Why are you getting rid of the epdate, epvote and eprate pages attached to TV series?
Posted 3 years ago
Col Needham, Official Rep
Chris H., Employee
Hello,
Thank you for your continued feedback. We are pleased to announce that we have just made a change to the Advanced Title Search results page to return much of the functionality lost when the epdate, eprate, and epvote pages went away.
This episode results page is now linked to from the 'See more episodes >>' link in the Top-Rated Episodes panel on the right hand side of the TV Series page. Below is an example for The Simpsons.
Best regards,
Chris.
Thank you for your continued feedback. We are pleased to announce that we have just made a change to the Advanced Title Search results page to return much of the functionality lost when the epdate, eprate, and epvote pages went away.
This episode results page is now linked to from the 'See more episodes >>' link in the Top-Rated Episodes panel on the right hand side of the TV Series page. Below is an example for The Simpsons.
Best regards,
Chris.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you, That works. Though I honestly don't see what was wrong with what we had before or why you changed it. Don't fix what ain't broke. There is plenty of work for you in fixing what IS broken without wasting time returning features you took away. That is very unproductive.
I know the older option of this feature was more simple, but to be honest I liked it more. At the moment, I can't see the number of season/episode and the number of votes. For example, if I only want to look at a particular season and see the ratings/number of votes there, that's impossible - it never says which season/episode it is (i.e. s05e05), so you have to count which is a real pain. Also, if you sort the episodes by number of votes, you can't actually see the number of votes. And finally, the pictures could sometimes contain spoilers which is bad if you haven't actually seen it. I hope this isn't the final version of this feature and you can keep working on it to make it better!
Well, I can't even find this link. Where is it, please? When I go to Simpsons, like in the example, it doesn't show that way to me. I don't find a link to Top Rated Episodes. It was so good before...
bderoes, Champion
@Paulo Santoro
It's on the standard view of the series' title page.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/
If you use Reference View, you won't see it.
Here's the link itself, which you could edit for any series by changing the title id (tt0096697 for The Simpsons):
http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt0096697&view=simple&count=250&sort=user_ratin...
I tried finding a way to initiate a series= search within Advanced Title Search; didn't see it.
I _was_ able to tack on "&series=tt0096697" to a custom search. For instance, I entered 2016-09 and 2017-08 in the release dates boxes, and then tacked on the series parameter to get this:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?release_date=2016-09-01,2017-08-31&sort=user_rating,asc&ser...
It would be nicer to have a "season=" parameter, especially if you could feed it a range of season numbers.
It's on the standard view of the series' title page.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/
If you use Reference View, you won't see it.
Here's the link itself, which you could edit for any series by changing the title id (tt0096697 for The Simpsons):
http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt0096697&view=simple&count=250&sort=user_ratin...
I tried finding a way to initiate a series= search within Advanced Title Search; didn't see it.
I _was_ able to tack on "&series=tt0096697" to a custom search. For instance, I entered 2016-09 and 2017-08 in the release dates boxes, and then tacked on the series parameter to get this:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?release_date=2016-09-01,2017-08-31&sort=user_rating,asc&ser...
It would be nicer to have a "season=" parameter, especially if you could feed it a range of season numbers.
I'm so happy to see this come back, thank you all!
The best replacement for the older better function is the "How many episodes have you seen" function. It's on the right hand side of the front page of any series. It's below the "See more episode" function.
When are you putting the much better older function back like we were told would happen earlier on this thread?
Col Needham, Official Rep
We have added the functionality (and more) back. The old pages are not returning, sorry.
There is no MORE about it. It is most definitely LESS. Nothing wrong with the old system. No need to have changed it.
Col Needham, Official Rep
The results can now be viewed in two modes; they can be sorted by nine criteria; and the pages update many times each day rather than being frozen in time for 24-36 hours at a time (which is especially important for active shows). This also provides the future option of folding by-series searches into the complete advanced title search at http://www.imdb.com/title/search for even more precise episode search options.
Given the software driving the old pages expired in December 2017, there was a pressing need to change it, sorry, please see https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0 for more context.
Given the software driving the old pages expired in December 2017, there was a pressing need to change it, sorry, please see https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0 for more context.
Do those sorting choices you mentioned exist in the IMDb iPhone app?
Would be great if one could at least see which season the episodes are from.
I don't think it would be hard to add that information.
I don't think it would be hard to add that information.
Col Needham, Official Rep
The default mode is "Compact" but if you click the link "Detailed" in the upper right of the search results, there's much more information available. This does not yet include season.episode but we will pass along the suggestion:
For example from http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt4574334&view=simple&count=250&sort=user_ratin...
For example from http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt4574334&view=simple&count=250&sort=user_ratin...
View Mode: Compact | Detailed
Hello Cole, I do not want to be that guy but I am going to be that guy. When we click the "detail" mode it only gives us a brief of the particular episode, so what I'm asking is will the episodes season also be included in the near future? Thank you.
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Chris H., Employee
Hello Matthew,
Yes, the tech team is planning to add the season and episode number in the future.
Best regards,
Chris.
Yes, the tech team is planning to add the season and episode number in the future.
Best regards,
Chris.
