IMDB Unveils Site Redesign Ahead of 20th Anniversary
After spending some time strolling through IMDB's new site, it's clear that the site's homepage is considerably more pleasant, and, graphically, at least, almost resembles a blog. And, as Needham suggested, trailers, ticket information and photo galleries are prominently displayed. Although the site's old design seemed based in a late '90s aesthetic, it was easy to skim at a glance. IMDB power users, then, may find it difficult to adjust to the expanded layout's wider text spacing.
The site's founder also said that the redesign was intended to "help people make viewing decisions." The site's search system looks largely the same, but each movie entry is much better organized, and reader-friendly. Of course, the always lengthy entries are still sometimes cumbersome to search, but the cleaner design definitely makes spending hours reading about an obscure Romanian director that much more enjoyable.






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Subscribe to commentsJon-PaulOct 4th 2010 5:04AM
Sorry but this redesign is terrrible, it's a giant step backwards.
The new design has destroyed the site. It has made site navigation practically impossible. I use IMDB for information about movies, so to relocate the navigation to bottom of the page is a disaster. The typographic hierarchy used previously to differentiate the sections is simply lost. The typography now is too weak to highlight the key elements the user is looking for.
It's like this - the navigation are the controls to drive the car - nobody wants to search for them under the driving seat... just so they can squeeze in another banner ad. This site should stick to being a movie database and not sell it's soul to be a trailer site.
It's such a shame, RIP IMDB - i may start a campaign on facebook, to get them to rethink this.