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The Pirate’s (B)log Book

Diagrams and other important news from the gliffy team

May 18, 2012 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.2.4 Release Notes

This release resolves some critical issues with open file handles created by the plugin as well as some issues with Gliffy in a comment field.

Bug
  • [GCONF-352] – Add->Gliffy Diagram does not add diagram as expected
  • [GCONF-358] – User requires membership in confluence-administrators group in order to be able to edit Gliffy diagrams in comment blocks
  • [GCONF-359] – When inserting a Gliffy diagram via macro autocomplete in a comment, the original text that triggered the insertion is not replaced by the diagram, but appended to the page after the digram
  • [GCONF-364] – Streams are not closed
May 18, 2012 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.7.1 Release Notes

This release addresses the XML parsing vulnerability identified by Atlassian in this security advisory:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Security+Advisory+2012-05-17

Bug
  • [GJIRA-50] – XML Parser Vulnerability
May 3, 2012 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.2.3 Release Notes

This is a bug fix release that addresses the use of Gliffy within the Confluence 4.2. This also addresses issues for customers using Apache modepagespeed.

Bug
  • [GCONF-347] – Export Space to PDF throws Exception
  • [GCONF-350] – Recommended in Confluence Emails contain java.lang.ClassCastException: com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceMockServletRequest
  • [JCOM-49] – ClientResourceAction does not set content-type on response
April 20, 2012 by Chris Kohlhardt

Reducing the risk of moving to HTML5



In case you didn’t see, I recently penned a guest blog post on the Atlassian developer blog about mitigating the risks of migrating to HTML5 away from Flash.

There are many risk factors related to re-writing software, and normally we’d avoid doing something so dramatic, but in this case we feel like we have no choice. Read about how we’re mitigating those risks in the face of a needed platform change.

April 19, 2012 by annie

Talkin’ Gliffy – PC Mag’s Review

Samara Lynn, lead analyst for networking at PC Magazine, has posted a review of Gliffy Online.

Here are some excerpts:

“While some diagramming purists may find Gliffy too simplistic for high-level engineering or other intricate technical diagrams, Gliffy provided me with just what I needed.”

“I was able to create a nicely-detailed, sharp- looking office floor plan. I also created a network diagram using a built-in template for a business network. The template is useful for diagramming networks of almost any size and includes icons for most enterprise networking equipment such as servers, switches, WAN connections, firewalls and more.”

“One advantage Gliffy has over Microsoft is ease of collaboration. Currently, SharePoint or SharePoint Online is needed as well as a separate purchase of Visio to share Visio documents.”

For personal use, small business and particularly for network admins who need quick and easy diagram- making, Gliffy is very good. It’s a four-star earner for small business software and although the sharing process and better compatibility with Visio could be improved, I found it a very handy solution when I needed to diagram my network.

You can read the whole review here.

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April 18, 2012 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.2.2 Release Notes

This is a bug fix release that addresses the use of Gliffy within the Confluence 4.2 page layout feature. This also addresses issues for customers installing Gliffy for the first time.

Bug
  • [GCONF-338] – Confluence 4.2 instance – unable to see Edit/Zoom controls on mouse over for pages with page layout set
  • [GCONF-340] – Gliffy Plugin fails to load due to Invalid BundleContext
  • [EDITOR-212] – Stage autofit should ignore shapes that are outside of the viewing area
  • [LASZLO-737] – Fix UML Class/Object height issue on load and edit
April 10, 2012 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.2.1 Release Notes

This is a bug fix release that also includes one troubleshooting feature – View Diagram Source, which is available from the right click menu of the Gliffy Editor.

New Feature
  • [LASZLO-746] – Allow user to view Diagram Source (gxml)
Bug
  • [GCONF-318] – Zoomed text in viewer is pixelated in Chrome 18 on Mac
  • [GCONF-324] – Fix css rules on confluence rte
  • [GCONF-326] – Tiny urls in link navigator are broken. Stand alone editor has incorrect rest path, tiny url is incorrect with confluence path of anything but "/"
  • [EDITOR-204] – Line calculation bug.
  • [EDITOR-205] – When viewer work is queued, render error bugs are uncaught
April 10, 2012 by annie

Good News: Atlassian Confluence 4.2 is Now Available…

Today, Atlassian has posted on their blog that Confluence 4.2 is now available.

Confluence 4.2 takes content creation and discovery to new heights, helping users make sense of information overload.

> Create compelling content with visual Page Layouts
> Encourage collaboration with Quick Comments and Likes
> Discover Popular Content and stay in the know

You can learn more here.

Even better news is that our new Gliffy Confluence Plugin is in lock-step — and fully compatible with the new version of Confluence.

You can read about the new features here.

And watch the video here.

Give it a try!

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April 9, 2012 by annie

Talkin’ Gliffy – Halloo’s Review

Pierre of the SmartBiz: Small Business Marketing and Communications Technology Blog, offered up his thoughts on Gliffy last week.

“You know in my heart of hearts, I can’t give a perfect rating. That almost goes against the code of review writing. But damn it, Gliffy gets close there!”


He describes Gliffy as ” an app that allows project managers the power to create some of the slickest flowcharts ever witnessed by businessmen. Venn diagrams, SWOT analyses, and stakeholder presentations are also a strength of this app, streamlining the process of creating them.”

He was impressed with the image library: “…Thanks to the huge image library at Gliffy’s disposal, no one would be starving for material to use. It’s all there in that little app.”

He talked about Gliffy’s wireframe capability too.

“…And trust me — every businessperson at one point or another would look at the word ‘wireframe’ and wonder what the heck that means. Gliffy makes it glaringly and almost stupidly easy to get, designed with autosave features and revision controls for collaborators working on a particular project…”

Come see for yourself at www.gliffy.com.

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April 5, 2012 by annie

Road to HTML5 Starts Here — Confluence Plugin v4.2 Released!

Today, we unveiled Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.2. This version includes a HTML5 viewer, links within diagrams, and other enhancements that improve the usability of Gliffy within the Atlassian Confluence wiki environment.

This release is a critical step towards making Gliffy even more universal by continuing to support Flash and also have a path to HTML5.

It also represents is a major stepping-stone for Gliffy as we lay the groundwork for future innovations to be unveiled over the next several quarters.

You can read the complete press release here.

You can watch a video and check out a deck with highlights here.