IMDB Redesign
The name and title pages of IMDB have been redesigned and I don’t like them.
IMDB say it’s the first phase of an overall site design that “will take place in measured, incremental steps” - good move, it would be foolish to completely redesign a site of that size in one step.
Before…..
After…
What I like
New font will take a bit of getting used to, but that will be for the better
Colours are fine
Comments down i.e. message board snapshot looks much better
I think the pages for people look better
What I don’t like
Film ‘poster/box’
Too much white space
The big yellow buttons ‘View Photo Gallery’, ‘Add to My Movies’ etc.
Rating is top right, odd place.
Link colour too light, hard to distinguish (maybe underline?)
Photo Gallery too prominent
‘Recommended’ too big
Hmm… err.. yes. So I guess I don’t like it too much huh? I'm sure I'll grow to like it. Was a shock to the system!
You can change back to the old style by checking “Use former title & name page design” in ‘Site Preferences’ under Personalize in your account options.
The name and title pages of IMDB have been redesigned and I don’t like them.
IMDB say it’s the first phase of an overall site design that “will take place in measured, incremental steps” - good move, it would be foolish to completely redesign a site of that size in one step.
Before…..
After…
What I like
New font will take a bit of getting used to, but that will be for the better
Colours are fine
Comments down i.e. message board snapshot looks much better
I think the pages for people look better
What I don’t like
Film ‘poster/box’
Too much white space
The big yellow buttons ‘View Photo Gallery’, ‘Add to My Movies’ etc.
Rating is top right, odd place.
Link colour too light, hard to distinguish (maybe underline?)
Photo Gallery too prominent
‘Recommended’ too big
Hmm… err.. yes. So I guess I don’t like it too much huh? I'm sure I'll grow to like it. Was a shock to the system!
You can change back to the old style by checking “Use former title & name page design” in ‘Site Preferences’ under Personalize in your account options.
February 20th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Yeah - definitely a bit odd. I'll have to take a closer look. I think the two things I didn't like are the smaller images for the cast members and how many of the headlines are now images.
February 28th, 2007 at 4:17 am
From my experience, people will almost always rebel against changes. But, the changes stick, people get used to them and forget all about the old version.
March 1st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
I've got to agree with you there. I don't like the changes at all. It might be I'm too used to the old design. The new look is trying very hard to have that web 2.0 look which is so overused these days.