 |
|
|
|
Welcome to the Invelos forums. Please read the forum
rules before posting.
Read access to our public forums is open to everyone. To post messages, a free
registration is required.
If you have an Invelos account, sign in to post.
|
|
|
|
|
Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion |
Page:
1... 4 5 6  Previous Next
|
|
Cast in order of appearance? |
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 90 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
... Secondly it doubles the results when double clicking on an actor's name to see what other films that actor played in.
It doesn't happen to me | | | | Laura |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,432 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Personally, I think this is a bad idea. For one thing it just bloats the database with redundant data. True... Quote:
Secondly it doubles the results when double clicking on an actor's name to see what other films that actor played in. No, it wouldn't. Just as you don't see multiplied entries for TV cast; only one listing per profile. Quote:
How about a checkbox instead for top billed? That is not a bad idea, if coupled with an option to display top-billed actors first... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 813 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Personally, I think this is a bad idea. For one thing it just bloats the database with redundant data. Secondly it doubles the results when double clicking on an actor's name to see what other films that actor played in.
How about a checkbox instead for top billed? I thought about checkboxes too, but that would not provide the ordering of the top billed. If the main cast was was alphabetical, then the "checked" would be alphabetical too, rather than in front credit billed order. You could have a way of numbering them - a free text box, of a series of drop down lists - but I think that is less practical than having the duplicate info. For me doubling the results is a problem with profiler that needs to be addressed - people should only be listed once per profile when searching for a name. It is a generic problem common to any person named twice, not specific to this, so don't see it as a reason against this idea. OK, back to the English drubbing of the Yanks in the Rugby...  | | | Andy 
"Credited as" Names Database |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Lopek: Quote:
For me doubling the results is a problem with profiler that needs to be addressed - people should only be listed once per profile when searching for a name. It is a generic problem common to any person named twice, not specific to this, so don't see it as a reason against this idea. This only happens if the role played is different in each listing. As has already been pointed out, as long as the role is the same, the actor is only listed once. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,029 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
For one thing it just bloats the database with redundant data. I agree. Personally, I would go with the third option (in fact, I do it locally this way) and just move the top-billed actors to the top where they belong. James (m.cellophane) is a bit more moderate, and I would be willing to go with his approach if many people think that a copy of the end credit order is equally important to them. | | | | Matthias | | | | Last edited: by goodguy |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,432 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
Quoting Lopek:
Quote:
For me doubling the results is a problem with profiler that needs to be addressed - people should only be listed once per profile when searching for a name. It is a generic problem common to any person named twice, not specific to this, so don't see it as a reason against this idea.
This only happens if the role played is different in each listing. As has already been pointed out, as long as the role is the same, the actor is only listed once. I don't even see that... If there are multiple Roles in the same profile, they are shown separated by comma, in the same item. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
Quoting Unicus69:
Quote:
Quoting Lopek:
Quote:
For me doubling the results is a problem with profiler that needs to be addressed - people should only be listed once per profile when searching for a name. It is a generic problem common to any person named twice, not specific to this, so don't see it as a reason against this idea.
This only happens if the role played is different in each listing. As has already been pointed out, as long as the role is the same, the actor is only listed once.
I don't even see that... If there are multiple Roles in the same profile, they are shown separated by comma, in the same item. That is actually what I meant. Looking at what I wrote I can see how it was a tad misleading. Thanks for clarifying what I meant.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Lopek: Quote:
I thought about checkboxes too, but that would not provide the ordering of the top billed. How do we order top-billed? Often it is easy... the cast member listed first comes first. But what about names in the slightly upper right and slightly lower left to achieve equal billing? Not unknown these days... | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
Cliff |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've taken goodguy's advice and started a poll on this to see how popular it is. You can go and vote here. |
|
|
|
Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion |
Page:
1... 4 5 6 Previous Next
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |