Posted by PapaBear on 12/25/07 08:25

"Kuskokwim" <nospam@ak.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:24:03 GMT, PapaBear wrote:
>
>> I've been using the Netflix "Releasing This Week" list for almost a year,
>> but couldn't access it on their website today.
>
> Try this:
> http://www.netflix.com/AllNewReleases?lnkctr=NavAllNewReleases
>
> Also Hacking Netflix - scroll down:
> http://www.hackingnetflix.com/

Thanks very much for the links and info.

The "AllNewReleases" link above is analogous to the former "Releasing This
Week" page on their website. It has the automatic popup movie descriptions
with ratings etc by hovering over a movie link, and it also organizes the
movies into categories/genres, which are both very important design features
for user friendliness. But it is obviously severely pruned. It only shows 14
releases for this week, whereas there were usually 50-100 (or so)
categorized new weekly releases on the former "Releasing This Week" page. If
they'll expand it (more listings), it will work OK. But why are they hiding
it? There seems to be no way to access it except by knowing the link
beforehand!?

I've looked at the Netflix RSS feeds now with Google Reader, and they suck.
They're just a sequential listing, uncategorized, no popup descriptions,
etc.

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