IMDB New Look - whatcha think?

Basq

My favorite movie resource (and i presume many other peoples) - IMDb - has had a re-design.

Not a big fan of it - you're only really see the change on individual pages of movies rather than the front page.

But i definitely preferred the old look. What i don't like about the new look the small thumbnail of the poster off to the left, small star rating to the right, slightly centered cast listing just make it too a bit untidy.

Not a drastic change but a change all the same.

MisterAnarchy

Yip noticed the redesign today.
Dont like it at all,the older design was better.

Petey2006

I can live with it. It's not fantastic, but not terrible. Just a pointless change, really. The old way was perfectly fine the way it was. What's annoying is how often they change the site. I know, update and keep it fresh, but it's kinda ridiculous how often it happens.

Basq

Petey2006 wrote:

What's annoying is how often they change the site. I know, update and keep it fresh, but it's kinda ridiculous how often it happens.

I've used it for years and never really noticed many re-designs to be honest.

Except when they added the message board - but this re-design i noticed immediately.

Sad Professor

Hate it. Everything's too small and there's too much white empty space. I suspect this is so they can fill it with more ads. Thank god you can still (temporarily) switch back to the old look.

Hopefully they'll listen to all the negative feedback.

BopNiblets

I'm surprised they left it this long to make it newer looking, I mean with all the super flashy graphics that you can put on webpages these days, compared to other sites IMDB was pretty simple.
Meh, the change won't keep me awake nights.

c - 13

BopNiblets wrote:

I... compared to other sites IMDB was pretty simple ...

True, but that was what I liked about it as well. I think as other posters have said, everything is too small in order to increase adspace. Certainly prefer the old look.

Kingp35

Dont like the new look at all. The page looks very empty with the amount of white space. "If its not broke dont fix it" springs to mind here.

Jello

I don't really like it, it's not too bad, but I much prefer the old one. It'll take some getting used to.

But you can still use the old format for now - just go here.

BopNiblets

c - 13 wrote:

True, but that was what I liked about it as well.

Yeah, me too! Sometimes simpler is better, especially when you're looking for information and you need it fast!
Compare it to other film sites like RottenTomatoes or its TV equivalent (I think), TV.com, it's much easier as a source of information with easy navigation.
I don't like all the flash doodads and images on TV.com for example, it's a bit distracting.

TerrorFirmer

I prefer the old layout but I'll struggle on living regardless.

thanks for that link Jello...

ObeyGiant

I like the new design. And I can see why they did it - the new look definitely ties in a lot more with the look of IMDBPro and displays the information in a much less cluttered way. Yes, a lot of the empty space may be filled with ads, but what do you expect from a free service?

OfflerCrocGod

It's hardly worth making such an underwhelming change tbh. They need a full and proper redesign it's looking VERY old now-a-days.

mike65

Its a mess and its takes longer to load it seems, they also should exclude the full details and leave them in a subpage. Movie credits are so long these days.

Mike.

hot_wla

What a mess! The information is all over the place. Chaos. The page is not stable to the eys, it seem to be bleeding.

Go back to the old look !!

RaoulDukeHST

Not a fan

Squelchy

Nope, don't like it.

krudler

Er...zombie thread much? imdb changed its look months back again, this thread started 3 years ago!

The Sparrow

krudler wrote: »

Er...zombie thread much? imdb changed its look months back again, this thread started 3 years ago!

Ha. I was reading this thread and looking at IMDB trying to figure out what everyone was complaining about and why it looked exactly the same as it did the last few times I checked it.

Damn Zombie threads!:p

Basq

Emm.. it's definitely changed VERY recently.

Look at how they're showing Filmography now - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/ - and Movie Details - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440728/.

I check IMDb once every few days and this is definitely a new update. It's horrid!

Faith+1

It's bloody awful. It's zoomed in too much. Feels like the screen is on top of you. :mad:

Basq

What are they thinking with the massive images of the cast? I miss the old IMDB:

pickarooney

basquille wrote: »

Emm.. it's definitely changed VERY recently.

Look at how they're showing Filmography now - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/ - and Movie Details - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440728/.

I check IMDb once every few days and this is definitely a new update. It's horrid!

It still looks exactly the same to me

Basq

pickarooney wrote: »

It still looks exactly the same to me

You seeing something like for the first link?



This is definitely new!

Sad Professor

Hmmm... I'm not getting that ^. Still looks the same.

