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Gliffy Online Update – Page Navigator and bug fixes

Clint Dickson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:06:06 +0000

You’ve created that large diagram mapping the universe, but can’t seem to easily get from one edge to the other, without the use of wormholes or teleportation (in progress). Well, we’ve now included a page navigator feature to help with this. The page navigator gives you a small birds-eye view of your entire diagram so that you can easily pan or click to any portion of your diagram. It also provides simple zoom controls so you can quickly add in those fine details.

You can toggle the the page navigator on or off with a simple control on the tool bar at the top of Gliffy.

In this update, we’ve also made various bug fixes to things like text properties and shape mutation, as well as other stability patches. See a complete list of updates in the release notes below. Happy diagramming!

Release Notes

Bug

[GLIFFY-3459] – Text Properties not refreshing correctly when entering brand new text in prepopulated shape
[GLIFFY-3538] – On copy/paste and then Undo, properties icon is still there after shape disappears
[GLIFFY-3625] – Justify buttons unselecting when clicking on selected state
[GLIFFY-3877] – 3 Lane Swimlane looks distorted when initially changing to 2 lane.
[GLIFFY-3941] – Document Manager Dialog Edit drop down remains open on stage after hitting ESC..
[GLIFFY-3942] – Rotation handle can be hidden by Contextual Properties popup
[GLIFFY-4010] – Properties not staying open after shape alignment
[GLIFFY-4018] – Clicking and holding objects/selections where a portion is outside the bottom of the viewport will cause them to be moved down.

Improvement

[GLIFFY-3642] – Not rounding off the decimal places for width and height after entry
[GLIFFY-3876] – Changing X/Y of shape to off of viewable stage, should relocate stage to make shape viewable
[GLIFFY-4065] – When using the rest API to start from a template (copy) also copy over the template's image

New Feature

[GLIFFY-1962] – Enable Navigator View in Document Properties, Thumbnail view of entire Diagram
[GLIFFY-3290] – Add product pricing tab on top of new plugin licensing page
[GLIFFY-258] – Preferred paper size should be saved for each user

Gliffy Online Update – Auto-save and more!

Clint Dickson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:32:01 +0000

Power outages or browser crashes giving you the blues? Even worse, you’re in the middle of creating that soon to be Emmy nominated flowchart on how to improve the stability of your new computer when good ol’ Murphy lays down the law. If you’ve been working on a diagram and suddenly something crashes that makes it look like you’ve lost your work, don’t fear, Auto-save to the rescue. Just re-launch your browser, and launch Gliffy, and when you re-open the diagram, you will see a banner at the top asking you if would like to recover the unsaved draft of this document. Just click the Recover Draft link, and viola, the state of the diagram should recover to where you lost it.

This will also work if you were working on an untitled document that had not yet been saved. You can also just discard the draft if you’d like. Gliffy will save a draft of your document periodically as your work on it. You will see a notification of the draft save on the top right of Gliffy near the save button.

Along with Auto-save, we’ve made a number of other improvements and bug fixes to Gliffy Online. Please see the list below for all of the major updates. Happy diagramming!

Release Notes

Bug

[GLIFFY-240] – Create Right Arrow for Basic and Flowchart shapes
[GLIFFY-2462] – Logging into another Gliffy and then clicking Save As from old Gliffy, doesn't give login dialog
[GLIFFY-3303] – HUD will stay on if holding mouse and editing text in Firefox
[GLIFFY-3592] – Undo twice after moving straight line then ortho line is not working.
[GLIFFY-3606] – When Zoomed, CTRL+Arrow for stage does not work correctly
[GLIFFY-3728] – Remove jagged corners from UML Node shape
[GLIFFY-3786] – Gliffy prices are identifying local currency but not converting prices

