2009-07-13, 09:59
I only use Title and Genre. I actually like the Genre category a lot. It comes in handy on those days where you come home from work and had a piss poor day and just want to watch a comedy. The only problem is that I have 65 genres! I have things like Romance, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy Film, Romantic Drama Film. I don't need 4 different categories for Romance. Then I have stuff like popcorn movie, Over Acting, Class, Secret Service, Chick Flick. What the heck is a popcorn movie and why do I have an Over Acting genre? I can't see myself ever saying "I really want to see a movie with a lot of Over Acting in it". If it could just show a list of just the major genres that would be perfect. I don't know if you can take care of that in the library or if it's more of a scraper issue than anything.
I have never used studio, year, or actor. They all seem pretty pointless and something that could be more effectively accomplished using a search instead. I have 2246 actors, 282 directors, and 150 studios and 28 years. Who really wants to scroll through all of that to find one?
I can see the year one coming in handy sometimes, like if you want to watch a movie from the 50's. Allowing wildcards in the search would take care of that though. A search for 195* could pull up all of the 1950's movies. Problem solved!
About the A-Z list. I think its a great idea actually. I like the way Boxee does with for the Hulu feeds. You go all the way right and list of all of the letters pops up on the right and you can just select one to jump to.
I look forward to seeing how the new library works. It works pretty good for me right now, but from the pages I've read there are some great ideas. Good luck Jmarshall! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
I have never used studio, year, or actor. They all seem pretty pointless and something that could be more effectively accomplished using a search instead. I have 2246 actors, 282 directors, and 150 studios and 28 years. Who really wants to scroll through all of that to find one?
I can see the year one coming in handy sometimes, like if you want to watch a movie from the 50's. Allowing wildcards in the search would take care of that though. A search for 195* could pull up all of the 1950's movies. Problem solved!
About the A-Z list. I think its a great idea actually. I like the way Boxee does with for the Hulu feeds. You go all the way right and list of all of the letters pops up on the right and you can just select one to jump to.
I look forward to seeing how the new library works. It works pretty good for me right now, but from the pages I've read there are some great ideas. Good luck Jmarshall! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
