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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.

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  1. Please keep the group recommendation function!

    My boyfriend and I have differing tastes in movies and use this feature to find movies we're both interested in seeing: it would be a bummer to lose it from the new version of the site!

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  2. A description of the movie should appear when the cursor goes over it.

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  3. this tablet-style layout version is unusable.

    Old version is not trendy sexy, but it does what it is needed. No need to dumb everything down.

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  4. Expand the way you can see the information about your ratings. Please don't remove it!

    I love looking at the graphs and the statistics of my ratings. It is the reason I keep going back to MovieLens. I would love to be able to see it different kinds of graphs or be able to compare my ratings with other buddies or friends.

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  5. Why is the Sidebar now at the top!?

    I'm lost! I honestly liked it on the side! Why change something that wasn't a problem to begin with?

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    declined  ·  Max Harper responded

    The problem is that the current version of movielens does not work well on mobile devices (including tablets). One goal of the redesign is to have a “responsive” layout that works better across a variety of devices. That is solvable with a side menu, but we went a different direction, design-wise.

    Sorry this makes you less happy! Hopefully this is more of a “get used to it” kind of thing, rather than a serious functional defect.

  6. New Interface is Overly Simplified

    Whereas I can see wanting to simplify the main page, this is too much. I don't like Movielens looking like Netflix or Primewire. The way it is presented now, it seems like more of a sponsored site that is trying to advertise particular movies. Almost looks like a Pop-up Ad!

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  7. I do not like the look of the update. I can read, I don't need pictures. There is nothing wrong with the current format.

    An improvement would be a way to filter out useless entries like Bulgarian documentaries about sea urchins. There has to be a concession to availability by the average site user. No more TV shows and video games. I have rated nearly 1700 movies. Having to weed through pages of movie posters instead of seeing a list of latest additions is inefficient and unnecessary. I can go on if you like but the bottom line is do not change the format, just work on how to make the current version work more efficiently and accurately. Also, not everyone uses Facebook or…

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    declined  ·  Max Harper responded

    There is already another thread on adding a “no images” search interface, please contribute your thoughts (or votes) there. And, please keep your feedback constructive.

  8. Don't use downloadable fonts for icons

    You (and other sites) are using arbitrary characters in custom fonts as icons. My browser version does not support that. Don't use it or provide a fallback for users like me.

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    declined  ·  Max Harper responded

    Sorry, we just don’t have the developer time to support old browsers. For now, we’ll test down to IE9.

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