IMDb Name Page Redesign

@mark_moore_b1ciwswferya​ 

You can use the big striped down-arrow icon (the filter options) on the left to find the option separate by type.

For more about the new design, see

https://help.imdb.com/article/issues/GMWASETVPLJYXEZE?ref_=nm_launch_learn

@blbadger​ 

I am hoping somebody creates a Chrome extension that will automatically convert the new bloated IMDb name pages to the basic info that most of us actually want to see, similar to "reference view" for IMDb title pages.

I have no idea if it's possible to do this, but I would love it if so. I spend a lot less time overall on name pages than on title pages, so this change doesn't completely destroy my use of IMDb. But every time I do visit a name page lately, it is a painful experience for all the reasons mentioned by others in this thread.

The trick is to implement something that doesn't slow down the visitor's experience with the website or otherwise eat up too much network/computing resources. The stuff that I've created (monkey scripts) has only been designed to modify document object model (DOM) elements, not download and parse the raw HTML data of an entire web page.

@bderoes​ Ah! I did do that but didn't click on "Project Type". Yes this works - thank you! Would be great if there was an option to separate documentaries too.

@mark_moore_b1ciwswferya​ 

Yes this works - thank you! Would be great if there was an option to separate documentaries too.

There is -- in the screengrab below clicking the checkbox highlighted in red will exclude documentaries and clicking the genre filter highlighted in yellow will show only documentaries.

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ Thanks! This is all starting to make sense now 😀

@keyword_expert​ 

I am hoping somebody creates a Chrome extension

There's already at least one, and it is easy to find given it is mentioned elsewhere in this announcement thread.

@Col_Needham​ Thank you. I will likely check that out, especially if I do have the need to visit name pages more often in the future.

@Col_Needham​ 

Well, it is not exactly easy to find, and when I did find it (or to be exact, re-find it, since I had read that part before), I tried out the script and it does not work. So I repeat my request that somebody creates an actual Chrome extension (not just a script that requires special skills to even install). 

@keyword_expert​ I've written some chrome plug-ins, but for scraping not for page modification.  I think much of the formatting could be modified while loading the page, but all the data isn't there.  For example, I miss the old Credits format where a few credits of a TV show were shown without needing a click, and if you want all there's a button for that to extend only that one show, not the entire list.  Sure, I get a new window with the new page for episode credits, but then I need more clicks for each season.  That's a lot of clicking, and most likely each is a request for more data from a server.  That means to simulate the old format with a chrome script would need a lot of clicking under the covers, and take too long.  Maybe someone smarter than me can come up with something though, especially if IMDB takes the next obvious step and converts the entire site.

@mark_moore_b1ciwswferya​ OK - it is there. I just had to click on "Self". An odd way of finding the info. Not sure why this has to be hidden until it's clicked on.

@mark_moore_b1ciwswferya​  Thanks for the feedback.  This is not new behaviour though.  The old pages only opened with the first credit category open as well so if you had credits in categories other than "Self" the old pages required a click to view them too. 

See the post I am about to make below for a good tip on viewing all credits quickly. 

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ Thanks for getting back. Yes you are absolutely right. I think clicking “Self” at the top is easily missed (a weird selective blindness kicks in on the internet) and most casual users will instinctively scroll down to find additional categories and info. Once you know how, it’s very simple but until then you will just assume there’s no more info to be found.

Because the old format is somewhat uncomfortable to experience while using the web browser of a mobile device, such a format will never return. You may notice that sites like Sprinklr, the very forum we're using to communicate, automatically adjusts appearance based upon the zoom/magnification setting in your browser. That's just food for thought.

Mobile devices already have been showing the new style, big pictures, lots and lots of scrolling, that's the problem with the new format on any device, big pictures and too much scrolling!

Hi, Kid Shelleen. You're expected to click the "all topics" button in order to access the menu that has roughly all of the stuff found on the ever-present navigation panel of the last generation IMDb platform. By all means, let us know, if this process is giving you arthritis. Personally I'm all ears. Hahaha.

@plur62​ 

I'm seeing the show/hide categorized version on desktop too:

@plur62​ The mobile "All credits" view lacks the episode details though, so it does not meet the objective of the page, sorry.  The current linkage is just a bug as referenced earlier in this thread. Now that the new name pages are fully launched at 100% of customers, we will be updating the mobile view to always point to the desktop view of the all credits page. 

@Sandy​ 

Here's an example of the old page:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210309035250/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174437/

It had a place-holder "image".

@Col_Needham​ sorry, but new "View all credits" on mobile phones looks ridiculous now, I can't see anything without zooming in, it is desktop version, not compatible to phones. Who's idea is to launch new site without checking if everything is working properly?