Today we are announcing that releases of the Gliffy Confluence Plugin and the Gliffy JIRA Plugin issued after March 31st, 2010 will require JDK 1.5 or better. The Gliffy JIRA Plugin version 2.2.0 and The Gliffy Confluence Plugin version 2.2.0 will likely be the last versions of our plugins that are JDK 1.4 compatible.

Our decision is based on the fact that the Sun EOSL date for JDK 1.4 was October 30th 2008, and Atlassian stopped supporting JDK 1.4 with the release of Confluence 2.9 and JIRA 4.0. Since Atlassian’s customers must now all switch away from JDK 1.4 anyways, we feel like it is reasonable to require JDK 1.5 as the minimum JDK version.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Gliffy support.

We just released a quick update to the Gliffy JIRA Plugin that includes translations of non-editor text into French and German.

As with our last Gliffy Confluence Plugin release, this will likely be the last release of the Gliffy JIRA Plugin that includes Flash 7 support. All future release of the Gliffy Plugin for JIRA will require Flash 9 or better on the client side.

Happy Drawing!

In our October 6th update to the Gliffy JIRA Plugin, we changed the way Base URL’s were calculated in Gliffy. These URL’s are important because they are used to launch the Gliffy editor, symbol libraries, and more. Unfortunately, this change caused some pretty nasty problems in some rare instances and users were having trouble launching Gliffy or seeing all the symbol libraries load.

We think we have these all fixed up now with this 2.1.2 release of the Gliffy JIRA Plugin, so download away!

Today Atlassian released the next major release of their world class Enterprise Issue Tracking software, JIRA 4.0. With JIRA 4, Atlassian has moved to user-based pricing instead of the previous model which was based on Standard/Pro/Enterprise Editions.

As always, we strive to ensure Gliffy is always ready to run on the most recent versions of Atlassian’s software. To keep our customers well supported, we got a jump on this announcement and released The Gliffy JIRA Plugin version 2.1.0 yesterday, which includes compatibility updates with JIRA 4.0. This new version of the Gliffy JIRA Plugin is required if you plan to upgrade to JIRA 4.0.

If you are an existing Gliffy JIRA Plugin customer, you’ll need to contact our support team to obtain a new license that matches the number of users you have in your JIRA 4.0 install.

Download the updated Gliffy JIRA Plugin to upgrade your existing installation, or start your 45 day free trial today!

Update October 8th, 2009: Yikes! We discovered a minor issue in the Gliffy JIRA Plugin 2.1.0 which caused the JIRA 4 Dashboard to have problems. We’ve made a quick fix, and have released the Gliffy JIRA Plugin version 2.1.1 which fixes this problem.

Today we’re releasing a minor update to both our Confluence Plugins and JIRA Plugins. Most notably, we’re taking advantage of the usability improvements that are now possible with Confluence 3. We continue to be committed to making improvements on our JIRA and Confluence plugins to make the addition of high-impact drawings easier for users.

For our Confluence customers, we strongly suggest that you upgrade to Confluence 3 and Gliffy 2.0.1 as you’ll enjoy significantly improved performance in both Gliffy and Confluence.

Gliffy Confluence Plugin Updates

Gliffy Macro Browser in Confluence

Macro Browser Support

We’ve added support for the Confluence Macro Browser which is included in Confluence 3.0. The Macro Browser makes it a lot easier to edit the {gliffy} macro parameters. To activate the Macro Browser, simply click the new Macro Browser icon (it looks like a scroll) in the Confluence Page editor screen.

Support for new Confluence Pricing Plans

Another announcement that came out of the Atlassian Summit was that Confluence now has new user pricing options. Atlassian has replaced the 50 user license with a 100 user license, and has added a 2000 user license level. We’ve updated our pricing and licensing system to take advantage of these new user sizes.

Other minor updates

• [GLIFFY-1096] – Diagram images reported to not render in Gliffy Plugin for Confluence under OpenJDK 6
• [GLIFFY-1129] – Description Notation Guide ist not actual
• [GLIFFY-1290] – User can create diagram attachment even if they don’t have ‘create attachments’ permission in a space
• [GLIFFY-1324] – Page Not Found Error when Click "Edit in Gliffy" from Attachments Page
• [GLIFFY-1350] – New network symbols are missing 1U and 2U rack server
• [GLIFFY-1063] – Create help template for confluence plugin admin
• [GLIFFY-1308] – Consider changing the scrollbars so that they don’t auto stretch/contract
• [GLIFFY-1346] – Swim Lane Rotation Causes Unwanted Edits to Text
• [GLIFFY-1318] – Localisation for Confluence plugin updates

Gliffy JIRA Plugin Updates

• [GLIFFY-1309] – Make sure when support expires, you can still add diagrams.
• [GLIFFY-1350] – New network symbols are missing 1U and 2U rack server
• [GLIFFY-1308] – Consider changing the scrollbars so that they don’t auto stretch/contract
• [GLIFFY-1346] – Swim Lane Rotation Causes Unwanted Edits to Text

The world’s most popular web-based drawing tool just became twice as good. This morning we dropped the price of our Gliffy JIRA Plugin by half (hence the twice as good).

