Amara development news — November 2016

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Part of the new Videos page in development on Amara.

This month, Amara released several improvements to the editor. You may have already noticed these changes:

  • Subtitle help tray remains visible, regardless of scroll position
  • Larger, more functional timeline dragging handles
  • “Magic mode” auto-pausing updated and re-introduced to video playback options

TED and Amara have also been making steady progress on the second of three development phases, which will fully overhaul the Amara platform. Here are the latest updates from the Amara development team:

  • Phase 2 pages built, integrated and undergoing testing
  • TED and Amara teams planning to begin phase 3 development work, which includes:
    • New messaging center
    • Mentorship dashboard
    • UX for mentors and mentees
    • Subtitle diff page
    • UI refinements to integrated pages

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