YaYa Now Flex 4 Based
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.
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