First off, thanks to all of you for breathing new life into something I wrote a couple weeks back. Netflix doesn't have a perfect interface, but it's leagues b

First off, thanks to all of you for breathing new life into something I wrote a couple weeks back. Netflix doesn't have a perfect interface, but it's leagues better than anything else that's out there, particularly the UIs provided by the cable.telco and satellite pay-TV providers (collectively known as MVPDs these days - Multichannel Video Platform Distributors) Seriously, if I set out to design a bad UI, I would not be able to surpass them in awfulness. I hear some of you are frustrated by the search and discovery functions. My company is in this space and we debate the best way to solve the 3 main use case scenarios: 1. I want to watch another 5 episodes of "Breaking Bad" 2. I want to watch a comedy movie, maybe something with Tom Hanks 3. I have no idea what I want to watch There's a lot of grey between those three areas and that's why Netflix quirky genre categories are so popular. In terms of search, there are a lot of 3rd party apps, both web-based and otherwise. I personally like Clicker, which is web-based and can also show you which of the services (Netfkix, Hulu, Amazon) you have can serve up the movie you want to watch. "Rights issues" is a TV/Movie industry term that refers to the battle over which of the various distribution companies has the right to broadcast TV and movie content, on what platform (e.g. If Comcast is paying NBC for the right to broadcast their shows on TV, do they have to pay more to also be able stream them to your iPad or is that covered by the original agreement) Because so much of this is new and because the industry is very profit-oriented, the lawyers are having a field day. Final point, which I noticed a few people picked up on, is that the Netflix all-you-can-eat menu lets you experiment without consequences: you don't like a movie, it's not like you've just wasted any money paying for it. And for the XBox remote dropper - if it's really become a problem, maybe you want to find another place to keep it? Just a suggestion.