Monday, October 4, 2010

Hate the New IMDB interface? There is a solution

I am sure a lot of you hate the new interface the Internet Movie Database introduced a little while ago, but there is a little secret I think everyone should know.

Technically, you can still reach the older version of the IMDB if you know where to look. And lucky for you all, I figured that out.

If you are looking at a movie, television show and the like and you want to see the old style view of its listing, put in the following after the its specific listing.

/combined

For example, if when you visit the listing for The Social Network, it comes up like this, change /maindetails at the end of the url to /combined, and the old version of the page should appear.

And for people, like say, Kiefer Sutherland, add /filmotype to the end, and you should have a more normal looking display.

Sadly, I haven't found a way to bring back the old front page, but if there is a way, I will share with the group.

Hopefully the IMDB keeps these views available for people who hate the new layout. I hope this helps a few people out.

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