Netflix queue + Rotten Tomatoes = A Better Queue

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Suggestion: supplement or replace the Rotten Tomatoes percentage text with a graphic. It would be easier to skim the movies and compare them by glancing at a representative graphic than by trying to parse the numbers - graphics are less abstract. There are few enough possible values that we will usually not need the precision of a number. Perhaps the exact number could be available on hover, or in a tooltip.

I'm not sure what kind of graphic would be best. A meter like the Tomatometer would be the most accurate, but it might be too big or too long and narrow to fit well within the space you have for each movie. Other possibilities are a square that fills from the bottom up, a circle that fills in radially, and a circle that fills in with a smaller circle. (If you go with something 2D instead of 1D, like a circle filling with a circle, make sure to avoid a classic mistake by scaling the area of the sub-shape, not the width or radius.)

Love this, added to Favorites, I am ex-pat living in France so I am limited to Instant Queue. Netflix's ability to find good movies in their current Instant interface is lacking.

I would add a "select all" button next to the "clear" button.

I would also put the number of results returned underneath the "filter" button, something like, "15 movies found". This would help one narrow a large data set without having to scroll to the bottom of the page to determine if too many movies are returned.

I would also have a "new releases" checkbox in genres and make that the default.

I would also change the caption on the "filter" button to "find". "Filter" is confusing because it assumes there is a full set already returned. Most users, I believe, think they start with zero results, then "find" titles based on their search criteria.

Whoever you are...thank you!

Now, start working on the real estate site that will allow me to find homes based on price, location, school ratings, jobs, days of sunshine and crime rating. This site should allow a national search and also allow the user to assign weights to the various criteria. Presenting the result of a search as a heat map would also be helpful.