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Is this coming back any time soon? I used to use the 'highest rated titles' for tv shows quite often, but now that the list has lost the season and episode numbers it is so much less useful.It's been 4 months since your post, something simple as adding ep numbers shouldn't be too hard and take this long, right?
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled eprate.
I only used IMDB for eprate
I now have no reason to ever use IMDB
I expect to never visit the site again
I know there is a new system. It is worse
I only used IMDB for eprate
I now have no reason to ever use IMDB
I expect to never visit the site again
I know there is a new system. It is worse
Sorry to see you go but I fully understand. Whilst I have not left I am on strike regarding updates until such time as the most of the removed features are returned. I urge others to do the same. Let's see how Imdb gets on without user updates.
Peter, Champion
Why not link the new page in the title menu like the old one? Then it would also appear at the top of the side menu on the Episode list page.
It could also appear under “See also” at the bottom of the Episode list page.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/...
It could also appear under “See also” at the bottom of the Episode list page.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/...
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So I created a new thread and it got merged with this one (reason: "Same issue", which is fair, I guess) by Col Needham. And even though he read and understood the issue (since he merge it), he chose to not answer the question at all. That's kind of dissapointing :(
I don't really think you're going to get an official reply at this point.
The screenshot you posted also showed the function I liked/used most on IMDB for tv shows. (https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1740735/RackMultipart20180714-48914-1q8op0o-epdate_e...)
In my opinion it's obvious that with the changes to the website one of the objectives was to "optimize" the number of clicks by the user.
The equivalent of the above screenshot would be this now: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt4158110&count=250&view=simple&sort=release_d...
But I would say that's still too cluttered. Especially with the "Mr. Robot (2015- )" showing in front of every single episode and the pointless little preview-pictures.
The new IMDB is more modern looking / flashier. That's about it in terms of progress compared to the old version.
The screenshot you posted also showed the function I liked/used most on IMDB for tv shows. (https://d2r1vs3d9006ap.cloudfront.net/s3_images/1740735/RackMultipart20180714-48914-1q8op0o-epdate_e...)
In my opinion it's obvious that with the changes to the website one of the objectives was to "optimize" the number of clicks by the user.
The equivalent of the above screenshot would be this now: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt4158110&count=250&view=simple&sort=release_d...
But I would say that's still too cluttered. Especially with the "Mr. Robot (2015- )" showing in front of every single episode and the pointless little preview-pictures.
The new IMDB is more modern looking / flashier. That's about it in terms of progress compared to the old version.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled The Series and Episode information from all episodes list.
for example: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/
You can see the Top-Rated Episodes on top-right section, there is a tiny detail about the exact series and episode number (e.g. S1.E10). When I click on the "See more episodes »" link this important information disappears. I don't know the exact title of an exact episode but I know the number. So it's very annoying to find out what is the title of the exact episode and what series and episode is this.
for example: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/
You can see the Top-Rated Episodes on top-right section, there is a tiny detail about the exact series and episode number (e.g. S1.E10). When I click on the "See more episodes »" link this important information disappears. I don't know the exact title of an exact episode but I know the number. So it's very annoying to find out what is the title of the exact episode and what series and episode is this.
Col Needham, Official Rep
From a reply earlier in this thread:
Yes, the tech team is planning to add the season and episode number in the future.
Sorry, but this post is an insult to everyone here. People have been
complaining about this a lot. People have addressed that you mentioned
it is coming back, but that we want an update. It has been in this underwhelming state for
many months now. And then your reply is quoting your 6 months old post
saying the feature is coming back "in the future".
Your reply indicates that you have no intention of giving us any extra information or letting us know the tech team has made any progress.
Just replace the (very useless*) 'show title + years running' in the code with 'season + episode number' (and maybe move it to the back)** and you're done. That should take 6 seconds, not 6+ months.
* You're on the Top-rated episodes page for that specific TV Show, why would every Episode listed need to mention that show again?
** This would change results from e.g. "2. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– ) Episode: Night (2017)" to "2. Episode: Night (2017) S01E10".
Your reply indicates that you have no intention of giving us any extra information or letting us know the tech team has made any progress.
Just replace the (very useless*) 'show title + years running' in the code with 'season + episode number' (and maybe move it to the back)** and you're done. That should take 6 seconds, not 6+ months.
* You're on the Top-rated episodes page for that specific TV Show, why would every Episode listed need to mention that show again?
** This would change results from e.g. "2. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– ) Episode: Night (2017)" to "2. Episode: Night (2017) S01E10".
Lovely post, so correct. Imdb take away much used and sensible features replacing them with stuff that makes no sense then after receiving many complaints promise to return the removed features and then hoping we would all forget they ignore their promises.
I'm missing the important feature of being able to filter lists in edit mode. This used to be available and for some crazy reason, that only imdb know, it was removed leaving filtering available in only the view mode. I'm pretty sure this was acknowledged and promised, just like this episode thingy, to be returned. But imdb have forgotten or placed it so far down their to do list it'll be the next millennium before it appears.
I'm missing the important feature of being able to filter lists in edit mode. This used to be available and for some crazy reason, that only imdb know, it was removed leaving filtering available in only the view mode. I'm pretty sure this was acknowledged and promised, just like this episode thingy, to be returned. But imdb have forgotten or placed it so far down their to do list it'll be the next millennium before it appears.
