Kill the Next Episode Pop-up!

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Thanks for your feedback! Others have mentioned they don't like this, but more that they'd prefer for it to only come up when they really watched, not just anytime they click a link which we completely agree with. We're working on a fix so that it will only come up in certain instances instead of just from clicking a link and returning to the SideReel page.

Our team is busy with other bug fixes for a little while, but that change to the next episode box is in the plans!

Firstly why did you make that pop-up thingy, after we've watched a show, if there's no "Mark Watched" link anywhere on that, is it just to make us click more? It really doesn't have a point as sidereels main purpose(imo) is the tracker... Secondly, the new profile page is reaaaaaaally uncomfortable, if you have a huge tracking list, like I do, you have to scroll like hell to see show's that you missed last week, previous desigene, where we had only our unwatched shows was comfortable and easy to use. Finally, if I check "Watched this show" by mistake on my profile page, I can't go to the shows page, if you could make the shows picture and/or name hyperlink, it would be highly appreciated.

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Profile Upgrades.

I'm on a Mac, technology illiterate and going grey, I was against the whole download thing too and always streamed. But recently because of changes and want of an easier method I've started switching over, it seems for me quicker to dl a show (about a quarter of the time) from sites like the Wheresmyshow, Warezbb etc than to stream. Also if its a megaupload link you can just change the megaupload bit in the link to megavideo and then post the link here on Sidereel, it gives back a little and breaks up the tide of bogus megavideo links on pages. If you want to find a new release of a show quickly I'd give it a try.

I find the "You just watched..." dialog that pops up when you click a link to watch a show frustrating. Often, I'll have to click on a few links before I find one that works. This used to be quick (I could just open several tabs at once), but now I need to close the dialog between each one which is an awkward middle step. I'd be thrilled if you could come up with a more passive UI device to let users jump to the next episode (perhaps a bar at the top of the page that says "you just watched..." but doesn't steal focus?).

On a related note, I find the "report link" button on that popup kinda awkward. When I hit it, I want the dialog to go away (since I didn't just watch the episode if I reported the link was broken) rather than just acknowledging my click and still forcing me to go hit the big X in the corner.

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"You Just Watched..." Dialog Frustrating.

"you just watched" pop-up can be very annoying and not at all helpful since a lot of the links that get posted are duds (don't work/were removed), but going back to the list is prevented by the pop up and now getting to the next episode link takes 2 clicks instead of one.... now imagine if 10... or 20 ... or 30 links are all duds... fingers start hurting and frustration sets in...

I'm not really sure where i'm supposed to put this but heres the thing. That little pop-up that comes up whenever you click a link to a show and it says "welcome back! watch next episode?" thats really great in theory but is really annoying in practice. the reason being is that most of the time when going through the list of links it takes a while before you find one with good quality, good connection speed and isnt some annoying megavideo ad, or just flat out a broken link. And everytime you come back you gotta close the box before you can select a new link that works. All you have to do is replace this pop-up box that locks out the window with maybe just a little side box thats NOT A POPUP and is actually a part of the page. For example; theres a box on the contact page that says "where's my mini tracker? we love the minitracker too!... etc" , put the little welcome back message in something like that. that way i dont have to close it again and again with every faulty link.

**** On a side note, that banner at the top had an advertisement from sprint that put itself on top of that same popup window and i could not click the " X " button to close it. nor could i click any part of the page since it was locked out. really annoying..

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welcome back message suggestion.

i vote for getting rid of the annoying pop up!

One thing that is becoming increasingly annoying is the "Welcome Back" pop up that comes up on the link screen after you click on a link to watch a video. Sometimes I have to go through 10 links to get to a usable video and I have to close this pop up to get to another link. It would be very nice to either remove the pop up altogether or allow us to just anywhere in the browser to close it out.

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New Layout Issues.

I'm writing this again. I've reported this problem twice and commented on a few of your replies already. I do not understand why this box can not be deleted! It is an interference, and only an interference. Not one single time (and I use sidereel far too much to watch far too many things!) have I ever found this box useful. With so many complaints I just can not fathom why this has not been deleted. Every time I have to click that little x I feel more and more pissed off. PLEASE someone just get rid of it!! Sidereel would be PERFECT without it!

Can you please just get rid of the "Welcome back" popup already? It's extremely annoying and frustrating as above users have highlighted. It gets in the way of going through links. It's amazing that a website such as this would introduce something that would be completely obtrusive and in-your-face, and force you to spend more clicks and time than before the change was made.

This nuisance pop-up is a pointless (non-)feature because
1) if I'm on the most current episode, there is no need for a "watch the next episode link", and I'm sure most of the users are capable of finding the next episode even if they aren't on the latest one
2) the "report link" and "broken links" next to the links work fine, there isn't a need for a pop-up with these links repeated

If you MUST provide a link to the next episode, it would be far better implemented if it was made into a header of sorts on the episode links' Search Results page (i.e. where the list of links is). Above where it says "Search results for: 'X Season Y Episode Z - A'", you could change that to:

X Season Y Episode Z - A (>> Watch the next episode)
Search results

....[the list of links]....

In reply to Kendra's reply (at the top), I don't want to see it in "certain instances" either. Any web designer or even just a normal web surfer will tell you that pop-ups are annoying and unnecessary. The functionality should be implemented on to the page, not on to a disable-the-rest-of-the-page-and-appear-bang-in-the-middle pop-up.

Basically, the pop-up needs to go. Or at least have an option to disable it for users who wish to do so.

I wonder how many times and how many people have to complain about this ridiculous feature before sidereel deems it worthy of fixing. It's been months; this is really pathetic.

If user experience is really being kept in mind then I'm more than sure you guys could've stopped it by now. I don't see anybody giving this a thumbs up, its a nuisance to everybody on sidereel. Just get rid of it

i don't know much about websites and what goes into running them but it's obvious there are some monetary gains to having that annoying pop up box... if not they would've gotten rid of it already. i'm guessing that it's considered as an extra click on their website and therefore goes up in the popularity? and alex's own response that they're concentrating on facebook and twitter (read: corporate deals. read: money) makes it obvious where the priority lies. don't get me wrong, i understand that many people are working on this and salaries need to be paid. but customer satisfaction should always be the number one priority, especially for a website like sidereel that thrives on repeat business.

Just for the record, same as 'Matt Atkin' who had his commented deleted (mysteriously), I have started watching videos on watchseries.eu more and more to avoid this pop-up.

I still use sidereel to log what I have watched etc but the benefits are slimming because of how time-consuming it is to open multiple links to find a working one... I'm sure I'm not the only one to be slipping silently away from your site because of this :/

listen, ok, i've keep getting emails about this topic after i posted a couple months ago. there is a real simple fix to this problem, you guys (sidereel) want the box function. We (the users) don't. as all of us i'm sure have been to other sites like rapidshare and megaupload and the like, they all have countdowns to when you can actually download whatever file you want. why not have a similar piece of code or script for that little box? i can't imagine it's that hard to implement site wide. that's just my two cents though.