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Managana 1.6.0 is ready. Besides general bug fixes this version comes with a great improvement: the new HTML5 player!

Until now Managana required viewers to have Adobe Flash Player installed on their computers/devices to check content. To bring their creations to most mobile devices, mobile apps created from the Appwizard were the only choice.

The Appwizard is still there with its advanced features, but now there is another choice. If Adobe Flash Player is not found, Managana tries to use the HTML5 canvas for rendering. This means you create once and have your content deployed to even more devices with no extra work.... read more

Check our new presentation made on Managana itself! It explains the concepts behind the software.

http://www.managana.org/editor/share.php?c=managanaintroen&s=0_home

A bug on Showtime 1.5.0 prevents users from correctly set their crops if they are using the video mapping option. Luckly there is an easy workaround: just go to the graphic display settings and turn off the "allow gestures" option. You may turn it on again after setting your crops.

for Appwizard users

The current release version of the Adobe AIR SDK 3.7 (3.7.0.153) comes with a bug that prevents Android applications to be delivered to Google Play. To solve the problem, use the current beta build (from version 3.7.0.1760). The download address for this beta build is http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air.html - look for the last link on the page "Download AIR 3.7 SDK for Flex Developers for Windows".

The Showtime (Windows and Mac) and the Appwizard 1.5.0 installers posted yesterday (04/15) shown some bugs. We're sorry for that. Updated files are already available at the downloads section.

If you downloaded the "full" package, you don't need to re-download it, just look for the new Showtime and Appwizard installers. The bug didn't affect the other 1.5.o version files.

We are happy to announce the Managana version 1.5.0. This is a huge update with a lot of new features and possibilities for content creators. Here are some highlights of the new version:

Player

• improved user interface for high density screens
• new notes and bookmarks feature
• new search functionality
• zoom controls for the web-based player
• content manager for easy access to all available communities and also for content download for offline access
• new HTML box overlay to show interactive, cross-platform html-based widgets
• support for the new Leap Motion Controller interaction device
• customizable transitions for various navigation types, like sequences on X, Y and Z axis
• swipe gestures support on touch screens for navigation on X and Y axis
• print support on desktop systems (press the "p" key)

... [read more](/p/managana/blog/2013/04/managana-150-arrives-with-great-improvements/)

We are happy to present the Managana Launcher, an easy way to run the Managana editor on Windows systems without the hassle of installing a local web server. Due to the great XAMPP lite, by apachefriends.org, you just need to unpack the launcher zip into any folder and run Managana.exe. You can even save the folder at a flash drive!

The new Managana Launcher can be found at the release files:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/managana/files/releases/Managana-1-4-0-launcher.zip/download

The new document for the Getting started series is ready. "It's Showtime!" explains better our application dedicated to public exhibitions. Lear about how to set it up and use the various interaction possibilities available, including the remote control.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/managana/files/documentation/Managana-1-4-0-its-showtime.pdf/download

The new Managana 1.4.0 is ready! This update comes to improve text and external feed handling, along with some news at the Showtime application.

General updates

Improvements on text handling: now the paragraph text accept a new input mode: HTML code. You can use it to add plain html code that takes advantage of the new CSS support. At the community properties you can set a default stylesheet with your style declarations. The HTML support is limited and you should avoid the usage of the div tag (span with class attribute works fine) and img one (may not be rendered well, specially on mobile devices).... read more

The Managana version 1.3.0 is out. Besides the common bug fixes, it comes with some cool new features for digital content creators!

general
Enhanced progress code now allows the usage of variables and conditions to make the content even more interactive. Variable values can even be saved locally or at the cloud for data persistence.

mobile applications
The new GPS support allow the creation of geolocation-sensitive content for mobile devices without the need of technical knowledge.... read more

From the Managana editor you can check how users are accessing your content.

Managana offers a way for you to check the access statistics of your content. With a community open at the editor, look for the "Community> Statistics" menu. This menu will open a window with your community streams and some basic data like the number of accesses, the average time people are spending on each of them and the lats time it was open.... read more

From the stream timeline you can check all current intances.

If you want to check a list of all instances available on you stream you just need to open the stream timeline window ("Window > Stream timeline" menu). You'll see a list of them at the right side. You just need to select the keyframe you want to check and the list will be filled with the instance names.

From this list, that can be organized by name or by the z position, you can also lock and hide instances to make your work on the editor easier. These locks and hidings affect only the editor, not the content diplayed to your viewers.... read more

When you add a new media from the tools window, you can do it on an existing playlist.

By default, when you use the tools window (the one usually at left) to add media to a stream, you crate a new playlist with a single element. However, you may do so on an existing playlist, keeping your content more organized. In order to do so, check the "on playlist" dropdown menu: you can change it from "new playlist" to any playlist already present on your stream.... read more