Entering movie ratings at multiple sites

[Hyomil]

In trying to compare different recommendation sites for movies, I've realized how much time it takes just entering all your ratings, so I'm making this thread to post the shortcuts I've found:

With listal, you can batch import them from IMDb very quickly, even faster if you use Web Search Pro and a macro program like Macro Express (There are free alternatives, but this one has an easy-to-use-and-remember interface and good context help through F1).  You

1. create a new private search engine in Web Search Pro with a Name like "Listal Batch Import" and URL

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httppost://www.listal.com/user/import/imdb?sourceid=captaincaveman&imdb=2. use macro program to:
a) launch Quick Type Search with CTRL+Q
b) insert a little delay to give it time to come up
c) paste text using clipboard "Listal Batch Import" into Quick Type Search's "Search using:" field
d) type Tab key to switch to the "Search for:" field
d) paste your IMDb vote history URL (mine is http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=5808445)
e) type Enter

If you just wish to just go from an IMDb page to the listal page for it, you can use the KG-IMDb Greasemonkey script, which puts little links with favicons under the IMDb title.  Currently working links are Rotten Tomatoes (direct link based on IMDb ID), MoviePosterDB (direct link based on IMDb ID) criticker (regular search), Youtube (regular search), and others.  To add listal, which can also do direct links based on IMDb ID, you can add these entries to script somewhere next to the other search engines:

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//listal - Watched
trackers.push(new SearchEngine("listal - Watched", "http://www.listal.com/addimdb/?imdb=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt%imdb-id%2F&collection=Add+to+watched+list", true, "http://www.listal.com/favicon.ico"));

//listal - Want to Watch
trackers.push(new SearchEngine("listal - Want to Watch", "http://www.listal.com/addimdb/?imdb=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt%imdb-id%2F&wanted=Add+to+want+to+see+list", true, "http://www.listal.com/favicon.ico"));

You have to pick to mark the movie either Watched or Want to Watch when you click a link on the IMDb page, but you can always switch your choice once you're on the listal page.

For searching listal using PVD's Web Search, you can use

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http://www.listal.com/searchcombined/1/?query=%s%u
Then there's the IMDb Movie Collection Manager - by Futuros script you can use while browsing actor pages or using MoKA to display your ratings or the My Movies folder you've put a movie in .

[rick.ca]

...even faster if you use Web Search Pro and a macro program like Macro Express...

Although I use Web Search Pro, this seemed a little awkward, so I did this:

1. Installed the Form Saver Firefox add-on.
2. Entered my IMDb My Movies viewed list to the appropriate input box at http://www.listal.com/user/import.
3. Created a bookmark using Form Saver.

The add-on simply creates a "bookmarklet"—a javascript bookmark. If the current page is not the Listal import page, it will advise you so—and go there when you click "OK". Click the bookmark again, and the script will fill the form.

[Hyomil]

1. Installed the Form Saver Firefox add-on.

I like Lastpass for forms so far, for what little I've done with them.  I'll keep Form Saver in mind as a backup.