Updates to the Ratings pages and functionality

It is part of the work to modernize and simplify various IMDb software systems and interfaces as announced at https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0The interface becomes more simple for new customers; we no longer embed advanced title search features into a ratings page; and we can centralize the software on the advanced title search page, which in turns means 50% less software to maintain. The result is that once all of this work is complete, we can more quickly enhance the advanced title search features instead of having to duplicate the software in several different places. It is short term pain for long term gain. You should be able to do almost all the same sorting and filtering (and more) than you could do before via http://www.imdb.com/search/title

Unfortunate fact is that advanced title search cannot replicate a compact view of one's Vote History sorted by vote date. IOW, the page I had bookmarked at IMDb for well over 10 years as my main entry point to the site. Were "date rated" a sort option on advanced search, there wouldn't be an issue. It would be a welcome future enhancement, to say the least. I don't see any way to view the date one voted for a movie in any part of the new interface anymore. I guess that info is only accessible by exporting the data, now.

Col, thanks for responding. Obviously, I know about the advanced search. But what I really liked about the features on my Vote History were that I could see within one mouse-click how much feature films, episodes, series etc. I had seen. The same goes for genres. I've tried, but I don't see how I can do this via the advanced search, expect for one by one. (first looking at how much films I've seen, then going back and seeing how much series I've seen and so on, and so on). Also, there doesn't seem to be any way via the advanced search to see when you've voted for a certain title, which WAS possible via the old way.You said:You should be able to do almost all the same sorting and filtering (and more) than you could do before via http://www.imdb.com/search/titleMaybe I just missed it, so can you (or somebody else who's more computer savvy than I apparently am) explain to me how to get the things I mentioned above?Also, I really don't see how this is easier for newly or "old" users. I personally found the old way very intuitive and super-easy to use. Another question: If this change "means 50% less software to maintain", why wasn't this said in the announcement post? That way, users might better understand the reasoning behind it. As I've said before, communication is key (especially now the message boards have gone and you can't easily reach most users anyway).

...and we can centralize the software on the advanced title search page, which in turns means 50% less software to maintain.Coming up with nonsense like this is unbelievably disrespectful to the people who are using and contributing to your service.IMDb could be a great and fun tool for sharing and comparing ratings and watch lists with friends (considering that watching movies is most often a social experience), and then you actually make it harder to find, view and compare information. I'm simply amazed by the lack of ingenuity.What other updates (ie. downgrades) are you planning to do in the future?

I am a new user, joined a few months ago, and this is making using the site exponentially harder for me. I find the advanced search page difficult to understand and I don't know how to use it to get the same results as I got with one click on my Ratings page. I just want to be able to see my ratings by release date ! That seems like a very, very basic function for a film and TV series database like IMDb ! I can't believe you have removed this function that I used regularly. This is going to make my life harder. I find it jarring to call such a downgrade an "update".

Yeah, I'm a pretty old user at the site and I thought "your rating" sorting option was really useful which enabled me to see the movies I voted from 10 to 1 in order, that helped seeing the movies I could recommend to others in a compact organized way. Now I have to navigate through the complete list to find the ones I highly rated. Advanced search doesn't provide an option to sort the movies according to my vote either. Why remove such a basic function from such a huge movie database site? I really don't understand why sites that we love like IMDB make such unthoughtful decisions.If I'm missing something here that will fix my problem, please help by the way.

@Lasse: Your first mistake is thinking that modern IMDb is intended to be anything more than Amazon Video's upselling division. I find it hard to imagine that user experience enters into corporate strategy discussions unless it interferes with the users' ability to spend money.

I really do not appreciate these changes. You have stripped back functions that i used all the time in the ratings section. Will they ever be changed back?

I really do not appreciate these changes. You have stripped back functions that i used all the time in the ratings section. Will they ever be changed back?

Please! Listen to this man!

Yes, this change enables us to improve advanced title search over the long term and provide even more search options for your ratings and other lists. For context please see https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0

Please see our other replies on this thread, also we have enhanced and standardized the "card" for each title in the detail view, now including availability information, as in (from my history):

I don't need all this stuff in my ratings list. I already know what the show is about - I must've seen it or I couldn't rate it! And I'm not particularly likely to need to know when I can see it again. The compact view was all I ever used. However I do like to know when I rated it and I do require to be able to copy individual shows from the ratings list to my separate lists of different types of show. You refer to what you have done as "enhancing" but is precisely the opposite. Did you actually consult your customers before making these changes? From the comments in this thread it would seem not.

remove remove removemaybe you could add something great for once if you already get rid off all these useful features

It's the compressed info we needed, not the enhanced. That easy to find in other ways.I'm a user for 17 years, and this function I really loved with imdb.I also use the advanced search, which is good, but to find my own rated films this was far the best way to get an overview e.g. for a film I don't remember the title for.Hope you'll re-introduce it!This new is only useful if you forgot the film you saw yesterday!

