v20: Folder panel improvements + new Statistics screen

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We are 2 weeks into 2020, so it’s time for Movie Collector 20! Today in v20, we’re bringing you 2 super useful and time-saving improvements for the folder panel, plus a brand new Statistics screen.

Quick-search the folder panel

The folder panel panel is a powerful way to browse and filter your collection. Just group by Actor, or Director, etc… click a folder and the list will give you all movies for the selected Actor or Director.

However, if your collection spans thousands of movies, that “click a folder” part is sometimes easier said than done. It may require lots of scrolling in the folder panel.

But not anymore! Version 20 introduces a new search box right above the folder panel, that lets you instantly search/filter the folder panel as you type! Just typing a few letters is often enough to bring the folder you are looking for into view:

Sort the folder panel by the counters

By default, the folders in your folder panel are sorted alphabetically. But as of today, there is another option: sort your folder panel by the counter, that is by the number of movies contained.

Sorting by the counters is a nice way to find the biggest Format in your collection, your most popular Director, etc… Switch between the Alphabetical and By Count sorting using the two sort buttons to the right of the new search box:

BTW: another small (but visually very nice) tweak to the folder panel is that the counters are now in a separate column on the right (previously these were listed between parentheses right behind the folder name).

Brand-new Statistics screen

Next to the above 2 functional improvements, we have also added a brand-new infographic-style Statistics screen. This replaces the old “textual” Database Totals screen. Open the screen from the Tools menu, then “Statistics”.

In the new Statistics screen you can find totals for your collection, top 10 lists and cool statistics in the form of pie charts, line charts and bar charts.

Totals:

total nr of movies
total nr of TV series and episodes
total runtime
total nr of discs
total nr of formats
total purchase value
total current value

Charts and Lists:

Bar chart: movies by format
Top 10 list: most recent additions
Pie chart: Seen it (Yes/No)
Bar chart: movies by IMDb rating
Line chart: movies by year
Bar chart: movies by genre
Bar chart: movies by director

Please note: the new Statistics screen only shows data for “In Collection” movies (so excludes Wish List items) and takes into account the Quantity values!