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.
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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.1 voteThanks 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.
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Don't Make "Sequels" a Preference Category
I took your survey for previewing the new "New Account" interface, and it threw me for a loop when "Sequels" was offered as a category I might enjoy. (I think it was Harry Potter, X-Men, and Shrek 2, with the categories "School, Witch, and Sequels".) It just doesn't make sense. I can't imagine anyone would just like "sequels", regardless of what the movie was about. I recommend removing that tag as an available preference category.
1 voteThanks for the feedback! If we push this through to a “real” system, we’ll make sure to get rid of that tag.
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Give the option of looking at lists or icons
When you give me a list by icons I find it hard to see the ranking. I like seeing a list by name, no prominence given to pictures, that I can sort by the criteria I choose.
1 voteIf you click on “search tools”, then click the “list” icon, you get a no-frills search interface. I hope this gets you what you’re looking for!
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Add fullscreen button to trailer
How come this is missing? I need to click the 'Youtube' button first to get fullscreen...
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why "similar" list is soo limited now?
i really loved endless list of similar movies, allowing to dig deeper, behind the films i've already seen. now it's too limited, hardly giving any new titles.
1 voteDone! We’re using the movie tuner feature, as before.
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where is your famous movie calculator? tags? why genres?
1) movie calc was the incredible feature, distinguishing you from any other engine. i cannot find it now. removing it would be very strange turn; it was uber useful and extra fun to use.
2) don't really like new mobilish design - much more limited and less informative.
3) never supposed genres to be useful. most interesting stuff cannot be categorised; it's some specific and subtle set of features (or tags, as you put it) which allowed to specify exactly what one looks for.
now your site looks like just an average movie database. hopefully it will allow yet to…1 vote -
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You can already change your ratings. I think what you’re asking for is the ability to see your rated movies in a list. We’re going to add that back in soon.
(Done!)
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More available 'similar' films
When you are viewing a films page there are only 7 similar films listed below. The old system gave a quiet extensive list which was useful for finding new films to watch in a similar vein to one already seen.
1 voteDone!
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Feature a robust search engine
The search engine is the most important part of the front page.
1 voteNot sure if we’re “robust” or not, but we’ve added a bunch of search features plus a pretty fast autocomplete on the search box.
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Where did my wish list go?
The wish list is one of the best features. Where did it go?
1 voteClick on your username in the top right, it’s one of the links under there.
Probably one of those links we should also have in the “main” menu on the left.
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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.
1 voteThanks 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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Stars Should Remain Orange After Rating Movie
I've just been going through the LONG list of recommendations on the beta & rating movies that I've seen (which turns the blue stars orange) ... I inadvertently clicked off the page I was on & when I returned to where I left off, I noticed that the stars on movies I'd already rated were blue again. It'd be great if the stars could remain orange once you've rated a movie so that it's clear that you've already rated it (like on Netflix, where the red stars turn & stay yellow after you rate a movie) ... EXCELLENT work, BTW!…
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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 use1 voteThanks for the feedback. This was released in June.
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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!
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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.
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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.
1 voteThe “hide this” functionality is available in the ratings widget. Click the three bars to the left of the stars and select “hide this”.
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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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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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Make sure the menu at the top of the page opens when the menu icon is clicked
The menu appears to opens upwards, but my browser doesn't scroll up when it does, so it's hidden from me. Confusing.
Perhaps it's a browser thing? FF 28.0 on OSX 10.9
1 voteWe ditched that design concept.
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Allow greater control of profile
I recently switched email accounts, yet I can't change that on the site
1 voteDone!
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