With the price reduction, we’re making it even easier and more affordable for developers to add high-impact, great-looking diagrams and drawings to their JIRA issues. The Gliffy JIRA Plugin takes what we’ve learned with our wildly-popular Confluence plugin and applies those learnings to the world of JIRA issue tracking, enabling greater understanding and efficiency throughout the development process.

With the suddenly-more-affordable Gliffy JIRA Plugin, you can:

• Increase your productivity and eliminate uncertainty by describing new features and issues with Gliffy drawings.
• Create wireframes to quickly mockup new features that need to be implemented
• Describe user process flows using intuitive flow charts instead of paragraphs of text
• Design software using UML notation

We’re excited about the new pricing and what it means for JIRA users. Take advantage of the new pricing and add the Gliffy JIRA Plugin to your workflow today.

Just in time for the Atlassian Summit (where we are a sponsor), today we are announcing a number of updates to our popular products, The Gliffy Plugin for Confluence and The Gliffy Plugin for JIRA. Among the updates are a redesigned, more professional looking user interface; improved application usability, default colors, and revision history; and improved and redesigned network symbols. Gliffy’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface combines the power of traditional desktop software with the lightweight, low learning curve and flexible features of today’s most popular browser-based applications. More Atlassian customers use Gliffy to make information visual and easier to understand than any other diagramming plugin.

The Gliffy Plugin for Confluence 2.0.0 also includes an important update to ensure compatibility with the upcoming Confluence 3.0 release.

The updated plugins are available immediately on their respective download pages:

• Confluence Plugin
• JIRA Plugin

An example of the new Gliffy Network Symbols

In addition to the before mentioned updates, a few other minor issues were addressed:

• [GLIFFY-120] – Fitting to screen and then resizing palettes and symbols, won’t let you fit to screen again
• [GLIFFY-200] – Mousing over Flowchart shape in Palette at zoom ‘Fit to screen’ changes its line width
• [GLIFFY-243] – line color ‘no fill’ does nothing
• [GLIFFY-356] – Hard to see rotate widget/icon for shape
• [GLIFFY-1281] – Whitespace should be trimmed from diagram names before they are created
• [GLIFFY-1294] – Highlighted diagram name incorrectly indicates that Diagram is seleted
• [GLIFFY-264] – Evaluate Changing Order of Buttons on Toolbar.
• [GLIFFY-268] – Make Shape Overlay less beefy
• [GLIFFY-274] – Revision History needs rethinking maybe
• [GLIFFY-512] – Improved Interface
• [GLIFFY-477] – Have a ‘help’ button where people expect it
• [GLIFFY-1269] – Enable Lock / Unlock Shape function when multiple shapes are selected

Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 1.0.1 Released with Greenhopper Support

We have just released a new version of the Gliffy Plugin for JIRA. The major update for this release is that now Gliffy seamlessly integrates with Greenhopper. Greenhopper is an excellent JIRA plugin that allows an interactive and simple interface for users to manage their projects, as well as tools to increase the visibility and traceability of ongoing versions. Now, with the Greenhopper and Gliffy plugins installed, when viewing the Planning Board simply click on “Issue Actions” menu on any card. From the dropdown, click on the “Gliffy Diagram” option, and you will instantly be taken to the editor to edit or add a diagram. Once you are finished editing, just click Back to JIRA to the taken back to the Planning Board view.

Download the Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 1.0.1.
Learn more about GreenHopper.
Download the latest version of Greenhopper.

Special thanks goes out to Jean-Christophe Huet at GreenPepper Software for helping us make this happen!

Gliffy Online Performance update

We’ve also done some performance optimizations on our database for Gliffy Online. A key benefit is the faster loading of folders and document lists in the document manager.

The Gliffy Plugin for JIRA makes it easy to add visuals to your JIRA issues. The following 3 minute movie explains it best:

Learn more about our JIRA Plugin, or download a free 45 day trial.

We never issue discounts on our products, but we thought we’d make an exception for this new product since we’re so excited about it. If you make a purchase before March 15th, 2009, you will receive a 10% discount by including the following discount code: GJIRA03 Discount will be applied after you create an invoice.