Right now, we can filter by crew members, but not by jobs. If I filter by Steven Spielberg, I can see he has 30 listing. He only directed 16 of these, but the only way to find this out is to manually count. I would like a way to filter by role as well.

Even if I wouldn't use it very often but an option for a additional filter would be nice. 

So you could search:
name -> all movies show up where >name< is credited
name + category -> just movies where >name< is listed as >category<

Database Query is a good idea, Skip. Never tried it, but as I read there are really namy possibilities to search.

Indeed, Database Query will basically do what you want:

Panel "Crew" --> Field "Name", Query "Person search", find the person by clicking on the little spyglass and finally hit "Run Query". A click on the "Role" column title sorts the list...

I'd prefer a built-in way, though. Would be much faster...

I know this is going to sound silly. But were i the programmer and I have a Plug-In developed that will do this work, yet someone requests that I do it, I don't think it would rank real high on my list of work to do for the program, I mean there is a Plug-In and it will do the job, why do I need to worry about it very much.  Isn't this part of the reason for Plug-Ins? If I have to do it anyway, then we don't need Plug-In capability do we.

Skip

I agree.... while it may put an update to the main program on the back burner... it may be something he decides to add... I know that both the Galleries and Trailers were originally HTML Windows before they made it to the main program. 

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You're right Skip, that is the reason for plugins - To add functionality that isn't natively in the program.

However, sometimes the software developer might like the plugin features enough to add them into the software. There is a benefit to doing that as it can free up resources taken up loading the necessary DLL file.

Indeed.  A good programmer will do this whenever he can as it make his program more attractive.  I have a few programs where this happens all the time.

Thank you for verifying everyone of my concerns.

Skip

I think you know what my concerns are, Ken has been reducing functionality and usability for awhile now. And that certainly is not a concern. your comment just verified my concerns.

Skip

IMHO, Ken has been dramatically ramping up functionality, usability and performance. No need to repeat the long list here.

As for plugins, in 3.6, he obsoleted two of my plugins: MyTabs and DVDeMail, and added similar functionality for parts of two others (UPC import of BulkEdit and YouTube Trailer Player of LoadDVD Pro). At the same time, he added requested functions that will allow me to improve the others.

I suspect that this will continue, and it clears the decks for me to play with new ideas.

But my view is not from the persepctive of the database, rules and contributions.

I think I can see how from that perspective, more contraints are being imposed and compromises being made to keep an increasingly complex data model under control. Could it just be the nature of the beast? Maybe my view is naive.