 years ago

This is a giant step in the wrong direction. The truncation of information in the current design streamlines any query I have about a film, actor or crew member. When I want to know more about a particular film/person, it's fine if I click and you want to add more pics, but the initial impression should be a large overview. 

The new design is all splash, little content, and filled with things I don't care about perse. Trailer button, star rating, movie poster, I don't care unless I'm searching for that specific film. 

PS - I rarely watch trailers on your site because I have to sit through commercials. You realize a trailer is a commercial, right? 

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@CoryReeder​ Yes - and great last line!

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@CoryReeder​  Thanks for taking the time to try the beta and to share your feedback.  We have just provided some more details in the reply above

Regarding ads before trailers, the ads help to pay for the cost of acquiring and serving the trailers.  IMDb does not receive any payment from the distributors of the movies or shows for showing their trailers.  If we did, we would not place ads before them, so trailers on IMDb (and across the web generally) are not ads in the typical sense. 

Hope this helps. 

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@Col_Needham​ yeah, the last line CoryReeder wrote was funny. I don't care about that issue. EVERYTHING ELSE CoryReeder wrote about is the thing! No comment on those issues?

Dump the New page look! It is garbage! Save yourself money by sending out pink slips to the designers and the committee who thinks up new things. Forgive the cliche: IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. With the New page look, you just broke it. Congrats!

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@michael_paliobeis​ Please see the link in my reply to CoryReeder: “We have just provided some more details in the reply above.” 

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2 years ago

@Col_Needham​ 

Official IMDb Survey ??

IMDb Name Page Redesign

https://help.imdb.com/article/issues/GMWASETVPLJYXEZE

How do I submit feedback or report bugs?
If the new page looks broken on your device please let us know using this survey. 

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Help us improve the new version of IMDb’s Name page!
https://imdb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6feQMzWVFKHs4WW

Please use this survey to report any issues you’ve experienced on the new page —
 specific things that are broken or missing.

All feedback you share will go straight to the team that's building the new page, so details are appreciated. 
Thank you! 

Something on the new version of the page...
[_] Was broken:           a feature or link didn't load or work
[_] Was missing:          you couldn't find something you wanted
[_] Didn't look good:   the style, colors, or visual design didn't appeal to you
[_] Other:                     (please specify)

Getting better comments there than here??
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Not Official IMDb Survey ??

SiteCritic2023 
Joined Wed, Jul 27, 2022
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/users/62e1b59a1b2f176c00123179

PEtition link to stop IMDB to stop its so-called "New Look!"
Please go onto this link to see my comments...
https://chng.it/xtprF89H

https://www.change.org/p/stop-imdb-from-getting-a-new-look?recruiter=1272266162&recruited_by_id=342ac110-0df1-11ed-9832-ad64c68d7e48

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102 Points

2 years ago

HOW DO I OPT-OUT OF THESE EMAILS? 

Holy crap, I've taken the time to look at the site and give feedback, but I don't need an email for every response - sheesh!

I'm not following the thread - btw - the emails just keep coming.

UNSUBSCRIBE PLEASE - or at least add that option to your emails and I'll do it myself. 

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@CoryReeder​ 

Just go to the top of this page (on Sprinkler), and at the bottom of the original post is a link to "Unfollow" the thread.

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@bderoes​ I did that - they keep coming - (insert kvetching emoji here)

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@CoryReeder​ Go to "Profile Settings" then "Notifications and Preferences" then uncheck all the boxes.

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94 Points

2 years ago

How do I get to the actors bio (information) like I did on the old version

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled not a fan of the new version

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62 Points

The new version is horrible. Why would you do this? How do I reset the "trial" so I can at least enjoy the current format for a little bit longer?

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@dirkdiggler​ Please see the second question in the FAQ at https://help.imdb.com/article/issues/GMWASETVPLJYXEZE

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@ahoye​ It’s at the top of the page, for example, see https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428065/ — perhaps you are looking at a page for someone who does not have a biography? 

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70 Points

2 years ago

On new "feature" that I strongly dislike in the new design hides information behind a 'show next' button. If I'm looking at an actor with hundreds of credits it takes many clicks of the 'show next 30' items to see the earliest entries. Please add a 'Load All' button that would load all entries to address this. Thanks. 

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@trystaneThanks for taking the time to try the beta and to share your feedback.  The “show all” is in the plans, please see https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-beta-optin/62db09f1e232bb632089ba01?commentId=62e2c60527c9e55d81c713c9&replyId=62e2dd17c998636027ae4ca3 

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2 years ago

Holy crap, I have just switched to the new IMDB style, and it's bad, real bad. Don't make the design switch, that's my advice. The old one is 100x better, so don't try to fix something that isn't broken. What I especially don't like is that it's now two columns and not one big list when it comes to seeing the actor/actress credits, and you have to click on the ''more'' button, very annoying!

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@Navin2000​ Thanks for taking the time to try the beta and to share your feedback.  There are details of some upcoming changes to the new design at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-beta-optin/62db09f1e232bb632089ba01?commentId=62e2c60527c9e55d81c713c9&replyId=62e2dd17c998636027ae4ca3