Netflix Notes: Add a "note to self" next to movies in your queue!

I have written a little program that modifies the Netflix website so that you can add a little note next to each movie in your queue. Useful for reminding yourself why you added a movie.

It only works if you are using Firefox as your web browser. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The notes are stored on your own computer, NOT in the "cloud" (the Internet). This unfortunately means that you can't see the notes if you log in from another computer. Hey Netflix, please make my program obsolete by implementing a Notes feature as a native part of the website! :-)

To download and install it, go here. (Updated 11/3/08 with a new version, to fix problems caused by changes that Netflix made to their website.)

Let me know what you think!

Tags: notes, queue

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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on July 29, 2008 at 5:29am: Interesting idea. How old is this program? Do you know how many people have downloaded this so far?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike Morearty on July 29, 2008 at 8:05am: It's brand new. If you go to this script's page on userscripts.org, you can track the number of downloads (which is only 15 as of this writing, since it's new).

As I said on the web page, I'd love it if Netflix implemented something like this natively -- that way it would work in all browsers, and also the notes could be entered on one computer and then read on other computers.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RJP on July 29, 2008 at 8:19am: Would this work with a thumbnail flash drive?

About a year ago, I realized that it made sense for me to just carry around a 4GB flash drive all the time so I wouldn't have any problems with data - I.E. computer specific data, or data I didn't want out on the internet.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mndtrp on August 2, 2008 at 8:19pm: It looks like yes. I have firefox on a thumbdrive, and it installed fine.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on July 29, 2008 at 9:08pm: It's about 12 hours since the last post, and am wondering, has anyone thought about downloading this? Does this interest anyone here? I'm asking because I'm skeptical of anything new, in general.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by leela42 on July 29, 2008 at 9:29pm: It's an interesting idea, and I know I've seen others request something like this. Usually just reading the movie's synopsis is enough for me, though.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on July 29, 2008 at 9:37pm: Would you consider such a add on?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by leela42 on August 2, 2008 at 3:38am: Oh yes, I'd consider it, especially if I see how others find it useful. As it seems they are...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Vocalities on August 2, 2008 at 1:06am: This is freaking great. Especially if you have over 450 movies in queue.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces on August 2, 2008 at 1:29am: OMFG!!!

Mike Morearty, you are a genius!! How many movies have I removed from queue wondering why I put them there in the first place?

This is exactly what I've wanted NF to add to the queue for years. Thank you!

Here's a picture of how the queue looks with a note space:; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on August 2, 2008 at 8:40am: Yesss! I too must herald the genius of this add-on. I added it to Firefox 2.x for MacOS. See ya. I'll be busy now adding notes to some of the titles while I still remember why I added them to my queue.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by janes'_kid on August 2, 2008 at 11:23am: The only notes I would want to add are to movies not in my queue. For example I have already seen it having rented it from another service. Usually Netflix 'not interested' serves the purpose.; ▶ Reply to This