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 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.
Technical Difficulties
Pardon us, but we're currently experiencing some technical difficulties. We'll have everything back to order in a few moments. We apologize for any inconvenience in causing you to wait.
Thanks,
- IHM Staff
The bug for those interested:
