IMDB Ratings on Netflix
Consumer and social
movie ratings browser extension
SHOW HN2019
234points
81comments
#151of 2,195 in 2019
Top 7%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 6 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Scoped permissions to only netflix.com and omdbapi.com
From 1 comment
I like how you scoped perms to only affect netflix.com and omdbapi.com. good job! Usually when I hit install and see "read and modify your data on all sites" I go straight to nope!
tonymet on HN
Works on Spanish Netflix and Indian movies
From 2 comments
I can confirm it works for the Spanish site.
JorgeGT on HNData source is OMDB. I have seen it work decently on Indian movies
pawannitj on HN
Good idea that fills a gap
From 2 comments
Neat! I always end up doing the google search to check out IMDb/RT ratings. Another nice to have is the number of reviewers - I've noticed that some of these movies have high…
an4rchy on HNGreat idea but I wish the data source was better, e.g. Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, because IMDB ratings are almost useless.
arkitaip on HN
Objections
Ratings missing or N/A for many titles
From 2 comments
Love it! Bug: - Does not show the rating for all movies. Examples: -- https://www.netflix.com/title/80189213 (empty) -- https://www.netflix.com/title/70136120 (N/A) Feature…
isalmon on HNThis is a cool idea. But worked once - did'nt work for a LOT of titles i tried. Seems to be some bug. Friends - https://imgur.com/a/t5aduhK
moxplod on HN
IMDb ratings are less useful than Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic
From 1 comment
Great idea but I wish the data source was better, e.g. Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, because IMDB ratings are almost useless.
arkitaip on HN
OMDb data is stale and differs from IMDb
From 1 comment
The problem with OMDb is that it's not updated very frequently as the ratings don't come from IMDb directly but from various other sources. Especially for new movies that means…
dewey on HN
Slow loading
From 1 comment
it's being super super slow for me, otherwise, cool idea
uoflcards22 on HN
Requests
Add Rotten Tomatoes ratings
From 3 comments
I think it would be cool if this was generic enough to show Rotten Tomatoes user ratings as many people nowadays find it to be a better indicator. I hope you repurpose it someday!
alpb on HNWould love the RT connection, especially if it has both critics and user scores. IMDB usually tells me nothing but "This sucks, don't watch it" (score of 5.X) but I don't get…
Semaphor on HNThanks for feedback, adding Rotten Tomatoes is in my TODO list
pawannitj on HN
Firefox support
From 1 comment
I don't use Chrome anymore except for dev work. Any chance this could be released for Firefox?
TimTheTinker on HN
Clickable link to IMDb page
From 1 comment
Love it! Bug: - Does not show the rating for all movies. Examples: -- https://www.netflix.com/title/80189213 (empty) -- https://www.netflix.com/title/70136120 (N/A) Feature…
isalmon on HN
Show multiple rating sources and reviewer counts
From 2 comments
Neat! I always end up doing the google search to check out IMDb/RT ratings. Another nice to have is the number of reviewers - I've noticed that some of these movies have high…
an4rchy on HNPerhaps this could include scores from multiple sources, similar to how google displays them when you search for a movie.
abhi3188 on HN
Questions
Is the source code public?
From 1 comment
It can likely be ported nearly directly. Firefox supports a quite faithful port of the `chrome` object the Chrome extension APIs are namespaced under. The four extensions I've…
chucksmash on HN
Does it work on Linux Chromium?
From 1 comment
Netflix won't work with Chrome(ium) on Linux.
rodolphoarruda on HN
Alternatives named
RateFlix
From 1 comment
I've been using RateFlix for a while now - haven't seen many issues as of yet. I love these type of ideas. When you add Rotten Tomatoes, I'm totally in to use! 1. Movies and TV…
digitalboss on HN
Taste.io
From 1 comment
I really like Taste.io's movie and TV recommendations. Having just reviewed a few movies on the site, it has given me better and more unique recommendations than Netflix or…
cpeterso on HN
Gnovies
From 1 comment
My favorite movie recommender is Gnovies: http://www.gnovies.com Apparently it uses AI to predict which movies you like. In contrast to taste.io you don't need to sign up. You…
TicklishTiger on HN