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Shawn Minto resolved 6 bugs and provided numerous fixes. Boris Pruessmann contributed task editor content assist. @@ -37,7 +60,8 @@ helped with proxy settings patches and Nathan Hapke set up a Bugzilla 3.0 test server. Additional bug fixes and enhancements were provided by John Anvik, Wayne Beaton, Juerg Billeter, Leo Dos Santos, - Igor Fedorenko, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Benjamin Pasero and Boris Pruessmann. </font></td> + Igor Fedorenko, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Benjamin Pasero and Boris + Pruessmann. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB"><font size="1">2.0M1<br> @@ -56,56 +80,59 @@ </table> <p><b>Also see the New & Noteworthy for: -<a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-1.0.html">Mylyn 0.6-1.0</a>, <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.5.html">Mylyn 0.5</a>, -<a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.4.html">Mylyn 0.4</a>, <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.3.html">Mylyn 0.3</a></b></p> +<a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-1.0.html">Mylyn 0.6-1.0</a>, <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.5.html"> +Mylyn 0.5</a>, +<a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.4.html">Mylyn 0.4</a>, <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-0.3.html"> +Mylyn 0.3</a></b></p> + +<!-- + <p><b>Update Notes</b> <br> - We recommend using the Eclipse 3.3M7 release due to the numerous UI improvements (see Eclipse 3.3 only items below).<br> - - 2.0M2 and later releases will reset your task activity timings -(Mylyn now uses a new and much more robust timing mechanism).<br> + - 2.0M2 and later releases will reset your task activity +timings (Mylyn now uses a new and much more robust timing mechanism).<br> - The offline task data cache will be reset, so submit outgoing changes before updating.<br> - If upgrading from a 0.x version, first update to Mylyn 1.0 -and see the corresponding <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/new-1.0.html"> +and see the corresponding <a href="http://eclipse.org/mylar/doc/new-1.0.html"> update notes</a>.<br> - Trac xml-rpc users: you will <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylar_FAQ#Trac_Connector">need the latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> +<p><b>Mylar -> Mylyn Migration</b></p> +<ul> + <li>No uninstall necessary during the update, the old plug-ins will + automatically be disabled.</li> + <li>Can delete all old plug-ins/features either manually or via the Update + Manager.</li> + <li>All Mylyn preferences will need to be reset. If you set a custom + data directory this will need to be reset on start.</li> + <li>Project to Task Repository associations will need to be reset.</li> +</ul> +<p><b>UI Cleanup</b></p> +<p>The following things have moved into the Sandbox either because they are not +at the 2.0 quality level or because they are experimental features.</p> +<ul> + <li>Pause Context Capture</li> + <li>Active Task on open</li> + <li>Synchronize view style overlays</li> + <li>Task Activity report</li> + <li>Legend moved to view menu</li> +</ul> +--> <hr> -<h2>Tasks</h2> +<h2><a name="help">Help</a></h2> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/doc/images/dev/ id="table340"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table355"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>New Task List layout</b></p> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>Welcome Content</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The <i>Task List</i> layout has been updated to use a custom drawn - tree instead of relying on multiple columns in order to provide the - following improvements:<ul> - <li>Support for subtasks (for an example see the Bugzilla section)</li> - <li>The icon columns no longer take up a large amount of - horizontal space, making more of the Summary visible. Sort - using <i>Sort by</i> in the view menu.</li> - <li>The table header and horizontal scrollbar are gone, making - 2-3 more tasks visible.</li> - <li>The icon scheme has been updated to make incoming indicators - easier to pick out, hits more consistent with tasks, and the - kind of task appear on the icon (see the <i>Help -> Mylyn UI - Legend</i> for the updated scheme). Note in particular - that new tasks now have the task icon background and are - distinguished by a special incoming indicator.</li> - </ul> - <p>Note that the incoming overlays can also be configured to use the - Synchronize view style icons and left-facing placement via <i>Preferences -> Task List - -> Layout</i>. Please use - <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182772">bug - 182772</a> for feedback or reporting any OS-specific rendering - problems.</p> - <p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/tasklist-tree.gif"></td> + <p class="MsoPlainText">...<img src="images/2.0/welcome.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -116,13 +143,13 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table346"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> <p align="right"><b>UI Legend for Connectors</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> <i>Help -> Mylyn UI Legend</i> now displays connector-specific icon contributions. <p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/ui-legend-connectors.gif"></td> + <img src="images/2.0/ui-legend.