You guys are lucky. I don't particularly like the new design at all.

pickarooney

Sad Professor wrote: »

Hmmm... I'm not getting that ^. Still looks the same.

Me neither. Are you signed into IMDB basquille, or using IMDBPro?

Basq

Not signed in, or using IMDb Pro.

Bit odd alright.. but the new design is absolutely horrific, so as boneyarsebogman said, consider yourself lucky!

Basq

If anyone wants to see a sample page for how it shows a film now.. I've uploaded a copy of the Batman Begins page to my webserver.

See here

Richard Dower

Basq is right, it's been modified alot in the last few days...i troll, i mean navigate IMDB alot.

S.M.B.

I like it, it's more in line with the mobile app which I think is a good idea.

Will take a while to get used to though.

krudler

I really wish imdb would get rid of their forums, its troll central on there, ruins the site, which is a fantastic resource.

Galvasean

krudler wrote: »

I really wish imdb would get rid of their forums, its troll central on there, ruins the site, which is a fantastic resource.

Yeah this foruim is much better.

The guy

basquille wrote: »

If anyone wants to see a sample page for how it shows a film now.. I've uploaded a copy of the Batman Begins page to my webserver.

See here

I just checked the site too, it is a horrible new layout.

bonerm

krudler wrote: »

I really wish imdb would get rid of their forums, its troll central on there, ruins the site, which is a fantastic resource.

In fairness to the forums I do ask questions on them that get proper answers amongst all the dirge posts, so they do provide a valuable service. It's a good central place if you want to ask more detailed questions about specific movies.

I'd be wasting my time asking them here for instance.

faceman

Ill close this thread, the new IMDB site is old news.

Any reason to keep the thread open, drop me a PM.

faceman

Thanks for the PM Basquille. Thread re-opened.

krudler

bonerm wrote: »

In fairness to the forums I do ask questions on them that get proper answers amongst all the dirge posts, so they do provide a valuable service. It's a good central place if you want to ask more detailed questions about specific movies.

I'd be wasting my time asking them here for instance.

How so? plenty of genuine film fans post on here.

Renn

They'll post but rarely is it worth reading.

Basq

They've ditched the new look thankfully!

S.M.B.

Really? I'm still getting the new version, they should just run it as a beta for now and give people the choice of which version they want to use.

I like the new one but will take a bit of getting used to.

Basq

S.M.B. wrote: »

Really? I'm still getting the new version, they should just run it as a beta for now and give people the choice of which version they want to use.

I like the new one but will take a bit of getting used to.

Hmmm.. I'm getting the new version now too!

Odd, I went to the site on my iPad this morning and it was the old layout. Maybe needed to clear the cache on my iPad.

Goldstein

Old version back too for me, phew.

Felt like I was looking at the shortlived version through binoculars and I'm using a large enough resolution. If people have bad eyesight they can lower their resolution.

IMDb have their own standalone app too for iPhones / iPads so there was no excuse for it.

If they want to improve something, they should have a look at their "recommendations" section - Amazon's is far more comprehensive with genuinely useful suggestions.

Vokes

Still the new version for me.

And I like the new look, esp the quick links immediately to the right hand side on each films' page.

komodosp

krudler wrote: »

I really wish imdb would get rid of their forums, its troll central on there, ruins the site, which is a fantastic resource.

Well you don't have to visit them... I quite enjoy some of them... I don't see how getting rid of them would improve IMDB

Though they are shaight structurally though. Need stuff like ability to sticky as you see a lot of the same questions repeated. And if there is a long conversation, each post indents until eventually every post is in the right-hand corner only a couple of letters wide. (If they were going to update the look of IMDB this is the first place they should have tackled)

BettePorter

hate hate hate the new lay out. i thought i'd messed up with the screen settings at first. please say it's only a trial and it'll be back to normal asap. it was perfectly easy to use in its previous form. now its like its uber magnified ! Not happy !

Renn

https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/siteprefs

Just use this - select the first option and click ok. Brings it back to the old style.

Basq

Thanks for that Renn..

.. it doesn't affect the horrific front-page but individual movies / filmographys (etc) are back to normal.

Shame I'm rarely signed in on IMDb!

Renn

Yeah it's a bit of a pain but I'm thinking they'll revert back soon enough. I haven't used the site much at all since the change and I'm guessing I'm not the only one. Horrible design.

LittleBook

Thanks Renn, that's a relief.

Dr.Giggles

I really do hope they revert back to the old design soon, good grief its awful!