I've been named a Top Contributor for the past 8 years, and many of these recent changes are causing me to consider quitting IMDb. Due to the recent changes of spreading information to multiple pages (TV series ratings), breaking up the credits for actors rather than a nice clean long list, and now having to work three times as hard to input soundtrack info, my efforts are no longer a hobby but are now actual hard work. I revisited site preferences, but it offered no solution.

Dear Col! How do find this list: All titles Feature and Tv-Movies I've rated with a 10/10 sorted by imdb-rating in compact view, and only the best caracter no 9/10. That will be about 170 films.Can't make it with advanced search, or it's too advanced for me.I can only get a complete list of all films I've rated and it's sorted be the film I last saw/rated, in stead of imdb-rating as I'd widh.Please help! This sorting functioned in My Ratings.

Hi Ole Jon Tveito,This should accomplish what you requested for Feature Films. Feature Films You Have Seen (Sort by Your Rating, desc)http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&coun...Note to IMDb Staff: There is a problem with Advanced Search sorting by "Your rating".Both of these produce the same results, sorting by Your rating (Low to High)sorted by Your rating (High to Low)sorted by Your rating (Low to High)This can be corrected after the the search is done by clicking Your Rating▲ to produce Your Rating▼.

Thanks for quick answer!But here it's sorted by the fuilms I've last seen. I don't like that. I would like it sorted by the imdb.rating, so e.g. Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather (which is on top of imdbtop250 would be on top on my list as well, if I rate them as 10/10.It's unteresting for me to have this sorted by the last 10/10 I gave. That's what I remember best! I didn't search for this to find out what I saw last!!!So if this search could be sorted after the contraint I wanted or chose, it would be good.The former ratings page did that.

Hi Ole Jon Tveito,In Advanced Title Search under Your Ratings you can select: Include All Titles Exclude Titles I've Seen Restrict to Titles I've Seen"Seen" means titles that you have either rated or marked as seen.In addition, you can also filter by:Title TypeRelease DateUser Rating (ratings by IMDb users)Number of VotesGenresTitle Groups (IMDb defined groups such as IMDb "Top 250")Title DataCompaniesInstant Watch OptionsUS CertificatesColor InfoCountriesKeywordsLanguagesFilming LocationsPopularityPlotCast/CrewRuntimeIn Theaters Adult Titles (Exclude or Include)Lists (whether or not the title is in one of your lists)Finally you can control how the information is displayed.Detailed or Compact50, 100 or 250 titles per pageYou can also select how the titles are sorted:

I do as you say, but there are two problems!1) I get also films I've voted other than 10/10.2) the list coming out still shows the last films I've seen and given 10/10 on top, and not by user rating descendig as I asked for.Here my search:http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...I'd also like to exclude TV-series and episodes. How do I do that?

I don't think it's currently possible to restrict the list to only the films you've rated 10/10, but it is at least possible to exclude TV-shows. You can do that from the Advanced Title Search, by selecting "Feature Film" (and/or any other title type you want to include) in the Title Type section near the top of the search page. You should get a search like this for only feature films: http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&coun...

@Ole Jon Tveito When I use the link you provided:http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...I see my ratings in order by MY votes, which means you selected Your Rating (high to low). If by "user ratings" you mean wanted to sort by the IMDb average rating, then you should have selected User Rating Descending.Previous replies guided you toward sorting by Your Rating because this is the only way to see your 10's together. And there is not feature to sort by Your Rating and then second criteria of User Rating. You may need to Export your ratings and use a spreadsheet to see exactly what you want.

That is th trouble. The former User-rating site allowed my to sort that way. My 10/10 ranked by imdb-rating. Now I only get the last I've voted 10/10 on top,which isn'æt what I'm asking for. When I then try to sort again, it's also wrong.I think advanced search is good, but it is very advanced, and there's still constraints which aren't possible!I miss the way i saw my ratings descending and ascending from My Ratings-page, which did what I wanted.