Jira live demo_2020_v20

Editor's Notes

• #89: First, users can now share and view files in Confluence. (click) As shown earlier they can drag and drop a file or image to add it to a Confluence page, but they can also make use of the new files button in the editor toolbar. (click) This button populates the ‘insert files and images’ dialog where its easy to manage files on your page, on the web, or on other pages in Confluence. (click) Then when looking at a file, you get the all-new rich file previewer - capable of previewing a variety of image file types, Office file types (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and PDFs. You can quickly go through the files, download them, browse the versions, upload a new version, and share an individual file with teammates just like you would a Confluence page. It’s a really exciting experience our development team has been working hard on.
• #90: When looking at a file in the previewer you can start leaving feedback by dropping a pin anywhere on the file. You can see the yellow pin in the pop-up circle. Once this pin is dropped, it triggers an inline comment where you can leave feedback using text, @mentions, page and file links, and emoticons. As mentioned this is such a useful experience and really exciting particularly for users that spend a lot of time working on Spreadsheets and PowerPoints.
• #91: We also made it possible to give inline feedback on pages too. (click) All you need to do is highlight a word, sentence or paragraph, and it will trigger a small dialog. When you choose the comment button, it will trigger an inline comment. This is so awesome for reviewing long documents where previously you had to constantly scroll up and down to read and leave feedback for the author.
• #92: As mentioned in the story, inline comments are great for having discussions and clarifying and improving feedback. If you’ve ever tried to discuss feedback via email - its a complete nightmare. We’re really excited about how much better this experience is for people that work with files everyday.
• #93: Finally - users can now resolve comments which triggers a notification to keep the contributors up to date about what suggestions were incorporated. To take a step back - we built this feedback loop because customers were asking about it - but also we felt it was a critical to increase the value for Business Teams who regularly work with files. This is an important bridge into Confluence for people that use files everyday.
• #94: The roadmap planner macro is awesome for visualizing product, project, and team roadmaps with a light-weight timeline. We were often hearing about how product and project owners wanted a way to communicate a plan to stakeholders in a way that made sense to everybody. People were tired about being asked ‘what’s coming next?’ or ‘when is this shipping?’. (click) The roadmap planner macro is great because you can build out an entire schedule using lanes, bars, and markers and even add more context to work in flight by linking to relevant Confluence pages. (click) It’s also easy to adjust by just dragging and dropping bars on the timeline. (click) And lastly - i want to clarify that the roadmap planner macro isn’t just for product roadmaps. Every team has the need to communicate what they are working on a high-level timeline. We use it on the Confluence marketing team to communicate our quarterly plans and it works really well for us.
• #95: HipChat is critical to Atlassian’s success and we are doing everything we can to work better with HipChat. In 5.7, you can integrate Confluence and HipChat to connect Confluence spaces and HipChat rooms which delivers push notifications in real-time from Confluence. We have a lot of exciting stuff on the roadmap to build this integration out - this is only the beginning.
• #96: Lastly - we simplified our editor by moving the breadcrumbs and page title into the editor. We felt this was more intuitive, but also saved a ton of space and gave more room to the editor. It’s also an important step for us as we redesign the editor to make room for inline comments in the editor. Another cool addition is that we replaced the ‘cancel’ button with the ‘Close’ button to avoid accidental cancels that didn’t save a draft of your page.
• #98: I wanted to quickly walk you through the basic marketing story. Confluence 5.7 is focused on giving users a new feedback loop where they can review and discuss work in one place. Giving feedback on a page or file is one of he most complicated processes during a person’s work day. It typically involves multiple versions of PowerPoint presentation with a variety of names, a long and hard to follow email chain, and a ton of context switching as both the reviewer and the author have to jump back and forth between a file and its feedback to reference suggestions. It’s exhausting. Confluence 5.7, we want the feedback, discussions and resolutions happening all in one place. (click) So the story starts with Claire uploading a PowerPoint to a Confluence page so she can share it with her team and trust that it’s automatically versioned as newer versions are uploaded.
• #99: (click) Claire’s teammate Jeff can then view the presentation with an all-new file previewer. This is perfect for Jeff because he doesn’t have to download the PowerPoint to see it, he just opens it up right in his page. But Jeff can go one more step and click to add a pin anywhere on the powerpoint to give feedback that has context. Dropping a pin will trigger an inline comment where Jeff can give his feedback, @mention other teammates to get their help, or even link to other Confluence pages or files to share more information. It’s so much easier to keep the conversation and feedback on the file, rather than siloing it in an email chain.
• #100: Jane can then chime into the discussion as she was called in by Jeff. What’s so powerful about having discussions on a file is that giving feedback can be collaborative and also ensure that no one is duplicating work. So as an author you’re avoiding your teammates giving redundant feedback, feedback is given on the most current version of a file, and your getting the highest quality feedback as your reviewers can work together to build off one another. It’s less work for you and less work for your team too.
• #101: Finally, the best feedback loops are the ones that can actually be closed off. Once Claire has incorporated feedback, she can resolve it which triggers a notification to the contributor that their suggestion was added to document - closing the loop. We are really excited about this functionality in Confluence and we think our customers are going to love working with files in Confluence because now they can easily upload, view, comment, and version their files in ways they never could before.