Koolmoves is having some trouble compiling if you are using the newest TweenMax package from Greensock (v11). Fall back to version 10 until further notice (it’s still found here and there). The Koolmoves developers are aware of the situation and working on it.
Adobe Air 2 is nearly out of beta and I was just as curious as the next person to see what has changed. As it turns out, quite a lot has changed and it is worlds better than AIR 1.5 and brings some very cool new tools to the table.
Click here to read about some of the new features
I’ve already begun playing around with it and have some AIR 2 applications ready for public use. The first mashes up a Koolmoves class by Wilbert Brants with Flex 3 and is called “Droppic”. Droppic shows off the new File Promises ability of AIR 2 and allows you to search Picasa and drag any picture in the app to your desktop to be instantly downloaded. The second also uses the new File Promises of AIR 2 and is called “KM-CODEX FileGrabber”. This application contains all my available downloads and again allows you to simply drag an item listed in it to your operating system and drop it to instantly download it. All download counts are updated at runtime.
KM-CODEX FileGrabber can be downloaded using the link below, once you have it installed you can download Droppic or any of my other downloads by using it. There is also a link to get the Adobe AIR Runtime Installer which is required to install FileGrabber. Nearly all code I create with Adobe AIR from here out will be AIR 2 based and when the Adobe Showcase allows AIR 2 submissions it will be housed there as well.
Click here to get the Adobe Air 2 Runtime
Click here to download the KM-CODEX FileGrabber Application
In the next few months I will be leaving Flex 3 behind for Flex 4. Time really flies when you are having fun!
Whenever you are watching videos, whether in window mode or full screen mode, clicking the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard will flip forward and back through your active playlist.
As of the 1.1 release, YaYa is now based on Flex 4 instead of Flex 3. As expected the entire app had to be reworked due to the massive differences in the flex frameworks between versions and while many of the changes are behind the scenes and code related, some of more important front end changes users will notice are:
1. The YaYa Video Player is now a Spark Video Player Component – Video controls are much more responsive now and the video player can be switched into a true full screen mode. To exit full screen you simply hit the ESC key.
2. Download ability separated from search results – in the old version you downloaded and tracked the download status from the list of YouTube returns. This did not allow you to perform another search until all downloads were complete. The new version handles downloads differently and you can download items while performing a new search. You can add items to the download cue as many times as you like no matter what else is going on in the app.
3. Cue to master playlist – in the old version the library was it’s own playlist and the YouTube search results were their own playlist. In the new version you cue items from the library or YouTube search results to your “Active Playlist”. Dropped videos and direct loaded videos are also added to the active playlist now so in theory your active playlist can contain items from four possible cue directions. Items can be removed from the active playlist individually or the entire active playlist can be cleared.
4. Papervision now integrated – the panels are now animated with Papervision effects. The Accordion from the old version is gone and now the control bar is on the right of the app and all buttons are active or disabled depending on what is going on around them.
5. Online User Guide added – inside there is a link to view/download the YaYa User Guide.
Screenshots follow:
YaYa’s focus is Flash video, Adobe AIR and local databases. NOT YouTube. NOT Adware.
YaYa isn’t meant to bring your YouTube user account to the desktop. It’s meant to let you enjoy Flash video without overlays or clutter. It isnt meant to draw you in with a hidden agenda of selling ad space, there isn’t a drop of advertising in it (nor will there ever be) other than a link to my site which you can see is NOT heavy on sales. YaYa is meant to freely let you cue up 100’s of your favorite videos from your Library…send them to the player (and maybe even pump it to a big screen like my friend does in his bar)…hide the controls and let it do it’s thing. Nothing more, nothing less.
Most YouTube apps ALWAYS require the internet. YaYa doesn’t. Once you have some favorite videos downloaded (and you can download up to 50 at a time btw) you can unhook the modem and get your groove on.
Like I said in another article. When it comes to FLV, I want what I want when I want it. With the YaYa library being local I can pretty well guarantee that my favorite videos will be ready when I want them to be whether I’m tethered to the internet or not or whether or not YouTube’s service is available.
