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Or you could drag and drop them like a normal desktop application. I actually find that netflix has a pretty usable interface. Maybe it's not the best but very

• ahoyhere 18y ago
  If they added drag n drop, it was after I used it. I had the service initially when it came out, and for years, the text box was the only option.
  • weaksauce 18y ago
    They must have added it after you left. They must have hired on some usability gurus to make the site very user friendly(in my eyes, but I am not a typical user). For Example, they added a javascript hover over a movie title in the list and they "pop-in" an info box of the movie that you are interested in while your mouse is hovered over the title. This does not prevent you from clicking through but it is an easy way to decide if the link is actually worth clicking on. Another example of the UI adding instead of detracting from the overall experience is when you actually add a movie to your queue. Another pop-in happens that gives you more recommendations based on the movie that you picked. The key thing that makes it usable is that when you are done looking at the recommendations you can close the pop-in and you are back at the original list of titles without any jarring transitions. There is another subtle way in which they make the pop-in more usable by making the original page visible behind the pop-in at all times. This keeps your sense of where you are in the netflix site. I am definitely not saying that they have a great UI. Just that they have a UI that works well for most use cases.