Improvement

[GLIFFY-1673] – Permit Duplicate Account Names / Organization Names
[GLIFFY-3046] – Stage scrolling issue while increasing the size of shape
[GLIFFY-3539] – Text shapes in group selections are preventing other shape properties from showing up (like background/line color)
[GLIFFY-3605] – Text Properties should be default tab when checking properties for Text shapes
[GLIFFY-3742] – Online Autosave Client
[GLIFFY-3798] – Correct Association Connector to be dashed line for BPMN

Gliffy Online Update – Improved Account Management stability

Clint Dickson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:51:32 +0000

We’ve just released an update to Gliffy Online. The major point of this release was to fix a few stability issues we were having with multi-user account management. This in turn improved the usability of the Account Manager, in that any updates you make when adding or deleting users are immediately registered in our systems.

We also added a new feature that will give you immediate information when updating an object. A gray box will appear next to an object or group that will show the X and Y positioning when dragging the object, Width or Height when stretching a shape, or the angle in degrees when rotating a shape.

Finally, we’ve fixed a handful of bugs that were specific to different browsers. To see a full list of bugs fixed, and other resolved issues, please see our release notes below.

Happy diagramming!

Release Notes – Gliffy – Version Gliffy Online SWF9-R

Bug

[GLIFFY-3010] – SVG Export fails using Opera, Window after the first download
[GLIFFY-3017] – Flash Error when Upload Image after delete an image from the Account Images library
[GLIFFY-3035] – Alleviate Right-Click issues with Chrome and FF4 browsers
[GLIFFY-3068] – Fresh shapes resized using the properties menu revert to previous size after save
[GLIFFY-3109] – Some Users of IE8 Windows 7 cannot get past loading screen

Improvement

[GLIFFY-1409] – Usability Issue – Account Manager: User tab commits changes silently when moving to Folder Tab
[GLIFFY-3033] – Have overlay display X and Y or Width and Height when shape is mutated
[GLIFFY-3037] – Have Overlay HUD display Rotation

Gliffy Online Update – Quick shape connection, swimlane improvements and more!

Clint Dickson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:39:10 +0000

It’s been pretty cold here in San Francisco (at least for us Californians), but it hasn’t slowed us down in getting out some hot new updates. We’ve polished up our swimlane shapes quite a bit, including one of our most highly user requested enhancements. Many users wished to change the number of lanes in the swimlane shape dynamically. Now, when you select a swimlane, you will see a drop down menu in the properties area allowing you to change the number of lanes in the swimlane shape anywhere from 2 to 10. We’ve also fixed a few nagging undo issues with Swimlanes, and you can also add text to the lane of a single lane swimlanes shape as well.

We’ve also released a new feature that is part of our larger ongoing diagram creation simplification project. This feature assists in allowing you to quickly connect one shape to another. When you have a specific type of shape added to the stage, activate the connector tool, then drag a connector line out of the shape from a connection point. When you release the mouse, a menu will appear allowing you to quickly select the next shape to connect to. You can continue to connect shapes in this fashion, allowing you to produce a presentable flowchart, sitemap, network, or UML diagram in just minutes. During this process, if you need to quickly exit text editing on a shape, just hit the Tab key. We are actively working on other features and enhancements that will further improve your experience and productivity in building diagrams with Gliffy.

Here is an example of using this new shape connection and selection feature:

Step 1 – Drop a shape and add text.

Step 2 – Select the connector tool, click connection point and drag right to create a line.

Step 3 – Release mouse and select a shape to connect to.

Step 4 – Add text.

For a complete list of features, improvements and bug fixes, see the list below:

