General
Hi MovieLens users! We recently launched our first major revision to MovieLens since 2003! Please help us grow in the right direction by giving us thoughtful feedback on the design and functioning of the new user experience.
Ideas, questions, and bug reports are all welcome here.
89 results found
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I liked being able to control how many movies I saw per page
I really can control the amount of information I'm getting in the old version. The pictures are nice but I like Movie lens for the control and the information! Improved graphics are nice but they're secondary to me.
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Cleaner movie grid - just show movies and titles (was: Less is more)
It's a bit too busy, distracting and hard on the eyes. On the start page, where it lists all the movies as little rectangles, I'd recommend removing the ratings, minutes, year for each movie. Just have the movie name and poster. It would result in a much cleaner look. People can always see that info by clicking on the movie.
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Allow users to pick favorite genres (was: The selection of obvious genres is questionable)
When I press the "Explore" button I found a list of genres half of which are irrelevent for me. Either make the list of obvious genres dynamically chosen for my account, or let me configure it, or give me more of them in the menu, or whatever.
It gives me
animation
comedy
documentary
foreign (this is no a genre dammit!) Foreign to whom????I'd rather see
adventure
file noir
eastern
westernso most of the times I will have to click twice.
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Personal ratings renormalization
My ratings are now extremely tightly distributed (I think; there's no way to see a histogram(?)) ... and they naturally get tighter over time, because I know if I change my rating scale I'll throw everything out of whack.
I'd love to (1) have a button to redistribute all my previous ratings onto a more uniform distribution, and (2) have a reference point for what these ratings mean for me, like a percentile or an example of a movie I've previously rated at that level (and maybe even one a half-star above and below!).
1 voteInteresting ideas!
Renormalizing is hard, since we would have to guess (e.g.) which of your 3 star ratings are really the “better” 3 star ratings that should be moved up.
Potentially we could explore a semi-automated interface (we make a guess, you get to fine-tune it) for renormalizing ratings.
The reference point ideas are interesting, but obviously present design challenges. We’ve done a bit of research work in this space, possibly we could promote these types of interfaces to movielens.
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2507157.2507188
A histogram of your ratings is coming in the next release.
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Clean ratings
It's hard to think about unbiased rating when I'm looking at the predictions and statistics. It would be nice to have a UX flow where that information is not visible before I enter a rating.
4 votesGood feedback. We would like to provide an unbiased interface for rating movies.
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Justify the Personal Ratings
Tell us why MovieLens rated a particularly movie so high or low. Cite ratings on a couple of similar movies, and list the top 3-5 tags that contributed.
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left-right scroll needs more stuff
The left-right scrolling is a cool idea, but the behavior is odd when the contents are just slightly wider than the width of the window. Being able to wiggle each row just a little doesn't seem to add much value. Having more stuff in each row, or chopping off one element, might be better.
1 voteThanks for the ideas. Yes, that scrolling is a little wonky, especially for folks who are using a mouse. We’re planning to address this at some point.
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Customize row categories
In the home page, let the user choose the row categories/filters. Right now you show "Top Picks" "Higest rated recent releases" and "Most rated recent releases".
I would like, at least, to have more kind of rows availabe (I guess there will be since this is only a preview) and to be able to choose (or hide/show) the ones that interest me. More advanced option/ or in the future, also to set(& name) my own search filters to define rows.1 voteThanks – great idea!
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Option to get Top picks based on TARGET mood
Since there was a question in the survey about moods, I expect it to be a parameter in the picking of movies.
Let me explain TARGET mood: The mood I want to be, not the mood I am now. For example "happy" as target mood is more accurate for picking movies than "depressed" as current mood. Because a "depressed" user might want different picks, one might want to cheer up, other might want to sulk in self-pity.3 votes -
Find streaming
Link to canistream.it or other way to add movies to you queue
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More direct tag exposure
Let user see tag cluster associated with their tuner, recommender.
Have interface to let user define and save tag clusters for searching.
2 votesThanks – interesting ideas!
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Keep the sliders (similar movies)
I found the sliders really helpful to find new movies based on what I had seen.
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Make stuff smaller maybe?
I kind of feel like I'm zoomed in 125%
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Ask for system re-application ideas
Ask users in what other areas a recommendation system like this could be applied where it currently may not be. Beyond the noise, maybe a user will come up with an idea that's insightful, cool and compelling.
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Provide overview of lens system
Give thorough basics of how and why the system works. This may lead to more insightful user feedback, plus, in a certain sector, generate more user interest and involvement.
1 voteThanks for the idea!
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Nice to know more about the workings of the system.
How are film descriptive words generated, derived and matched?
What are the film variables?
How are variables used to form groups?Are film and/or book preference significantly correlated to preferences or aptitudes in other areas -- sports, hobbies, types of social activities, learning strategies, diversity of interests, etc.
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Recollecting memory, improve film recognition
Often I do not intentionally watch a movie. I just come across on telly (HBO, Film1, or just any other) I look how far in it is and if acceptable (20-30 mins) continue watching.
The current overview of thumbnails is alright but what do i do here? What is the task in my mind? Rating movies! And for rating movies, I think:
- the amount of movies is good, but
- the thumbnails are too small
- would be nice to see move thumbnails of the same move when hovering over
- would be nice to have "infinity" page instead…1 voteThanks for the feedback!
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Directors, Writers, Cast...
You've got "directors" and "cast", much like the old Movielens, how about listing the writers too?
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Smaller/no images for mobile users
I use movielens on my Nexus 4 phone. The reliance on the huge movie poster idiom makes the site mostly unusable on my phone. It is an extremely inefficient use of space. I have to scroll like crazy to digest even a small but of information. I would much prefer compact grid for results like the old site.
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Graphics lite mode for 2G connections.
Lo/zero graphics site similar to old movielens for slow connections.
1 vote
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