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The Pirate’s (B)log Book

Diagrams and other important news from the gliffy team

October 14, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6.1 Release

This is a minor bug fix release to address a naming issue with other plugin vendors.

Release Notes – Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6.1

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-4284] – linkId for our JIRA plugin administration link collides with another plugin
October 14, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.0.2 Release

This release resolves several important bugs and patches a few XSS vulnerabilities.

As you may have noticed we’ve been accelerating our updates. Don’t worry, we won’t be going the route of Firefox and Chrome as Gliffy 12 won’t be coming out anytime soon… But we are working hard to make Gliffy as bug free and stable as possible. That means we’ll be releasing more frequently as we get fixes into the product. With the UPM in Confluence, it’s as easy as pressing “upgrade” to get the newest version of our plugin!

Here are the highlights:

  • A fix for weird shift key behavior in Chrome on Mac! (refer to this advisory)
  • A fix for two stored XSS vulnerabilities discovered when Gliffy works in the new Confluence 4 editor

Release Notes – Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.0.2

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-2085] – Server side transcoding fails with broken image symbol
  • [GLIFFY-3741] – Ghost SHIFT key issue on Chrome 12 on MAC
  • [GLIFFY-4265] – Link Navigator when used with Gliffy in the Confluence RTE fails in "" context
  • [GLIFFY-4266] – Alignment options in Confluence stand alone editor do nothing
  • [GLIFFY-4280] – Print to PDF does not work in Confluence
  • [GLIFFY-4281] – Do not allow diagrams names with leading whitespace
  • [GLIFFY-4286] – Apache FileUpload and Flash
  • [GLIFFY-4295] – Javascript Error with Gliffy in Confluence 4 Editor
  • [GLIFFY-4303] – Error Rendering Gliffy Macro in Confluence 3.5
  • [GLIFFY-4305] – Link Navigator Does not Revert back to Old Navigator when Rest API is disabled
  • [GLIFFY-4306] – Pages/Attachments with single Quotes can't be linked to
  • [GLIFFY-4307] – Delay initialization of the JAXB context until requesting a Template
  • [GLIFFY-4312] – Edit button in Attachments view doesn't work
  • [GLIFFY-4313] – After launching Editor from Attachment back, Back to Confluence link is incorrect
  • [GLIFFY-4314] – More Property Panel in Confluence 4.0 needs better validation
  • [GLIFFY-4317] – Diagrams in Gliffy sandbox render as "Gliffy Macro Error" if you are viewing as an anonymous user
  • [GLIFFY-4321] – Confluence 4 – Autosaves made on Confluence Draft Pages are Unrecoverable
  • [GLIFFY-4329] – Page Images – Attachment Page Link is Broken
  • [GLIFFY-4330] – Can't use images when confluence page is a draft
  • [GLIFFY-4331] – Attachment request broken on Confluence draft page
  • [GLIFFY-4334] – Confluence space name is rendered unescaped by Gliffy dialog (stored XSS vuln)
  • [GLIFFY-4335] – Gliffy diagram filename is rendered unescaped by Gliffy dialog (stored XSS vuln)
  • [GLIFFY-4342] – When using an invalid upgrade and you attempt to edit a Gliffy diagram in the RTE, no error occurs and the RTE becomes unstable
Improvement
September 23, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6 Release

Today we’re announcing an update to the Gliffy JIRA plugin. This release includes a few new features: Page Navigator and User Preferences, and many bug fixes.

The page navigator allows you to zoom and pan large diagrams very quickly using a mini preview of your entire diagram. User preferences are a behind the scenes change that will make some of your settings in the Gliffy editor persistent across sessions.

Here’s a full run down of the changes:

Release Notes – Gliffy JIRA Plugin v3.6

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-747] – Auto-crop is too conservative at the right and bottom sides
  • [GLIFFY-4026] – Export stuck at 15% encoding
  • [GLIFFY-4188] – Image map element not being generated correctly for SVG transform
  • [GLIFFY-4213] – Bottom of images are cropped when text label below network shape has more than one line of text
  • [GLIFFY-4016] – BPMN Collapsed Sub Process and Transaction do not show text when generated from quick shape navigator
  • [GLIFFY-4027] – Rich Text does not work in OL 5
  • [GLIFFY-4036] – Zooming with CTRL+ loses the visibility of red boundary line of navigator
  • [GLIFFY-4043] – Properties popup overlapping the shapes while changing the width property
  • [GLIFFY-4110] – Green Org Chart Template does not work
  • [GLIFFY-4126] – Unsynchronized Map in ClientAPIServlet causes deadlock
  • [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.
  • [GLIFFY-3437] – Dropdown does not reopen on first click in special case in Contextual Properties
  • [GLIFFY-3599] – Printing will often print blank pages
  • [GLIFFY-240] – Create Right Arrow for Basic and Flowchart shapes
  • [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-3675] – Missing imageH on ClientExportStreamer request
  • [GLIFFY-3728] – Remove jagged corners from UML Node shape
Epic
Sub-task
  • [GLIFFY-3974] – Contextual Properties docking should be User Preference
  • [GLIFFY-258] – Preferred paper size should be saved for each user
  • [GLIFFY-3973] – Navigator State should be user preference
  • [GLIFFY-3999] – Client Side implementation of User Preferences for JIRA
  • [GLIFFY-3826] – Create export progress bar
  • [GLIFFY-2720] – Only have drawing guides process an alignment once
  • [GLIFFY-3161] – Optimize the connection point used when Quick Connection is in action
  • [GLIFFY-3798] – Correct Association Connector to be dashed line for BPMN
  • [GLIFFY-3827] – Tune Chunk Size / Computing time per frame
  • [GLIFFY-3848] – Create Async PNG encoder
Improvement
  • [GLIFFY-1219] – View diagram link on attachment view
  • [GLIFFY-3478] – When a transcoding error occurs, don't log the SVG document at the ERROR level
  • [GLIFFY-3961] – Colorpicker does not show currently selected text color on open
  • [GLIFFY-3604] – Chunk Encoding in CommonExport.lzx Some older hardware times out in 15 seconds
  • [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-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-3880] – Make sure loading of diagram invalidates object that are in extreme X and Y positions
New Feature
  • [GLIFFY-4039] – Dragging and dropping most shapes does not work since OL5 upgrade with debugger off
  • [GLIFFY-1962] – Enable Navigator View in Document Properties, Thumbnail view of entire Diagram
September 23, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4.0.1 Release

This release resolves 2 important bug fixes.

  • A fix for Confluence 3.x customers that prefer creating diagrams by first using wiki markup
  • A fix for diagrams with an apostrophe in the filename for when Gliffy runs inline with the Confluence 4 editor

Release Notes – Gliffy Confluence Plugin 4.0.1

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-4252] – Inserting diagrams via rich text editor in Confluence 3.5 is broken
  • [GLIFFY-4254] – Apostrophe in diagram name will fail to load diagram in RTE
  • [GLIFFY-4255] – HTTP 404 from blank.html
September 19, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy in Confluence 4

Drum roll please…

After several months of top secret work, we’re proud to announce the launch our new Confluence 4 compatible plugin!

Gliffy is now as easy to use as the new Confluence 4 editor. We’ve worked hard to make the editing experience as natural and as seamless as possible. No longer will you need to toggle between editing a diagram from the wiki view and updating the diagram layout from the edit view, everything happens in-line with the Confluence 4 editor.

Creating a diagram in the Confluence editor

Editing a diagram in the Confluence editor

We’ve also updated how the diagram appears in the wiki view. We’ve hidden our edit links until you’re ready to interact with the diagram. Once you hover over a diagram, you’ll now be able to zoom larger or edit straight away.

Updated wiki view interaction

Release Notes – Gliffy Confluence Plugin v4

Not enough awesomeness? Need more reasons to upgrade? There are over 100 issues resolved in this release!