Gliffy Online Update – Bug fixes, improvements, and new features

Clint Dickson — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:13:48 +0000 Copying two groups together makes pasted objects One group Undo a group with Lines, shapes and text causes issues Copy and pasted group of shapes goes funky when contents of buffer are large and many Undo Removes Object, not Line as Last Action Reopen Diagram with Pasted Grouped Objects Causes Group to Merge When dropping shape on drag before complete animation expansion, it will drop small. Undo of Swimlanes Fails Using Undo with Drawing Guides, Breaks Undo Selecting left justification on text editor doesn't take effect Slightly rotated text does not show all text when loaded Drawing Guides overide Grouped shapes position after paste The straight line is getting disconnected from a shape when connected The red circle over connection point is remaining on stage Flash Error when Saving Horizontal Swimlane with Links Set Number of Swimlane Lanes in Shape Properties to the Right of the Drawing Stage Usability: "Double-click to edit" text in swimlane shapes should disappear when double-clicked Line end points zooming out issue Cursor display issue while logging in anonymously Connection points should reduce so that they don't touch each other when the shape size is small Change in shape size not reflecting to size of red circles on connection points. Look into setting media load timeouts differently for Yahoo images and Account images. Issue with arrow of dimension line When finished drawing line connected to a shape, popup an in context menu to quickly select a connecting shape For single lane swimlanes, give option to create text in the lane, like with the multiple lane swimlanes

We hope 2011 has been rewarding for everyone so far. We’ve had a good year here at Gliffy headquarters so far, and we’re in the thick of working on something we’re really excited about, so stay tuned. In the meantime, we’ve done a little Gliffy Online update. It addresses a few issues our users have reported, and we’ve added a few new features as well. One of the features is that we now allow you to manage folders immediately when saving a new document.

We’ve also improved the feedback and usability when entering collaborator emails when you are sharing diagrams. This makes copying and pasting from email lists you’ve created in other email clients into the collaborators entry box in Gliffy even easier.

Below is a complete list of bug fixes and improvements for this release:

Bug

[GLIFFY-96] – Changing focus by hitting tab key is not correct
[GLIFFY-1465] – Grouped Shapes Don't Get Copied together
[GLIFFY-2621] – If user was shared on a diagram and never logged in, they get a confusing message if they try and sign up for gliffy later
[GLIFFY-2719] – Gliffy API: getDiagramAsImage is not returning the client generated PNG
[GLIFFY-2721] – If enter single unaccepted character in "add new collaborators" dialgoue, entire dialogue closes
[GLIFFY-2726] – Delete of Diagram in some Basic Accounts does not Persist
[GLIFFY-2874] – Editing Link in Saved Diagram via Deletes Link
[GLIFFY-2881] – When a Text on an Object includes a Return, the Edit Link Button does not show when selecting object
[GLIFFY-2897] – When shrinking ERD -Multiple Attributes shapes with corner overaly handle, it zooms off the page
[GLIFFY-2921] – After aligning a group of shape and selecting one, width and height are uneditable
[GLIFFY-2923] – After using zoom, scrolling engages when mouse leaves drawing stage, when drawing guides are turned on

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2224] – Save Dialog should allow the user to create a folder
[GLIFFY-2590] – Require Login for Gliffy Online, File, Print
[GLIFFY-2677] – Usability: You should be allowed to create new folders in the Account Manager in the Folder Permissions Tab
[GLIFFY-2693] – Libraries are Inaccessible for Screen Resolution 1024 x 600
[GLIFFY-2790] – As soon as certain shapes are dropped, enable text editing
[GLIFFY-2794] – Remove the "No Fill" button when there is no expected response from "No Fill"
[GLIFFY-2843] – Same tool tip issue for different tables
[GLIFFY-2844] – Same tool tip issue for rounded and square sink

New Year == New Stuff!

Clint Dickson — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:23:46 +0000

Happy New Year everybody! We hope your new year’s resolutions are in full effect and going smoothly (this includes creating more Gliffy diagrams, of course). We’ve got some new updates for Gliffy Online, which include a few new features, bug fixes and improvements. Highlighting the list are some more improvements to simplify the way you create flow charts. First, when you drop a flowchart shape on the stage, text editing will now enable immediately by default, so that you can immediately enter the purpose of that shape with no extra clicks. Second, when adding a connecting line to another shape, the line will snap straight a lot easier than it did before. Again, these are just a few improvements in our quest to make flow charting easier for you. A lot more exciting improvements to come! We also added a new Entity-Relationship symbol, made adding collaborator emails a lot more user-friendly when copying and pasting from another email client, and made our image upload processes more robust.

