IHM Goes Mobile
Have you ever been stuck at the theater trying to pick out the right movie for you without any info? Or have you debated with friends over who was in what movie or if a sequel was made of it? Have you ever watched a movie only to want to update your rating on it as soon as you leave the theater? We've got an answer for you now.
Today, we're releasing the first version of IHM Mobile. The site will turn into a complete mobile version of IHM that allows you to access all the benefits of IHM in a much more mobile friendly way. We've stripped back a lot of regular IHM to make this version that flies when cruising it on your mobile phone.
We decided to not only give the benefits of our site to our great IHM members, but to add some features for non-IHMers (or not-logged-in users).
As an nonIHM member/not-logged-in user, you can:
- Search for movies/tv shows and get their info
- See the IHM user's average rating on films/tv shows
- Browse the photo galleries for films/tv shows
- Browse the top/bottom 50 films on IHM
- Browse films and tv shows we've just added into our database
- Register to become an IHM member
As an IHM member, you can do all of the above and:
- Add movies to your collection
- Rate and categorize movies
- Leave public comments on films that display to the world on the film's page
If you have data access on your mobile phone, point it to http://m.iheartmovies.org to check it out.
As we measure the usage of the mobile site, we're looking to get lots of feedback from you all. We're hoping to add more and more possibilities to it to allow you to connect to IHM as easy as possible. And beyond just positive feedback, let us know if it looks ugly as can be on your phone or you run into any problems.
IHM Data For the Stats Nerds
While we apparently don't post on this blog as often as we should, we always have a lot of things going on around IHM. We've got users always logging in, rating, categorizing and generally sharing what they think of the films around them. All this hustle and bustle creates quite a lot of data for us to see. So, I figured maybe a few people would be interested in some of the things we've found when looking at that data.
I'll break down some basic data points in groups to show trends that we've noticed in the database. While I'll avoid specifics (it's none of your beeswax man), you'll still get a good general feel for what's being presented. If you've got questions, please hold them until the end of the demonstration and then we'll be more than happy to be of assistance. Also, ask away on any other stats you'd like to see and maybe we'll throw some more bones your way.
The Top 5 Most MY MOVIES
- The Matrix
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Top 5 Most ADDED TO COLLECTION
The Top 5 Most FAVORITED
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Friends (Season 1)
- Edward Scissorhands
- Pulp Fiction
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Top 5 Most WISHLISTED
- Friends (Season 1)
- The Dark Knight
- Juno
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Edward Scissorhands
On the high end...
60% of the films have a 7/10 or higher.
36% of the films have an 8/10 or higher.
17% of the films have a 9/10 or higher.
On the low end...
10% of the films have a 4/10 or lower.
5% of the flims have a 3/10 or lower.
2% of the films have a 2/10 or lower.
The average rating for a film is: 6.8/10
Well, that's all we've came up with for you guys so far. If you're interested in getting more, let me know and we'll see about posting some more stats. Enjoy.
Collection Update
We've been receiving a lot of feedback with Collection and we plan on doing a major update to fix several bugs on July 13th. This update will address the following issues. Please post any bugs/issues/questions or suggestions in the comments for this post.
Issues to be resolved:
- Apostrophes for either saved list name or description breaking loading of collection.
- Options menu/edit overlay not opening on titles with Watched Dates
- Loading time for users collection will be drastically improved
- Activity not being posted on title updates
Additions:
- The ability to add titles right into collection, from collection, no having to leave the page or go to the browse page. Will make adding titles, hopefully much easier.
IHM Collection Preview
For those who haven't entered into the IHM beta testing for the new collection, we've put together a bunch of pictures highlighting some of the newer features and design ideas we've created for it. It's getting closer and closer to completion everyday and so far we've received lots of good feedback about it to make sure it's the best it can be for you all.
A quick highlight of some of the big features of the new collection:
- It's all done using Ajax. This means that your entire collection downloads temporarily to your browser when you visit the collection. Once downloaded you'll never have to wait for a page to load as each update or change you make happens behind the scenes.
- Lists. We're going to introduce a new feature that allows users to create lists of films (or tv shows) in whatever ways they'd like. This will allow you to share those "best things to watch at 2am" or "movies for first dates" ideas you've always wanted to.
- Mass rating
. Tired of rating films one at a time? You'll be able to select as many titles as you want and rate them all at once. - Mass management. Tags, deletion, lists, etc. will all be able to be done in a mass mode so that you don't have to do it on an individual basis.
- New rating tips. Ever confused on the difference between a 7 and an 8 when it comes to rating? We've setup a guideline to help you know that while a 7 is good, an 8 is great.
Anyway, I don't want to give away too much from it. We've got some other things up our sleeve and we hope you will all enjoy it.
Those wanting to check out the screenshots of the new collection can visit my flickr page.