Bug
  • [GLIFFY-747] – Auto-crop is too conservative at the right and bottom sides
  • [GLIFFY-3002] – null is added to the 'alt=' Gliffy Marco when Editing a Gliffy Diagram
  • [GLIFFY-3009] – Free License message when Commercial License is installed
  • [GLIFFY-4026] – Export stuck at 15% encoding
  • [GLIFFY-4165] – Flash Error when trying to do a Save and Close in Confluence
  • [GLIFFY-4166] – Flash Error when trying to do a Save and Close in Confluence
  • [GLIFFY-4178] – Gliffy Closehrome displays in preview
  • [GLIFFY-4188] – Image map element not being generated correctly for SVG transform
  • [GLIFFY-4213] – Bottom of images are cropped when text label below network shape has more than one line of text
  • [GLIFFY-1091] – Hyperlinks should be clickable in Small and Medium Display Sizes
  • [GLIFFY-2671] – Links in Published Wiki Pages Not Size L, Exist in location of size L Diagram
  • [GLIFFY-3177] – Unknown cause for License Installation Failure
  • [GLIFFY-4016] – BPMN Collapsed Sub Process and Transaction do not show text when generated from quick shape navigator
  • [GLIFFY-4022] – Document Manager displays timeout error with many spaces
  • [GLIFFY-4027] – Rich Text does not work in OL 5
  • [GLIFFY-4036] – Zooming with CTRL+ loses the visibility of red boundary line of navigator
  • [GLIFFY-4043] – Properties popup overlapping the shapes while changing the width property
  • [GLIFFY-4110] – Green Org Chart Template does not work
  • [GLIFFY-4126] – Unsynchronized Map in ClientAPIServlet causes deadlock
  • [GLIFFY-3105] – Welcome email is not sent when Confluence license is Evaluation
  • [GLIFFY-3107] – Email Confluence Admins does not fire or can not unmarshal
  • [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-3989] – Autosave throws an exception due to Bandana key > 100 characters
  • [GLIFFY-3994] – Querying for existing Autosave draft should not return Stage XML
  • [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.
  • [GLIFFY-3437] – Dropdown does not reopen on first click in special case in Contextual Properties
  • [GLIFFY-3599] – Printing will often print blank pages
  • [GLIFFY-240] – Create Right Arrow for Basic and Flowchart shapes
  • [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-3675] – Missing imageH on ClientExportStreamer request
  • [GLIFFY-3728] – Remove jagged corners from UML Node shape
Epic
Sub-task
  • [GLIFFY-2979] – Launch Gliffy from the RTE
  • [GLIFFY-3114] – Resolve Batik classloader issue with org.w3c namespace
  • [GLIFFY-3317] – Use AUI banners for Confluence error messaging (license nags, errors, etc.)
  • [GLIFFY-3518] – Insert Gliffy Macro Dialog
  • [GLIFFY-4053] – Improve the wiki view links for (Edit, Full-Size, Delete)
  • [GLIFFY-4075] – Add Confluence Effects, Fix Border Toggle
  • [GLIFFY-4089] – FancyBox popup for wiki view
  • [GLIFFY-4118] – Macro Conversion
  • [GLIFFY-4148] – Secure RTE edit and create
  • [GLIFFY-4200] – Create a more button that exposes a text field to enter arbitrary size
  • [GLIFFY-3477] – Implement border button on Property Panel
  • [GLIFFY-3519] – Small, Medium, Large Buttons on Property Panel for Resizing Image
  • [GLIFFY-3804] – Open Editor with a Particular Template
  • [GLIFFY-3845] – Allow Macro Autocomplete to pop-up Gliffy Macro Dialog
  • [GLIFFY-3974] – Contextual Properties docking should be User Preference
  • [GLIFFY-3976] – Write Navigator documentation in User Manual
  • [GLIFFY-3996] – User Preferences Test Cases
  • [GLIFFY-4005] – Create a cron job that can run the renewal script
  • [GLIFFY-4023] – Implement search in Gliffy Macro Dialog
  • [GLIFFY-4051] – Implement Delete from Property Panel
  • [GLIFFY-4070] – Fix and Enable Link Navigator
  • [GLIFFY-258] – Preferred paper size should be saved for each user
  • [GLIFFY-3146] – Allow plugin to work in 3.x as well as 4.x
  • [GLIFFY-3476] – Use the RTE to left, right, center a diagram rather than our own macro html
  • [GLIFFY-3973] – Navigator State should be user preference
  • [GLIFFY-3985] – Server Side implementation of User Preferences for Confluence
  • [GLIFFY-3998] – Client Side implementation of User Preferences for Confluence
  • [GLIFFY-3826] – Create export progress bar
  • [GLIFFY-2720] – Only have drawing guides process an alignment once
  • [GLIFFY-3161] – Optimize the connection point used when Quick Connection is in action
  • [GLIFFY-3798] – Correct Association Connector to be dashed line for BPMN
  • [GLIFFY-3827] – Tune Chunk Size / Computing time per frame
  • [GLIFFY-3848] – Create Async PNG encoder
Improvement
  • [GLIFFY-1219] – View diagram link on attachment view
  • [GLIFFY-3478] – When a transcoding error occurs, don't log the SVG document at the ERROR level
  • [GLIFFY-4102] – Add the link attribute to image maps and use the URL for the value
  • [GLIFFY-4105] – Show our document icon in Attachment view
  • [GLIFFY-3961] – Colorpicker does not show currently selected text color on open
  • [GLIFFY-3604] – Chunk Encoding in CommonExport.lzx Some older hardware times out in 15 seconds
  • [GLIFFY-3642] – Not rounding off the decimal places for width and height after entry
  • [GLIFFY-3722] – Do not send emails to admin when installing the Gliffy Plugin
  • [GLIFFY-3876] – Changing X/Y of shape to off of viewable stage, should relocate stage to make shape viewable
  • [GLIFFY-3046] – Stage scrolling issue while increasing the size of shape
  • [GLIFFY-3382] – Use Minify Maven Plugin to minify CSS and Javascript as part of the build process
  • [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-3880] – Make sure loading of diagram invalidates object that are in extreme X and Y positions
  • [GLIFFY-3700] – Starter license cost should read as "free" not $0
New Feature
  • [GLIFFY-4160] – Allow Confluence customers to opt-in to email campaigns via the editor
  • [GLIFFY-4039] – Dragging and dropping most shapes does not work since OL5 upgrade with debugger off
  • [GLIFFY-1962] – Enable Navigator View in Document Properties, Thumbnail view of entire Diagram
Regression
  • [GLIFFY-4179] – Link navigator throws an exception for recently viewed items
  • [GLIFFY-4194] – Image Attachments Fail to load with java error
  • [GLIFFY-3602] – Show border option not saving in Confluence
September 14, 2011 by Kat