Below is a list of all features, improvements and bug fixes for this release:

Bug

[GLIFFY-2767] – Clicking on the right side outside the check box under properties, checkbox getting selected
[GLIFFY-2812] – Account images doesn't refresh when importing a Gliffy XML with an embedded image
[GLIFFY-2829] – When sign up form is active, keyboard shortcuts modify the drawing stage
[GLIFFY-2882] – Gliffy Locks on Save

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2678] – Usability: Users should be alerted (via balloon) that an action they are taking is not allowed in the Folder Permissions tab
[GLIFFY-2722] – Accept Full Email Format when Collaborating
[GLIFFY-2766] – User is not getting logged in by pressing enter after entering login details in Re- Login prompt box
[GLIFFY-2816] – Make the transcode process more robust

New Feature

[GLIFFY-1435] – New Symbol: Entity Relationship with Attributes with More than Two Fields
[GLIFFY-1877] – Enable Expired Multiuser Accounts Access to 'Manage Account' Tab

Sub-task

[GLIFFY-2800] – Connector Tool should snap straight easier when dragging from connection point
[GLIFFY-2817] – Only allow 1 transcode process per distinct diagram
[GLIFFY-2818] – Persist the transcoded diagram as an attachment to the page
[GLIFFY-2819] – Create a thread pool to manage the diagram transcoding pipeline
[GLIFFY-2834] – Text Editing should enable when certain shapes added to the stage
[GLIFFY-2846] – Allow the admin stats page to query statistics on the Transcode Service
[GLIFFY-2864] – Persist the transcoded diagram to the filesystem (Online)

Plugins 3.1.0 Release and a Gliffy Online update to boot

Clint Dickson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:34:41 +0000

Today we are proud to announce the release of the Gliffy Plugin for Confluence 3.1.0 and Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 3.1.0. We’ve also done an update to Gliffy Online. We did two major updates for the plugins. The first was more of an internal update, in that the plugins are now built using Atlassians Plugins 2 SDK. The second major update to the plugins is the support of the tabs feature. We previously released the tabs feature to our Gliffy Online users. This feature will now allow our Confluence users, for example, to quickly copy content from one diagram to another. No more having to open documents one at a time. For more details on how the tabs feature works, check out our User Manual, under the Drawing Stage section.

We’ve also fixed numerous bugs and made various improvements to the interface.

Below are the release notes by product:

All Products

Bug

[GLIFFY-2266] – "Reset Connector" option does not always work for Quadratic curve line
[GLIFFY-2503] – Text Cursor Appears Below the Line, When Engage Typing from Double-Click
[GLIFFY-2638] – Sometimes drawing guides stay on after aligning shapes
[GLIFFY-2724] – When zooming out to 50%, mousing over Flowchart – Classic – Database shape makes inner line fat
[GLIFFY-2725] – When copy a Fresh Skin shape more than once, paste results in Connected Lines Askew
[GLIFFY-2734] – Flash Error When Using Command+Z (Undo Mac)
[GLIFFY-2754] – Flash Error when Deleteing Multiple Shapes

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2461] – Send-to-Back Reverts When New Line Type Selected
[GLIFFY-2647] – Usability: Drop down list Zoom should be smarter about where it centers a zoom
[GLIFFY-2732] – Same tool tip for diferent types of tables
[GLIFFY-2747] – Include tool tip for vertical and horizontal swimlanes

