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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.
DrFB
4 Messages
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118 Points
3 years ago
I have had a regular IMDB account for well over a decade, and I am watching a ONCE great internet resource being "tweaked" so that some metrics that show more involvement will allow someone to justify this horrid interface.
I refuse to use the new reddit interface, and luckily the old.reddit prefix allows me to use the superior old way. The main points have been made multiple times here, but allow me to ask the IMDB staff some basic questions again.
Why is there no option to view the original design, especially seeing the clear dislike of the new one? New viewers could be on the new interface without knowing the previous one, and you could keep your existing users happy.
Why are you not listening to your user base? If we are taking the time to create accounts, and offer our input, then perhaps we are more vested than a new user.
What is the reason for forcing a clear mobile design on desktop users?
Do you think that cramming advertising in everywhere will lead to revenue? I am like most and do not want ads pushed at me. Allow me to decide if I want to use up my resources.
What was the design criteria and who would have elected this? Were there other options? Did you ask your user base which flavor they preferred?
When will you admit this is bad?
Are you brave enough to take a poll?
Thanks.
DrFB
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linux_lad
72 Messages
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758 Points
3 years ago
Nice touch with with the teal color for both sides in "reference view".
I'm still hoping for a "link" on the right side menu panel for a "more like this" category.
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gsmattingly
2 Messages
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70 Points
3 years ago
Old list format for artists was much better, easier to read, easier to use. I don't like the new format at all.
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usamike
45 Messages
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780 Points
3 years ago
hi,
i wish to add a new problem on the top banner adv : there is no HTML target on BLANK ! when we click on a banner, we leave IMDB !
every ad banner, specially the big first , should be in _BLANK target mode !
Best regards
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george_silver
23 Messages
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462 Points
3 years ago
You have changed it to accomodate mobile screens. Would you be interested in maintaining an option for the old format. This looks Mickey Mouse. Not enough data visible.
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usamike
45 Messages
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780 Points
3 years ago
hi,
there is a duplicate feature page and a adv error .
in the front page of a movie, you can see the gallery of photo .
when you click on "Photos" link, you go to a page which display the same information.
Yes the gallery is in a square, not in a slider conponent, but it is the same information. so what is the meaning of this page ?
As i said in the beginning of my message there is bug on the adv on the text-align: center;">
i click on it and it went to a normal active website, so the problem is there is no visual or error in the frame.
here is the F12 console error :
and here the source code from the FRAME of the ad (only body part tag) :
<body> <div id="ad" class="ad js-ad"> <div id="banner" class="banner js-banner"> <img id="bg1" src="bg1.jpg" class="bg1 js-bg1"> <img id="bg_end" src="bg_end.jpg" class="bg_end hidden js-end js-fr_end"> <img id="fr1_txt1" src="fr1_txt1.png" class="img_full hidden txt js-fr1_txt1 fr1"> <img id="fr1_txt2" src="fr1_txt2.png" class="img_full hidden txt js-fr1_txt2 fr1"> <div id="white-layer-bottom" class="white-layer js-white-layer-bottom"></div> <div id="white-layer-left" class="white-layer js-white-layer-left"></div> <div id="white-layer-right" class="white-layer js-white-layer-right"></div> <img id="cta" src="cta.png" class="img_full txt hidden js-cta"> <img id="logo" src="logo.png" class="img_full js-logo"> <img id="logo-blue" src="logo_blue.png" class="img_full hidden js-logo-blue"> </div> <div class="border js-border full"></div> <a href="void(window.open(window.clickTag));" id="clickTag" class="clickTag js-clickTag full"></a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> "use strict"; var $BANNER = ((function() { // jQuery Fake var $ = function(slt) { return document.querySelector(slt); } // HELPERS OBJECT var HELPERS = { "GSAP": { "STATUS": true, "VERSION": "", "URLS": [ 'https://s0.2mdn.net/ads/studio/cached_libs/tweenmax_1.19.1_92cf05aba6ca4ea5cbc62b5a7cb924e3_min.js' ] }, "ADS": { "WIDTH": "300", "HEIGHT": "250", }, "SCREEN": { "WIDTH" : window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth || document.body.offsetWidth, "HEIGHT": window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight || document.body.offsetHeight }, "DOMS": {}, "EVENTS": { "CLICK": (function() { if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement === true) return 'touchstart'; else return 'click'; })(), "MOVE": (function() { if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement === true) return 'touchmove'; else return 'mousemove'; })() }, "STATUS": true }; var timers = 0; var Tween; // Pre-load Libraries function startAds() { switch(HELPERS.GSAP.STATUS) { case false: loadAssets(); break; default: loadScripts(HELPERS.GSAP.URLS, loadAssets); break; } } // Pre-load Assets function loadAssets() { preloadImages([ 'bg1.jpg', 'bg_end.jpg', 'cta.png', 'fr1_txt1.png', 'fr1_txt2.png', 'logo_blue.png', 'logo.png' ], mainDOM); } // DOMs function mainDOM() { HELPERS.GSAP.VERSION = window.TweenMax != undefined ? window.TweenMax.version : ''; HELPERS.DOMS.Ad = $('.js-ad') != undefined ? $('.js-ad') : ''; HELPERS.DOMS.Banner = $('.js-banner') != undefined ? $('.js-banner') : ''; HELPERS.DOMS.ClickTag = $('.js-clickTag') != undefined ? $('.js-clickTag') : ''; addListeners(); // Call Show Ads showAds(true, mainFunc); // Handle Show Ads function showAds(e, callback) { // Pre Show Elements var elsObj = [HELPERS.DOMS.Banner]; // Shounldn't empty switch (e) { case false: console.info(e); break; default: showElements(elsObj); break; } if (callback && typeof(callback) === "function") { callback(); } function showElements(els) { if(els.length > 0) { for(var i=0; i<els.length; i++) { els[i].style.opacity = 1; els[i].style.display = 'block'; els[i].style.visibility = 'visible'; } } else {} } } // Handle Events function addListeners(){ // Use event HELPERS.EVENTS.CLICK || HELPERS.EVENTS.MOVE if (HELPERS.DOMS.ClickTag.tagName.toLowerCase() != 'a') HELPERS.DOMS.ClickTag.addEventListener(HELPERS.EVENTS.CLICK, clickTagHandle, false); } // Handler Events function clickTagHandle(e) { if (HELPERS.DOMS.ClickTag.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'a') e.preventDefault(); } } // To Do Animation function mainFunc() { switch(HELPERS.GSAP.STATUS) { case false: Tween = {}; break; default: Tween = new TimelineMax({ onStart: _onStart, onUpdate: _onUpdate, onComplete: _onComplete }); Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-bg1", 1, { scale: 0.7, x: -160, y: -78, rotationZ: 0.001, force3D: true, ease: Quad.easeInOut }), timers); timers += 1; Tween.add(TweenMax.to([".js-fr1_txt1"], 0.9, { y: 0, autoAlpha: 1, ease: Expo.easeOut, rotation: 0.001, force3D: true }), timers); timers += 0.15; Tween.add(TweenMax.to([".js-fr1_txt2"], 0.9, { y: 0, autoAlpha: 1, ease: Expo.easeOut, rotation: 0.001, force3D: true }), timers); timers += 2; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-fr_end", 0.5, { autoAlpha: 1, ease: Power1.easeOut }), timers); timers += 1; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-fr_end", 2, { x: -78, rotationZ: 0.001, force3D: true, ease: Quad.easeInOut }), timers); timers += 2.5; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-fr_end", 1.5, { scale: 0.84, x: -26, y:-30, rotationZ: 0.001, force3D: true, ease: Quad.easeInOut }), timers); Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-white-layer-left", 0.6, { 100%', ease: Power1.easeOut, rotation: 0.001, force3D: true }), timers); timers += 0.6; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-white-layer-bottom", 0.4, { Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-logo", 1, { autoAlpha: 0, ease: Power2.easeOut }), timers); Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-logo-blue", 1, { autoAlpha: 1, ease: Power2.easeOut }), timers + 0.2); timers += 0.4; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-white-layer-right", 0.6, { 100%', ease: Power1.easeOut, rotation: 0.001, force3D: true }), timers); timers += 0.6; Tween.add(TweenMax.to(".js-cta", 0.9, { y: 0, autoAlpha: 1, ease: Expo.easeOut, rotation: 0.001, force3D: true }), timers); break; } // Handle Animation Timeline STEPs function _onStart() {} function _onUpdate() {} function _onComplete() {} } return startAds; })()); window.addEventListener("load", $BANNER); </script> </body>Best regards
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Marlyd
16 Messages
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332 Points
3 years ago
IMDB is my favorite website and app, and I visit it on my computer and phone more than other apps. That said, the recent UX update on the website is the worst. There's so much loading of promos when you get there, it takes way too long to accomplish a search because everything's popping up, loading and/or blocking things. It's too much and a mess.
This design only suits IMDB and is very thoughtless to users so now when I visit the site on my computer it's a frustrating experience instead of a positive one. Would love them to consider downscaling some of the more obnoxious promotional items that appear on the home page per the redesign and make this a good site again.
