# IMDB redesign: Not a fan **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849 "2010-09-15T14:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/21 "2010-09-17T14:09:00Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > > [@IMDB's FAQ](#): > > > > If you set your user preference to “Display full credits (title pages),” you will automatically be redirected to the /combined/ view, which has not yet been redesigned. > > > > If you set your user preference to “Display acting credits sorted by type (name pages),” then you will be automatically redirected to the /filmotype/ view, which has not yet been redesigned. > > From [here.](http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?redesignolddesign) That’s why I was so confused – when I’m logged in, I don’t get the new view. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/22 "2010-09-17T18:19:21Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > > [@Palooka](#): > > > > From [here.](http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?redesignolddesign) > > That’s why I was so confused – when I’m logged in, I don’t get the new view. Ah yay, thank you! The new design is awful. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/23 "2010-09-17T19:13:54Z")
They’re making the mistake of favoring flash over content. Thus the graphics all over the place, because it looks flashy. The most important thing about an entry is the list of credits, not videos and photos of the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/24 "2010-09-17T19:34:34Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > In a thread elsewhere here someone had embedded a link in a movie title, when I clicked I was like, “This site is awful, why didn’t they link to IMDB?” and then I realized it was IMDB and this was my first experience with their redesign. > > I really don’t like it. The page seems so much busier which makes it harder to read. Any one else not liking it? Oh, I hatehatehate it. Horrible ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/25 "2010-09-17T19:37:48Z")
What’s funny about it is that I didn’t like the OLD design. It was cheap and crappy - probably the worst design of any site used as much as IMDB is. Incredibly, it’s now worse. That took some planning. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/26 "2010-09-17T19:43:10Z")
I don’t like the new design at all. The old design was a little clunky but this new design is not helpful at all. Maybe this is the New Coke version and they are planning another redesign that will be marginally better than the old but look great compare to this new version. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849/27 "2010-09-17T22:45:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > 1. Clutter things up. (Even good old Google is doing this nowadays.) Don’t even get me started on Google. If there was a good clutterfree alternative (you know, like how google was a few years ago), I’d say goodbye to Google in a heartbeat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-redesign-not-a-fan/553849.md?page=1)