New Feature

[GLIFFY-2530] – Add Additional ERD Lines in Entity Relationship Library

Gliffy Plugin for Confluence and Gliffy Plugin for JIRA

Bug

[GLIFFY-179] – Tile Floor and Wood Floor should not have locked aspect ratio
[GLIFFY-2428] – Text is not centered on lines
[GLIFFY-2431] – Hitting – key when editing text causes diagram to zoom out
[GLIFFY-2475] – Hovering over 'right justifed' words of link, do not match the link 'active' spot
[GLIFFY-2616] – Confluence: Clicking "Attach Page Images*" button will not open a new window in Google Chrome on Mac
[GLIFFY-2623] – When opening Lady Gaga template, sometimes Fresh shapes show up first.
[GLIFFY-2653] – Get error when hitting 'back to confluence' button and an accent/umlat in Page Name
[GLIFFY-2727] – When scrolling Spaces in Template Manager, scrollbar can disappear and spaces appear over heading
[GLIFFY-2729] – The visibility issue of scrollbar while adjusting the horizontal adjuster
[GLIFFY-2730] – EULA can not be downloaded when Confluence/Jira installed in a sub-context
[GLIFFY-2731] – i18n characters in Page Name results in 'new diagram' diagloue when editing existing diagram
[GLIFFY-2659] – Strange menu button shows up when issue is closed
[GLIFFY-2660] – Fresh install of Gliffy plugin in JIRA shows that plugin expires in 0 days
[GLIFFY-2758] – Number of days til Gliffy expires is displayed in FREE mode (open source, community, etc.)

Improvement

[GLIFFY-675] – When Template Manger, existing document tab is Opened, current space should be selected by default
[GLIFFY-802] – Create a Shortcut for editing text for objects
[GLIFFY-2655] – Have File –> Print open Page Setup dialog
[GLIFFY-2710] – Add "print to pdf" button to the "Page Set Up" Dialog

New Feature

[GLIFFY-231] – Multiple Tabs within Editor
[GLIFFY-437] – Drag stage as Keyboard Shortcut
[GLIFFY-514] – Edit Exisiting URL Link
[GLIFFY-537] – Support Copy/Paste between multiple Gliffy Diagrams open at once

Gliffy Online

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2117] – Constrain large uploaded images in proportion to the canvas size

A fanTabulous Gliffy Online Update!

Clint Dickson — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:28:02 +0000

GO GIANTS!

Just in time to go watch game 4 of the series, we’ve just updated Gliffy Online with an exciting new feature… Tabs. You can now open, create and view multiple documents at once within the Gliffy editor. This should speed up your productivity by allowing you to compare multiple documents more easily, as well as make copying and pasting elements between diagrams a breeze.

A new tab will be opened when creating a new document or opening an existing document. The tab will contain the document title and version number. If a document is private, a gray lock will show next to the name. If the document is public, an orange open lock will show next to the name. Also, if the document has been changed, a star (*) will appear next to the name. Also, if you want the open a new tab to either create a new document or open an existing document, just click the plus (+) button to the right of the tabs.

This feature will be added to the Gliffy Plugin for Confluence and JIRA very soon. In the meantime, please send us any feedback you have on this new feature.

We also completed many bug fixes and improvements for this release. A complete list is below:

Bug

[GLIFFY-2215] – Switching Accounts forces user to open a new diagram (or create a blank diagram)
[GLIFFY-2217] – Preview image from another folder remains when clicking to a new folder
[GLIFFY-2581] – Application Stalls after renaming diagram
[GLIFFY-2586] – In IE, published image is not being sized correctly.
[GLIFFY-2668] – New Diagram cannot be deleted until opened for a 2nd time
[GLIFFY-2714] – "Fit to Screen" results in a Small Margin of Diagram to not display (upper left)

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2316] – Modifications to 'Welcome Back' Dialog (First Screen Existing Users See after Login)
[GLIFFY-2436] – Usability: When editing a blank document, it should say "Untitled" where normally a title would appear
[GLIFFY-2437] – Usability: Closing an existing document should result in a blank canvas and not an open dialog
[GLIFFY-2655] – Have File –> Print open Page Setup dialog
[GLIFFY-2665] – Text in Left Arrow, Right Arrow (User Interface, Miscellaneous) should appear below shape
[GLIFFY-2676] – Usability: 'Manage Account' and 'Add Users' brings up the same dialog
[GLIFFY-2684] – Consider Placing separate tool tip for LCD and CRT computer
[GLIFFY-2692] – Rename Dialogue Should Remain Above Document Manager
[GLIFFY-2698] – Consider Placing separate tool tip for CRT workstation
[GLIFFY-2699] – Tool tip of wireless modem showing only wireless
[GLIFFY-2701] – Consider Updation of drawing guide in user manual
[GLIFFY-2710] – Add "print to pdf" button to the "Page Set Up" Dialog

