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INTRODUCING: Updated IMDb.com Title page experience
We are excited to announce the launch of IMDb’s newly refreshed movie and TV show pages! The renewed page is meant to make your IMDb experience easy and enjoyable, and its design represents the diverse interests of global entertainment fans. The refresh reflects IMDb customer feedback and research designed to enhance entertainment content discovery and navigation.
Please note, we are gradually launching the new design to a selection of IMDb customers. If you do not yet see the design, we expect to make it broadly available in the weeks ahead. Thank you for using IMDb!
For more information, check out this Help article.
De7ka
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70 Points
4 years ago
I want the old version, the new version is not suitable for me i don't like it
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phylr1031
2 Messages
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70 Points
4 years ago
Is anyone else as disenchanted with the new look as I am? In the past we've been able to opt out of a new design and keep the old one. Is that still possible?
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mgrish
8 Messages
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150 Points
4 years ago
On a side by side comparison of Old vs. New, which version of IMDb presents the most information about the Movie without clicking a link or scrolling by the user?
Left is the Old version of IMDb on Firefox 52.9.0.
Right is the New version of IMDb on Chrome 49.0.2623.112.
The same page is presented side by side in the attached picture.
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vinderup
4 Messages
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90 Points
4 years ago
Give us the opportunity to choose between the new look and the old, as far as I can see, the old version runs behind the new, which shows up as soon as you want to see details. The new version is messy, slow and apparently made for mobile phone.
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mysteriousbluebox
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1.7K Points
4 years ago
I recently switched over to the new page format and noticed that certificates and run times are no longer populating at the top of the page at the episode level. When using the old page format, certificates and run times at the series level would carry over to the episode level if that information was not entered at the episode level. Is this something that can be applied to the new page design? Here is an example...
Series Level: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11861362/?ref_=tt_ov_inf
Certificate: TV-14 (shown at the top of the page)
Run time: 42 mins (shown under technical specs)
Episode Level: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14415708/?ref_=ttep_ep1
Certificate: not displayed
Run time: 42 mins (shown under technical specs but it should appear at the top under the episode title)
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Burnbrae
2 Messages
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84 Points
4 years ago
Sorry to have to say it but the new layout is awful!
Everything is too big and having a black background? Seriously? Black background is something a kid would do in an attempt to be cool or edgy. Fact is, black is hard on the eyes and makes it harder for users to read.
I appreciate you felt the need to make the site more 'trendy' but it is a data website not a shopping channel. Listen to your users. Give them the option to use either layout. I know which one I would use and based on the many comments I have read here and on Reddit, many others would do the same.
Nice try but 2/10 is the best rating I can give your developers.
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Burnbrae
2 Messages
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84 Points
4 years ago
"The renewed page is meant to make your IMDb experience easy and enjoyable"
Well it is no working. The new layout is anything but enjoyable.
"The refresh reflects IMDb customer feedback"
Are you reading the feedback on here and other review websites? The majority hate it!
"designed to enhance entertainment content discovery and navigation"
The new design is doing the exact opposite. Please listen to your users before you lose them to TMDB.
At the very least, give you users the option to switch to either version. The black background is utterly awful and hard on the eyes to the point of being unusable. Please swallow your pride and realise that it is a poor design.
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thewizardoz
2 Messages
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72 Points
4 years ago
Why are there no actor image or thumbnail beside actors' names in this new layout?
In the old layout there was and there's plenty of room to do that in this new layout.
These make it easier and quicker to identify the actors/actresses in movies and TV series.
Thanks.
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bootrossbootross
2 Messages
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70 Points
4 years ago
The new mobile layout is terrible for PC (as are they all), who could possibly think this is a step forward other than the accountants who push it to save money and the (crappy) web designers who do the work?
Is there a way to force the older helpful and informative view?
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vinderup
4 Messages
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90 Points
4 years ago
Try and offer the old look for 5 dollar. That will give you an idea of how many filmfreaks that find the new look useless - and you will make some money.
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irritatedByIMDbChanges
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90 Points
4 years ago
I'm still not liking the new page, even your latest revision. I noticed that the new pages were taken off line and the old versions were brought back for a while, presumably while your devs worked on them again, but now the terrible new pages are back.
The nicest thing I can say is that the new pages are slightly less laggy than they were on the initial rollout. But my fundamental objection to the new layout remains: There is no useful information at the top of the movie/TV show pages (the initial view), and it takes an several seconds (due to loading all that JavaScript?) after I page down to see anything that is remotely useful or relevant to my interest in the show. This annoying delay irks me every time I forget and click on an imdb link.... and life is too short to waste waiting for a website that doesn't deliver requested content promptly (or getting annoyed by it's slowness), especially when there are other available alternatives. And it's clearly a waste of time and effort to complain or even provide feedback, as you aren't listening to the comments saying that this has all been an epic fail.
Bye bye IMDb... you were great while it lasted. But your latest makeover was too much for me! I won't bother coming back, whether to complain or even use your website any more.
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Some_Guy13
1 Message
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60 Points
4 years ago
The new layout is horrible. I'm done using this site.
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isabellep
32 Messages
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752 Points
4 years ago
I don't like it, especially the dark background at the top, it hurts sensitive eyes. Is there an option to turn it white again?
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Samurai
2 Messages
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78 Points
4 years ago
Hate this design. Please bring back the option to use the old design... page is bloated. I need something more compact. Spacing is absurd.. Terrible just terrible.. and all this after so much feedback was given to you guys.. sad
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DogRiver
29 Messages
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1.5K Points
4 years ago
Everything is all over the place. I loved IMDb because it was organized and easy to read. This is just a complete mess. Can you guys atleast have a way to turn 'dark mode off' on desktop version? It's so hard on the eyes. I did the "advanced mode" tip, but I'd rather not have all that info on one page and there's no user review on that page. Please make this new version optional? I beg you.
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