# IMDB's new look **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847 "2007-02-19T19:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/1 "2007-02-19T19:39:12Z")
What do you think of IMDB’s new look? I’m still getting over the addition of those dinky little photographs next to actors’ names – change is bad!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/2 "2007-02-19T19:41:35Z")
The design and layout still sucks, and it’s no less ugly than it was before. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/3 "2007-02-19T19:41:51Z")
First noticed it this morning. Like you, I’m adapting. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/4 "2007-02-19T20:01:01Z")
I’ve almost never seen a website style overhaul I liked. I don’t like how they killed all of the cell borders. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/5 "2007-02-19T20:03:00Z")
So far I don’t like it, but it may grow on me. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/6 "2007-03-02T19:57:33Z")
Just a bump to say that after two weeks I’m used to it (in the sense I know where the buttons all are now), but I still don’t like the look. It looks unfinished, like there should be an “Under Construction – Coming Soon” sign hanging somewhere. Bah. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/7 "2007-03-02T20:13:32Z")
At first it was really weird but now I am used to it! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/8 "2007-03-02T20:20:54Z")
I don’t like it either but am resigned to the prospect that I’ll just have to deal. ---
**Author:** ![ShiefferSaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@ShiefferSaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShiefferSaw)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/9 "2007-03-02T20:21:47Z")
I actually dont use it enough to notice the changes… so it all works for me ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/10 "2007-03-02T20:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] I don’t like it either but am resigned to the prospect that I’ll just have to deal. [/QUOTE] My thought exactly. If they’re gonna change, why not change for the better, huh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/11 "2007-03-02T20:44:29Z")
Ugh, I can’t stand it. It really does look like they half-assed the design changes and are still debating what to do. Maybe I’m a stubborn grouch but my grandpappy always taught me that you “dont change horses in midstream.” I suppose I may get used to it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/12 "2007-03-02T21:04:19Z")
I didn’t like it at first (and still don’t because I hate change), but now I can’t remember what it looked like before. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/13 "2007-03-02T21:50:25Z")
I kept the former title and name page design. You can do it by clicking on - your account - personalize - site prefences - use formet title page and name design. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/14 "2007-03-02T22:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=8675309] I kept the former title and name page design. You can do it by clicking on - your account - personalize - site prefences - use formet title page and name design. [/QUOTE] Brilliant! Thanks for the tip! Only thing I miss from the design is the scroll-over to rate movies, but I’ll forgo it to get rid of the awful new design. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/15 "2007-03-02T22:23:30Z")
I like the new design. My favorite part: more details in the “references to other films” section, so you can see how correct (or just plain wrong) the submitters were in their believed references. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/16 "2007-03-02T23:25:32Z")
[QUOTE=8675309] I kept the former title and name page design. You can do it by clicking on - your account - personalize - site prefences - use formet title page and name design. [/QUOTE] This is why I’m on this message board! Well, this and many other reasons. I would have never thought to check that! Thanks! 🙂 By the way, I hate the new design. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/17 "2007-03-02T23:39:58Z")
I hate the new design too, but I imagine that I’ll get used to it pretty quickly and soon forget what the old one looked like. I hated when the SDMB changed its design too, but now I never think about it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/18 "2007-03-02T23:54:45Z")
It will take me quite a while to get used to. I find the fonts harder to read than before, and the hyperlinks harder to find because their color isn’t all that different from the regular font colors. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/19 "2007-03-03T15:13:31Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] I hate the new design too, but I imagine that I’ll get used to it pretty quickly and soon forget what the old one looked like. I hated when the SDMB changed its design too, but now I never think about it. [/QUOTE] I remember thinking when it left AOL that it was finished. What design change are you referring to? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847/20 "2007-03-03T16:49:46Z")
The day IMDb changed over I couldn’t figure out where to click to get any of the information I was looking for. Eventually I found their little paragraph on why they changed, and they said it was to make it more intuitive, at which point I had a big WHAT THE %^&#?!! moment, because intuitive it is not. I switched back to the old style, but it says you can only keep that temporarily. Eventually we’re all going to have to figure out this new, unfinished-looking mish-mash. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-look/392847.md?page=2)