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silvio_mitsubishi
115 Messages
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1.8K Points
3 years ago
Surely I cannot be the only iPad user to find this redesigned webpage a total disaster?
The information I want is in tiny lettering or almost illegible (ratings, runtime). Long review require me to click on a group of dots at the bottom of the text box, but it is so close to the thumb-up icon that I found I have registered a vote saying the review was helpful even before I have read it.
Today I gave tried to read a long review of Cold War (2018), but physically could not access anything after a certain point. The box would not expand any further.
If I try to report a review for whatever reason, the box to type in is tiny. If I touch anything but the onscreen keyboard or the text box, I lose anything I have written. I cannot refer back to the review itself because it is greyed out and if I touch it I lose everything.
NOT RELATED TO REDESIGN, BUT ANNOYING ANYWAY
If I suggest edits to the Parents' Guide, I frequently find they are approved, but the original comment is not removed. My suggestion to delete it, with reasons, is simply added to the comment.
I have read imdb guidelines several times, yet still find suggested edits rejected with a fpsuggestion I read the guidelines I have actually quoted.
if I change something inGoofs, Crazy Credits or Trivia, there is a separate box to give my reasons. That would be helpful for changing the Parents' Guide too. Often people post in the wrong box or post things with no relevance whatsoever. Users can only edit comments, not delete them, and your site does not accept blank text boxes. If a comment such as "The word idiot is used" is posted to Sex and Nudity, we cannot simply delete it. I have sometimes deleted everything but the final full stop, but this makes the images untidy and I prefer to give a reason for moderators to decide if my edit is fair.
For a website that invites users to submit material, IMDb is very poor at doing anything with it.
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Dzomlija
7 Messages
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122 Points
3 years ago
I've been a user of IMDB for several years, and have in all that time never had any reason to complain. Until now.
Basic site navigation is through links used to give nearly instant results with the old version of the site, even when using a 4Mb/s ADSL line (I do not have access to fibre or other faster connection tech).
Ever since the site was "redesigned" and "improved", it has become slow and sluggish. Almost impossible to use. The only time performance ever improves is when a link is directed to a part of the site that still uses the old IMDB design views.
To illustrate, here are comparative page load times for "The Crown" on IMDB and TheMovieDB, after clearing the browser cache:
I understand that timings of 35, 15 and 12 seconds may not seem like much at, but time is everything, and when compared to performance timings of other sites, are far too high.
I have found that this lethargic performance of IMDB.COM is repeated across multiple browsers:
The IMDB App on Android is even slower and has a tendency to crash and bring overall tablet performance to a crawl.
Please investigate and try to fix this issue.
Thanks.
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Col_Needham
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7.1K Messages
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176.6K Points
3 years ago
@Dzomlija Thanks, and you get similar slow speeds on IMDb with plug-ins disabled across these multiple browsers? In which country are you located and we assume this is all without a VPN? What readings do you get when visiting https://fast.com/ (click the "Show more info" button for the upload speed).
The times you are quoting are around 10x slower than we would expect (and that we measure globally) so trying to eliminate some location issues here.
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usamike
45 Messages
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780 Points
3 years ago
a couple of days ago, i posted a comment about the problem with lag/block while the main great banner was loading (we can't scroll down using the wheelmouse or scrollbar until the top banner is totally load)
since a few day, i noticed the problem is degenerated :
now we can scroll down but the content of the page is hidden (overlay) by the banner.
here's a screenshot once i scrolldown as soon i go to the page :
and here's the normal page when i wait (no overlay) :
in the first screenshot, each time i scrolldown, the top banner is overlaying the main area (with poster,counter photo/video and preview)
best regards
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samofnine
36 Messages
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486 Points
3 years ago
There is also a problem on Chrome on the Android tablet. When the page loads it looks fine, but when the ads have been fully loaded the page gets wider and it looks like this:
By the way: Thanks for re-including the localized plot outlines!
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DrFB
4 Messages
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118 Points
3 years ago
I will also go on the record as saying that I HATE the app for android as well. I cannot stand it. I will use the mozilla firefox, desktop version. Give us a classic version please!
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restart_93
13 Messages
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394 Points
3 years ago
Your new website design is very slow. For a title webpage to fully load it takes nearly 20-30 seconds, while on tmdb, metacritic it is 2-3 seconds.
There are a lot of reports of slowliness that are ignored.
Can you quote me and confirm you receive this message?
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cc1152
1 Message
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60 Points
3 years ago
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