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  1. Add boolean search filter: "In wishlist - Y/N". Thanks!

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  2. New additions missing

    Please bring back the new additions option.
    It was one of the features I most often used.

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  3. please clarify the difference between 'warrior' and 'wizard' recommender

    a basic tutorial on the effect of picking different recommenders

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    The dropdown now includes a brief description of the differences between the two algorithms.

  4. When searching for movies, ignore special characters

    When looking through the titles on Movielens, any special characters like 'ó' or 'ñ' should be seen as plaintext, like 'o' and 'n'. These characters are not easy to type, and such specificity isn't necessary. For example, if you typed "Automata" into the search field, the movie Autómata is not listed as a search suggestion, nor is it a search result. If the 'ó' character was viewed as an 'o' this would not be the case.

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  5. Hidden list can not be accessed and more related stuff

    I can not find the list of hidden ratings which exists on the older version. Also films I have hidden are not hidden on the new site (at least I can't see any difference compared to other films I have not rated).

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  6. Slash to open search does not focus the search box (in Firefox)

    In Firefox the forward slash key opens the "quick search" feature. You need to .preventDefault() on the event (or some such) to avoid having it steal focus from the in-page search feature.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the bug report. This has been fixed in our development version, and the patch will be live soon.

  7. Fix search auto complete keyboard usage

    The beta site looks fantastic. If I type a title into search I get auto complete values, nice! If I press down-arrow and then enter to select one, I get a blank page that says there are no results. If I click with the mouse, then it works as expected.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the bug report! This has been fixed, the patch will be released soon.

  8. Add date rated to movie ratings

    After looking at my list of ratings I found I was able to sort by date rated but the date itself did not appear anywhere in the ratings information. Can you make the date rated visible please?

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  9. Where's the big counter?

    "You've rated 1387 movies." Missing this direly from the new beta thingy, which is really-really nice, by the way.

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  10. RottenTomatoes

    Can you add the RottenTomatoes link like the previous version add? It's the main way for me to evaluate if I really feel like watching that movie or not.

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  11. Allow greater control of profile

    I recently switched email accounts, yet I can't change that on the site

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  12. Selecting a search suggestion with the enter key does not work.

    If you start entering a movie title in the search bar, suggestions will be displayed underneath it. You can highlight these by using the arrow keys. However, if you hit enter to select a suggestion, you get a page with the title of the movie displayed on top and "No results!" displayed underneath it. But if you click on the result it pulls up the movie without a problem. Really minor bug, but it is something I've encountered numerous times.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the bug report. I replicated it in firefox. We will fix this bug soon.

  13. Please keep movie icons

    Please keep pictures of each movie because it makes it a lot easier when searching and ratings movies.

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  14. Make it easier to see how many movies I've rated (was: total film ratings tally)

    Just wondering if there's a way to tell how any films you've rated as I can't seem t find that number on the new site.

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  15. Allow me to hide recommended films

    If there's a film recommended for me and I don't like it, I should be able to hide it and that should influence what else is recommended for me.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    The “hide this” functionality is available in the ratings widget. Click the three bars to the left of the stars and select “hide this”.

  16. Search by actor/actress/director

    So I often am looking for an actor's body of work and, unless I'm missing out on something vital, I have to think of a film they have been in, search for that film first and then click on the actor's name to see their films. I would like to be able to just search for an actor or actress.
    The same goes for directors.

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  17. It's fantastic! Ready to go! Put it live! Congratulations!

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Ha ha, thanks for the positive feedback. We have a few big missing features to build before we can make this the new site, but it’s going to happen this summer!

    update: done!

  18. Click actors and directors and be taken to all there other movies

    This was one of my favourite things about the old movielens and it would be a shame if that went.
    I think the site looks fantastic and is really easy to use

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  19. Why I use

    The reason I use Movielens is so I can track what movies I've seen and give them MY rating along with creating a 'wish list'. (I also use these same functions for book on Goodreads.)
    If I can't do this then there's really no reason for me to use your site, I can go to IMDB to see what movies are out and check suggestions. And find many lists online of movies to watch.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the feedback! We do have a wishlist in the preview version, but it is too hard to find in the menus. We will fix this in the next release, and make sure it’s easy to use moving forward.

  20. add moviewish list

    IMDB has a function that when you want to watch some movies, you can press a button of "+ movie list". Next time when the users want to watch movie, then they can choose from the movie list.

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    completed  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the feedback! We have a wishlist feature.

    I think we’re hearing that we need to make the wishlist interface more prominent/obvious. We will try to do that.

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