CineScope

Merl Orn

Congrats on the launch of your new product! It looks like a game-changer in the industry.

1 year ago

Ayden Miller

Nice idea and was eager to try it out and enjoy it. I am always supportive of the products launched here, but I wanted to point out some issues with this one (wish PH would allow us to add screenshots here). 1. The front page has almost nothing except login and signup buttons (not even a logo) or any useful promotional info. You always want to give folks something more to go on before asking them to sign up. I can't recall seeing a consumer-facing site with such little info on it before. Screenshot: <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s45/sh/fdfc66cb-48ba-4e3e-a346-d9962481992d/ybMIxkqTmCAeK-0O0tlbJyFvV2mRvcGSSPMQCfjwHH0aUfowRp2x-YFgWw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s...</a> 2. If you ARE going to demand we signup early, you should offer guidance on stronger passwords. Right now, almost anything can be made a password. 3. On sites like this, whenever users are asked to fill in a box with movie names, it makes sense to have it tied into the database, so that the autosuggest makes sure the title are exactly right. CineScope doesn't do that. At the same time, it doesn't recognize that "Usual Suspects" and "The Usual Suspects" are the same movie. For an international audience, always good to be forgiving in this way, or offer suggestions instead of just saying, "Check movie name again." Screenshot: <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s45/sh/ed73062d-2e98-4be0-8956-2cc7adfb4310/12V1RALGu58nr-BDEEXhBJxypISX7X_Tcjhx-oxyHQ7mX1pFIO22K7tprQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s...</a> 4. While signing up, I was glad I was asked for my top three movies, as I'd not been asked for that in years. I put down TUS, Shawshank and Galaxy Quest (the original Jungle Book cartoon is a close fourth). I expected to be given a terrific list on the next screen, but got nothing. I am, however, glad to see the three movies are easily accessible as part of my profile and I can update them any time. Wish it would give me a real-time list of recommendations that would change as I change the titles in my top three. Screenshot: <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s45/sh/55babd2e-8b9e-4341-aae4-a10388866495/CtkWJg8Lw6Mm1FwGpaakOd2vTLGzCc9JOLl4wXy9u9b_9zvEoJJlBYBsnw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s...</a> 5. On sites like this, you usually have one opportunity to impress a distracted user. When I asked for recommendations based on "The Usual Suspects," I got three "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies! Makes zero sense! The result was so disappointing I didn't want to put in my fave film, "The Shawshank Redemption" and get, eg, "Howard the Duck." 6. I know it's all the rage to call every new product as using AI. Cinescope is listed in PH in three categories: movies, artificial intelligence and tech. I was hoping CineScope would tell us on PH and in the site itself how it uses AI. The good news is that most of this (except #5) is easily fixable. And am sure it will get better as they do. I am deliberately NOT rating this right now, as I'd have to give it a 1-star or 2-star rating. I'd rather have them fix some of the cosmetic stuff and then I can take a look at it again. Good luck, folks!

1 year ago