IMDb Name Page Redesign

I actually think the redesign is really good, especially for sorting and filtering. For the past few years, actors' filmographies have been bloated with short-form video being given equal heirarchy to major movies, which is a challenge to solve. Take a look at this excerpt from Leonardo DiCaprio's page. One of those credits is quite unlike the others! But this has been perfectly addressed using the sorting and filtering options, so I commend the team for this. Sorting by "Project Type" is the trick to get the retro IMDb feel, and early 2000's layout! However. There is one issue I still find less than desirable, and seems to go against best practices for readability, accessiblity (around text contrast), and even consistency with the mobile app: the "Year" field has low contrast text and is separated from the film's title with a really large amount of white space. This makes it harder to read somebody's filmography list, while quickly flicking your eyes over to check the year. The whitespace is jarring - especially when you're unfamilar with the actor/filmmaker and there are large time intervals between projects. Here's Roland Joffé's name page (1080px screen, desktop): I think there's definite opportunity to increase the readability of the list, by making the year more prominent, especially for fast readers who might browse several name pages in a session. The primary goal of a list is to enable reader's to quickly absorb data, and I'm sure increasing quick readability might help the overall impression of the page.

So, anyone that objects to your decisions to change the layout, you block? Way to go, ignore & remove criticism to avoid looking bad and ignoring people's requests!

Regarding the new format…………… I DON'T like it. EVERY time you change something, it's WORSE, not better. When I go to someone's "resume" page, I want to easily see EVERYTHING they've done. This showing "what they're most known for" is BULLSHIT. You're making it MUCH harder for me to do the kind of research I use your site for. I strongly urge you to allow the OLDER format as an option that one can turn on in a user's SETTINGS, so a person can do it ONCE and not have to bother with this CRAP nonsense ever again.

Where's the original??? This is too confusing. Don't agree with the changes

Honestly, the Name Page redesign is awful. The old Name Page displayed every single television series episode in which the actor appeared beneath that particular television series. Now to see which episodes an actor appeared in, I have to click on a link for which a pop up listing the episodes to come up. The page is also harder to navigate and unattractive to boot. I suggest you return to the old Name Page or at least give users a choice of the old Name Page or the new Name Page.

Please don't hide information on credit items and show full list of credits directly (I don't like [See all] link). Even [View all credits] page (in old style) does not have information on season and episode number - if we can see a name of an episode we can see numbering too. Thanks

Okay, I have two more thoughts. First, could it be fixed so that our filters can be saved, so we aren't constantly having to reapply them? I don't want to have to apply the filter for "Project Type" every time I visit a Name Page. Second, could we be given a "View All Credits" (text only) page that is sorted by project type? Both would make this redesign much more reusable. As it is, I think I will still be complaining about it a year from now.

This new layout/version SUCKS so bad Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Can we opt to have the older version of IMDB?

every time I find myself on the 'new', I find it even worse than the last time it is just awful; loads slowly; worthless features; links to no content pages; need to click to see more content rather than just load if you continue to scroll down; overall style is terrible; oversized fonts; crams in pictures where they make no sense it's just terrible; whoever came up with the new 'design' should be fired Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled go back to old site

HELP! I have always counted on being able to get a list of films by IMDb rating. That feature is now GONE!

This new look is NOT ACCESSIBLE for those with reading disabilities/challenges. I cannot believe in 2022 IMDB would be so discriminatory. The text alignment is too close together and the page is way too cluttered and crammed with information to be easily read. Very disappointing that you have chosen to exclude the needs of the visually impaired community.

👍 Overally satisfying responsive redesign ❗️ Biography & Trivia is yet not responsive but the classical Desktop UI ❗️ Interaction design issue regarding Tiles Swiping vs. Tiles Stepping: If you swipe (scroll) tiles to the left (out of the viewport) and THEN later click the next button "→" (arrow to the right), then that button should step to the next tile from where you are currently scrolled to. Instead the button goes to the next image of when the stepping function was last used (the item oder of the Javascript representation most likely) The scroll order and the element order as the button accesses should be in sync, regardless whether you operate by swiping or button clicking. You should be able to mix those navigation methods in any order at free will.

The new name page may be meant to make my experience on IMDb easier and more enjoyable, but has achieved the exact opposite on both counts. You say in justification of the new style that "By default, the Credits section is loaded with filters applied for jobs that the person is most known for" but I already know what I know someone for! That I am looking someone up is because I want to know about everything, particularly the jobs for which I was unaware, and to apply my own context on what is relevant for me to know based on my reason for visiting the site. Having looked in my account's settings there appears to be no option to change the filters so they are not applied. So this change also not a default behaviour as claimed but the only behaviour. You have made my experience "easier and more enjoyable" by making me have to click twice on a page (the filter icon, then the "view all credits" link) then wait for another page to load every time I look up a person. Does that really sound easier than just reading the page? Does that sound more enjoyable than just being able to read the page? Never mind it is less enjoyable and less easy when you also have to click on sections to open them. And that the larger font makes the page feel a lot more cluttered which I find more difficult to read. With a database derived web site it should be easy for you to create different views to suit different users. A static page with the data sent in XML, JSON, or anything else so that it requires no extra server resources, yet users can be given different experiences based on their different needs. Designing a single interface will never be easier or more enjoyable for everyone, rarely will it even suit a majority but only the largest minority of users. I do not use the web site as a professional so it is not worth me paying. And for the same reason I am also not a regular visitor to the site but only when I want to look something up. This change makes the site so awkward to use with the extra steps, and more difficult with the more cluttered appearance that I will be far less likely to use it in future.

based on what i read above, there is no way to revert to the better design on the old pages? a preference? can I at least filter some stuff out like videos? if I want stuff like that I should request it, not automatically there that one thing kills the imdb app on say an iPad, auto plays video. I do not believe most people want that maybe a account preference? why do I now have to hit another link to see all of an artists roles? makes it harder to find things

Just the latest in the endless parade of "innovations" by people who change things because they're terrified their bosses will notice they have little real work to do. Negative feature: harder to get the info I want. Positive features: none. GET RID OF IT.