Actor usability issue

Movies CLZ Movies Mobile
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In the mobile app you have a list of the Cast. You can click on the actor to load the list of movies with that actor.

Usability issue

  1. Select a movie down the list
  2. Click on an actor
  3. All movies are shown with this actor
  4. Go back → Now you don’t go back to the movie you selected in step 1. You are back in the movie list. This is very annoying. I don’t go back to the place where I came from.

Another path:

  1. Select a movie down the list
  2. Click on an actor
  3. All movies are shown with this actor
  4. Select a movie
  5. Go back → I go to the list of movies from this actor. Great.
  6. Go back → Now you don’t go back to the movie you selected in step 1. You are back in the movie list. This is very annoying. I don’t go back to the place where I came from.
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I can understand where you’re coming from, but this is intentional. In theory, if the back button would get you back to that movie you first tapped an Actor in, you could… again, in theory, go 100s of levels deep.

On EACH of those actor taps the back would get you one step back, instead of back to your list.
I can see how it could be different, and I can see how you would like that so I will take note.

I also see how for instance the IMDb app does this, you can go deep infinitely. And only a big home button at the bottom seems to get me back completely to my main list // or IMDBs main home.
So, noted.

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