TV.com v3.0

I see that our personal details - given on registration on the understanding that they would be seen only by TV.com staff - are now dispayed prominently on our profile. Why?

The links to subpages on the episode guides cannot be opened in a new tab or window by right-clicking.

They desperately need someone on the editorial/proofreading side. (I used to do that: can I have a job?) Empty NOTES sections now read "There is currently no notes." Empty QUOTES sections now read "There is currently no quotes." Empty ALLUSIONS sections now read "There is currently no allusions." On the credits tab, the sections are labelled WRITERS, DIRECTORS and CREWS. CREWS? Empty DVDS sections on Downloads + DVDs pages read "There are currently no DVD for [show name]." Good grief.

The "reorder" links attached to DIRECTORS and CREWS at both episode and summary level point to the WRITERS reorder page. The "reorder" links attached to RECURRING ROLES and GUEST STARS at both episode and summary level point to the STARS reorder page, so we can no longer sort cast and crew lists.

The episode guide pages no longer displays cast or crew. So I shan't be using them any more.

On the upside, the contributions emblems have been rationalised (why not the Top 100/500/1000?), the "top contributors" list now shows last online dates, my TV.com logo has a British feel, and I have TV listings. They're an hour out, but, what the hey...

I can't say impressed with the new cast/crew submission forms. I'm glad to see the back of the space-wasting pic placeholders, but the import function has been broken. When importing cast or crew, the stored role types do not appear below the person name: all crew entries are defaulted to Writer and all actor entries are defaulted to Star, so we have to select the appropriate role type. Then, when a name is added, the import wizard disappears!

For good measure, we have been complaining for a year that when adding or importing cast or crew, the screen scrolls to the bottom. Now it scrolls to the bottom... and the right!

At the end of all that, imported crew details do not take. (You have to add them using the Add function, not the Import function.)

One good thing when searching for cast or crew prior to adding someone to a show or episode is that the [details] link only appears when there is something to read in the Biography. The bad news is that the [credits] tab no onger returns any information. This is because all credits information (other than the name of the show featuring the last recorded appearance) has been removed from the front page, so the link is pointing to a section that no longer exists. You have to open the person guide in every case, then click on the Credits link. That's REALLY useful!