The Future of Communication…

Gliffy is looking forward to the Confluence 4.0 release to launch some awesome new features! Be on the look out….

Atlassian’s biggest product release ever is just days away. After more than a year of development, and many more years of listening to your feedback, Confluence 4.0 will deliver the fastest, richest, most intuitive content collaboration experience, ever. Confluence 4.0 takes team collaboration to a whole new level with greatly enhanced social features. It’s never been easier to bring your team in on the important conversations in Confluence.

To celebrate this monumental release Atlassian thought it was fitting to take you on a little journey that they like to call Communication Through the Ages…

Take a look, find the easter egg, and stay tuned for Confluence 4.0, the future of online content collaboration.

August 15, 2011 by Clint Dickson

Gliffy Online Update – Page Navigator and bug fixes

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
August 2, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Online Update – New Account Management Features

We’ve found that managing your Gliffy Online account hasn’t been so easy, so today we’re releasing several self service Account Management features that customers have been asking for.  Here’s what you can do with the new Account Management pages:

  • Change your account name
  • Update your credit card on file
  • Upgrade your account type
  • Cancel your account

 

These new features are now available via the ‘account’ menu under a new menu item called ‘Update Account Info’.

Release Notes – Gliffy – Version Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Sprint 1

Bug

  • [GLIFFY-3437] – Dropdown does not reopen on first click in special case in Contextual Properties
  • [GLIFFY-3599] – Printing will often print blank pages

Improvement

  • [GLIFFY-1001] – Suggest we change text ‘Organization Name’ to ‘Organization or Name’ and make this field required
  • [GLIFFY-1904] – There should be a way to change the credit card number from the ‘Manage Account’ button
  • [GLIFFY-3013] – Include details about Managing Account at Account Manager dialogue

New Feature

  • [GLIFFY-1029] – Allow Customers Ability to Modify Account Information (credit card number, expiration date, terminate account) Online
  • [GLIFFY-1190] – Allow Administrator of Multiuser Accounts to Edit Account Name
  • [GLIFFY-3319] – Allow Customers Ability to Modify Account / Organization name Online
  • [GLIFFY-3739] – Need link to cancel trial account
July 19, 2011 by Clint Dickson

Gliffy Online Update – Auto-save and more!

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
June 28, 2011 by Eric Chiang

Gliffy Plugin for Confluence/JIRA v3.5.2 Release

A minor bug fix release is available today to address a few issues reported by customers.

You can download it via the Universal Plugin Manager (UPM) or directly here for Confluence or JIRA

Release Notes – Gliffy – Version Plugins 3.5.2

Bug

  • [GLIFFY-3754] – Gliffy Attachments are being saved as 'application/octet-stream' and are not being indexed
  • [GLIFFY-3755] – Create Diagram link should not be shown for Comments

New Feature

  • [GLIFFY-3775] – Add Warning Banner to display for users who are on Chrome on MAC