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I am sure that there has been plenty of criticism about some of the recent changes made to IMDb, something that is inevitable when such a large platform undergoes changes. I also understand that this one post alone will probably not bring forth the changes that I hope for but nevertheless, I'd like to list some issues I have been having with the site over the past couple of days.
Firstly, I must say that I really love implementing the IMDb star rating and # of votes into both customized lists and episode lists as found for the TV shows. I love that interface and I think it works wonderfully. However, what I am not so much a fan of are some of the changes made to the list editing mode. I can no longer add a TV episode by pasting the URL of the episode into the 'Add a movie or TV show to this list'. That was a convenience I loved about adding episode titles onto IMDb and without that convenience, it's really no different to how Trakt.tv works with customized lists. Now I have to go through each title on its own separate page and add the episode from there.
I also think the editing mode on IMDb is a lot more problematic now and found the earlier interface in-editing mode to be much clearer. This is clearly a less pressing issue for me and once again, I welcome the addition of the star rating with open arms.
I also wish we had the 'list' mode (or whatever it was called) for reading a list. I'm not sure how commonly used it was by users but I personally loved it, especially when I wanted to go through a list at a quick pace. I also found it a much easier way to actually organize items within a list and I hate the fact that it's now gone. The list mode was something I also used when I wanted to browse custom lists for a TV show (say favourite episodes of [insert show]) without spoiling for myself episodes and/or pivotal moments as there was no thumbnail on the list mode.
Anyways, I love some of the changes and don't love some of the others. I would hope that there's the possibility of at least restoring the list mode AND the ability to add TV episodes in editing mode by pasting the URLs.
Firstly, I must say that I really love implementing the IMDb star rating and # of votes into both customized lists and episode lists as found for the TV shows. I love that interface and I think it works wonderfully. However, what I am not so much a fan of are some of the changes made to the list editing mode. I can no longer add a TV episode by pasting the URL of the episode into the 'Add a movie or TV show to this list'. That was a convenience I loved about adding episode titles onto IMDb and without that convenience, it's really no different to how Trakt.tv works with customized lists. Now I have to go through each title on its own separate page and add the episode from there.
I also think the editing mode on IMDb is a lot more problematic now and found the earlier interface in-editing mode to be much clearer. This is clearly a less pressing issue for me and once again, I welcome the addition of the star rating with open arms.
I also wish we had the 'list' mode (or whatever it was called) for reading a list. I'm not sure how commonly used it was by users but I personally loved it, especially when I wanted to go through a list at a quick pace. I also found it a much easier way to actually organize items within a list and I hate the fact that it's now gone. The list mode was something I also used when I wanted to browse custom lists for a TV show (say favourite episodes of [insert show]) without spoiling for myself episodes and/or pivotal moments as there was no thumbnail on the list mode.
Anyways, I love some of the changes and don't love some of the others. I would hope that there's the possibility of at least restoring the list mode AND the ability to add TV episodes in editing mode by pasting the URLs.
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