Please bring back age display – IMDb: Movies & TV Shows Review

(8/7/18) Six updates since the feature was removed and the “living” actor’s age is still not displayed with the birthdate. . I’ve been using IMDB since forever. First on a PC, currently on the iPhone app. Removing the actor’s age, specifically from the iPhone app is a questionable modification. When looking at the various actor’s information, birthday is nice but a quick age display lets me zip throug various actors without having to resort to math to get their age. You display the age for those that passed away, why not display the age of the living? Please bring back that feature. 4/3/18 update... I just installed the 8.8 update. Didn’t fix the age display that many users are asking to be restored. I’m taking away another star. 4/23/18 update... Installed the latest update 8.9. Still no age display that many users are asking to be restored. Why take it away? Losing another star. 4/26/18 update... Installed the latest update 8.9.1. Still no age display restoration. Your excuse for removing the age was.., “We’ve removed ages for living persons from Name pages in order to unify our experience across web and apps”. That excuse is ridiculous as the age display was in the app and I believe the web version for a long time. I’ve been using IMDB for years, first the web site, then, once I got an iPhone, the iPhone app. Please put the age back in the iPhone app and web site. I mean, you display the age in the “Born Today” section, why not in the main page for the Name page? I’ve been a programmer for over 30 years and if I was told to remove something as simple as an age display, I would comment out the code because I believe the feature would be put back after enough people bitched about it being removed. I believe that if you actually polled your users they would want the age display restored. Oh, I’ve taken away another star. I do really like the app. I use it constantly to look up actors and movies. At many times I’ve found myself on the web site or app for over an hour or more. I want to restore your stars. Update 6/6/2018 ver 8.11 Still no return of the age display. I see a lot of reviews asking for the return of the age display. C’mon, that was as really good feature. I still can’t understand why you folks removed that feature. It was a simple, common sense feature that you already had for years. It took up hardly any space on the display. You kept it in the born today section but removed it in the most accessed display panel that people first look at. Update 8/7/2018 ver 8.14 I’ve skipped reviewing for the last two updates where you STILL have not put the age with the actors birthdate for those still living. I still see other people requesting that you restore that feature. I don’t understand why that feature was removed in the first place. Please restore the age display with the DOB. Thank you!
Review by HersheyJohn on IMDb: Movies & TV Shows.

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