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WikiFlix<\/a> is one of my tools that got some press<\/a> when it started, but had stalled a bit due to lack of development. Thanks to recent developments<\/a>, I was able to pay some attention to it again.
\nFirst, there are a lot of invisible changes to the code itself, moving the front-end to refactored ES6 JavaScript, and making the hourly update job more efficient.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the visible side of things, there is a new “Recently viewed” section that is stored in your browser only, so you can remember and resume recent movies. The “special sections” (e.g. “Highly ranked”, “Female directors”) are now clickable, leading to the full respective list. The lists themselves are now loading more entries on scrolling, rather than loading all of them at once, making for a faster, smoother experience. Several pages now show initial “placeholder boxes” that are filled when loaded, which makes a for less jarring experience than “blank page, stand by”.<\/p>\n

The search box is now more prominent, and there is a “random movie”button, if you are bored. Also, playing a movie (Commons, YouTube, Internet archive) will now immediately launch a full-screen player, which is what I suspect most people would prefer over the page-with-iframe.<\/p>\n

Finally, I am now including a more edge cases of movies (e.g. “Public domain in the United States” rather than just “PD”). This pushed the movie count to 5100.<\/p>\n

Update<\/em>: I now added free TV episodes as well, pushing the count to over 5200. Example series: Calvin and the Colonel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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