Blog, 2021

I've improved all sorts of things on the home page! Quicker loading speed, new sections, small tweeks, you name it.

One of the big things is the loading speed. I made the background image, the what's new section, and the trending section load via lazy loading. That way the page can finish loading fast and those parts will be added as soon as they're ready. In that process I also rewrote some inefficient code that loads the spotlight recommendations in the what's new section which cut loading time down by as much as 75%!

I re-added recommendation previews and added links to the quick rate lists for new users.

I removed scrolling within trending, now you can see the 12 most popular movies at the moment without having to scroll.

And lastly I added a background image for the rate, write, add to a list section at the top. And also added a few new possible options, like Dr. Strangelove and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, bringing the total up to 20.

I've added the languages spoken in a movie to it's movie page to give you a better sense of what you're getting yourself into. It's right below the age restriction and countries.

Veboli now has 1000 users! Together they've rated 155,294 movies and series, 56 seasons, and 276 episodes and made 74 lists.

Curious about why a movie or series is being recommended? Just click on the recommendation circle and you can see why!

Half of a recommendations comes from what your similar users thought of the movie and half comes from all the similar movies that you've rated. We show you the five most similar movies you've rated.

This fun little feature builds on the previous version. Previously, you'd have to go to the special explanation page to find this information. Now you can get it not just on the recommendations page, but on the home page, the movie page and any other time you come across a recommendation.