New Feature

[GLIFFY-231] – Multiple Tabs within Editor
[GLIFFY-537] – Support Copy/Paste between multiple Gliffy Diagrams open at once
[GLIFFY-1585] – Open multiple documents at once (in multiple browser tabs or windows would be fine)

Task

[GLIFFY-2635] – Update Rack Network Template
[GLIFFY-2637] – Rename BPMN template

Gliffy Online Update

Clint Dickson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:32:51 +0000

We’ve just released an update to Gliffy Online. The focus of this release was on bug fixes and minor improvements. Highlighting the list is improved support for i18n characters when exporting files using the Google Chrome browser.

Bug

[GLIFFY-2037] – UML connectors get obscured by the drop shadow on Class Object
[GLIFFY-2078] – Connector Line Does Not Draw When Begin from Shape Red Anchor Point (XP Firefox)
[GLIFFY-2496] – BPMN Group Symbol should be sent to back when dropped
[GLIFFY-2498] – Text on Line is Not Centered (When Curved Line is Made Straight)
[GLIFFY-2558] – Adjusting Line Text Font size doesn't always re-center/format text
[GLIFFY-2567] – Copy and paste a line with a long line of text, copied line initially looks wrapped.
[GLIFFY-2571] – Google Apps Integration: Customers with accents in their name are unable to login via the more menu
[GLIFFY-2608] – When shape selected, zoom at 50%, not all characters in text box are shown in export
[GLIFFY-2611] – Logo Exports with During Free Trial Month
[GLIFFY-2622] – When you rotate grouped shapes, middle shape jumps
[GLIFFY-2623] – When opening Lady Gaga template, sometimes Fresh shapes show up first.
[GLIFFY-2627] – Flash Error when Deleteing Shapes
[GLIFFY-2630] – SWOT template has visual aritfacts
[GLIFFY-2651] – No response from Clicking Zoom Out Button After Clicking Zoom In Button
[GLIFFY-179] – Tile Floor and Wood Floor should not have locked aspect ratio

Improvement

[GLIFFY-2560] – Add statements about Private Diagrams remaining Private after account reverts to Basic
[GLIFFY-2568] – With a shape selected, when mousing over fill color to in colorpicker, have shape color change.

Gliffy Plugin for Confluence and Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 3.0.5 Released

Clint Dickson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:04 +0000

Hope all of our blog readers are having a wonderful day. Our day just got a lot better with the release of Gliffy Plugin for Confluence and Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 3.0.5. This release contains a few critical bug fixes, so we recommend our customers upgrade to this latest version. Below are a list of the bug fixes that affect both plugins and the ones that only affected the Confluence plugin:

Both Plugins

[GLIFFY-2608] – When shape selected, zoom at 50%, not all characters in text box are shown in export
[GLIFFY-2651] – No response from Clicking Zoom Out Button After Clicking Zoom In Button
[GLIFFY-2645] – Mouse wheel scroll not working in Plugins

Gliffy Plugin for Confluence

[GLIFFY-2302] – View, Edit, and Remove links appear in PDF export when using {include} macro
[GLIFFY-2641] – Diagrams created in Gliffy Confluence Plugin v2.2 and earlier will not render in PDF export with Confluence Plugin v2.2 and greater.
Patched a Cross Site Scripting bug (XSS)

Download the Gliffy Plugin for Confluence 3.0.5
Download the Gliffy Plugin for JIRA 3.0.5