Makin? It Faster: Yahoo! Music Jukebox 2.1 Is Here
When I talk to Yahoo! Music Jukebox users, I eventually hear a certain 4-letter word that makes me cringe: S-L-O-W. And, as much as I like to defend my favorite music player, that’s one I’ve never really had a good answer for… until now. On Tuesday, we made live as the download from our Web site. As , we’re not trying to pack more features in as much as we’re trying to keep improving quality and performance. I can talk about things like fewer crashes and improved performance, but this time I’ve got some hard numbers to share.
I sat down with a stopwatch and tried some common tasks on my machine, from playing an MP3 to streaming a song from Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
Certainly every system is different, and your mileage may vary. But, I’m extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished here, and I hope you feel it too.
As with every release, there are a ton of under-the-hood changes – too many to mention, but I went through the list and picked some other highlights you may be interested in.
• Burner settings now available in Preferences dialog.
• My Music: right click menu items better enabled
• Memory leak in user interface fixed
• Uninstall/Reinstall no longer uses up a machine activation
• Auto update causes no longer causes improper shutdown
• Uninstall of YMJ no longer uninstalls Messenger skin.
• Save playlists in “Playlists” folder by default for MTP devices. Allows playlists to work on more devices
• Improved relicensing of YMU tracks
• Mini Mode YMJ now retains window position
• Ripping a CD no longer crashes when playing LAUNCHcast
• My Music loading enhancements
• Playlist created using “Create similar playlist” works again
• Navigating to the CD plugin no longer causes the playlist page to be unclickable
• Additional checks for album art for transfer to portables.
• Fixed crash when downloading lots of tracks
• Fixed deadlock if you go to the Download manager too quickly
Whew. We think that makes this one of the more important updates we’ve done. Let us know what you think.
And, if you’re into more new stuff, and need something to test drive the new YMJ 2.1, try out my playlist of new alt & indie rock for 2007. Let me know what you think of the tunes and the Jukebox they’re playing on.
Get to rockin!
Product Manager
Yahoo! Music Jukebox