IMDb Name Page Redesign

@PR_Man​  Thanks for the example and the screen-grab. The episodes are split by season so you are viewing his first episode in his first season, which is season 4 (as highlighted in yellow in the pop-up); in this case to see the other episode, you would click the “5” in the season menu.  

We have a suggestion elsewhere in this Sprinklr thread which we are reviewing and that is to add an “All” season view for cases where the person only worked on a small number of episodes across two or more seasons (as is the case with your example).

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ 

You are right!

Thanks for the explanation.

Pat

@ds0​ Thanks for the feedback, but all of the sorting features are still available on the new name pages.  We have actually added additional options on the new pages.  Please see the "All topics" menu in the upper right of the name page (screen-shots included in an earlier post at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-redesign/6351563ae7100d725d54c0bb?commentId=6358cfc5ef90664918a5bd64&replyId=6358e79b232e4267b00341c6)

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ Exactly what I wanted. Thanks your time.

@Thunderwing13​ 

Can anyone recommend a similar site to this one

Yes, the site you are seeking is IMDb.com

Have you looked at the options in the "All topics" menu at the top right of every name page (the same as the "All topics" menu in the same place on title pages)? To access this menu, click the link highlighted in red:

Also, have you looked at the sort / filter options in the "filter" menu (highted in red), it sounds like "Text view of credits" would suit your needs (highlighted in yellow):

Instead of spending time learning a new UI on a different website, we recommend you could use the same time to explore the significantly more powerful views and options available on the new IMDb name pages instead. 

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​  - yup.  And it has to be done every single time for every single click, just to be able to use the site.  Not really a selling point when you already have 7 pages worth of people complaining about how terrible this redesign is, and how everything single feature they liked is either gone or buried within layers of options that does not persist beyond a single page view.  

@nardog​ Your observation is correct for now, sorry.  The preferences are still largely on the old technology; we have been able to bridge the localisation preference between the two technologies, but not the in-page ones.  We will check with the team on whether this can at least be made sticky instead, such that if you select it on one page, the selection carries forward to other name pages viewed by the same browser.  It is (temporarily) easier to do this vs. a centrally stored preference.  

@eladzmr​ Please see the "All topics" menu in the upper right of the name page (screen-shots included in an earlier post at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/imdb-name-page-redesign/6351563ae7100d725d54c0bb?commentId=6358cfc5ef90664918a5bd64&replyId=6358e79b232e4267b00341c6).  The "All topics" menu is standard on the redesigned title pages too. 

You can also filter filmographies by type via the filter menu underneath the "Credits" heading, click the symbol highlighted in red and see the options highlighted in yellow:

Hi, James Johnston. You've made a great observation and a spectacular point, but the problem in mind is not going to be fixed any time soon at all, Just about the same problem exists on all "modernized" websites, except for the ones where developers made it a point to code the JavaScript in such a way as to remember every little change of state made to an instance of a web page in the "forward" and "back" of a given browser tab's navigation history. This is partially Google's fault, for popularizing such an asinine approach to website navigation.

@james_johnston_4d5h8woi6a7ga​ 

My mouse has a wheel, and clicking on that wheel (middle-click) opens the link in a new tab automatically, both in Edge and Chrome. If you don't have a middle button, it might be that a shift- or control-click of some sort would do the same.

I agree with Jeorj that this is a prevalent design choice (beyond IMDb), so I have trained myself to almost always open links that way. 

@DetroitShadows​ 

You can open an actor's full credits in a new page. I suggest trying the menu or reading the help page.

@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.