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -131,17 +158,30 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table335"> +<p> </p> +<h2><a name="task-list">Task List</a></h2> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table353"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>Content Assist in Task Editor</b></p> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>Mylyn Working Sets</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The Task Editor now supports content assist. The proposals include - all usernames/emails associated with an "Assigned to" for all bugs in - the repository. The username in the repository credentials is used - to highlight your username.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/tasks-content-assist.gif"></td> + <p class="MsoPlainText">Mylyn now provides a unified working set + mechanism for tasks and resources. Using the bar on the Task + List create working sets that includes queries, categories and + workspace projects. As long as Eclipse views are set to show + the Window Working Set (this is the default), switching Mylyn + working sets will cause both the Task List and Eclipse views to show + only the elements that have been selected to be part of the working + set when the views are <i>not</i> focused on the Active task. + When views like the Package Explorer are focused and you navigate + across working sets the elements will still populate the view as + expected<p class="MsoPlainText"> + <img src="images/2.0/working-sets-switch.gif"><p class="MsoPlainText"> + To edit the working set use the pull-down menu visible above or + click the working set's label.<p class="MsoPlainText"> + <img src="images/2.0/working-sets-edit.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -150,16 +190,37 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table347"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table340"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>Task tooltips show changes</b></p> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>New Task List layout</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - Task List tooltips now summarize incoming changes, making it easier - to scan for changes without opening the task editor. Note that - the popup menu can be used to mark tasks read without opening.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/task-tooltip-incoming.gif"></td> + The <i>Task List</i> layout has been updated to use a custom drawn + tree instead of relying on multiple columns in order to provide the + following improvements:<ul> + <li>Support for subtasks (for an example see the Bugzilla + section)</li> + <li>The icon columns no longer take up a large amount of + horizontal space, making more of the Summary visible. Sort + using <i>Sort by</i> in the view menu.</li> + <li>The table header and horizontal scrollbar are gone, making + 2-3 more tasks visible.</li> + <li>The icon scheme has been updated to make incoming indicators + easier to pick out, hits more consistent with tasks, and the + kind of task appear on the icon (see the <i>Help -> Mylyn UI + Legend</i> for the updated scheme). Note in particular + that new tasks now have the task icon background and are + distinguished by a special incoming indicator.</li> + </ul> + <p>Note that the incoming overlays can also be configured to use the + Synchronize view style icons and left-facing placement via <i> + Preferences -> Task List -> Layout</i>. Please use + <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182772">bug + 182772</a> for feedback or reporting any OS-specific rendering + problems.</p> + <p> + <img src="images/2.0M3/tasklist-tree.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -168,25 +229,22 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table342"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table324"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>Task Working Sets<br> - (Experimental)<br> - 3.3 only</b></p> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>Scheduled Presentation</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - Categories and Queries can be added to a Task Working Set. - Switching Task Working Sets makes only the tasks for that working - set appear. This can be useful for those with a large Task - List, several non-overlapping projects, different sets of tasks for - different venues (e.g. home vs. work). For 2.0M3 switching - working sets is only supported via the working set switcher on the - main toolbar. To switch to see only one working set - you need to Ctrl+click that working set, otherwise multiple will be - visible. The create a new Task Working Set use the <i>Edit...</i> - button visible below.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/tasks-working-sets.gif"></td> + The <i>Task Activity</i> view has been removed and replaced by the + <i>Scheduled</i> presentation of the <i>Task List</i>. When in + focused mode this presentation shows only the tasks scheduled for + the current workweek. Since unscheduled query hits will not + show, this makes it easier to work without getting distracted by + incoming items. To focus on the workday, use the <i>Go Into</i> + action on the day container. When the focused mode is off, + this presentation both past task activity and tasks scheduled for + the future. <p> + <img src="images/2.0M2/tasklist-schedule.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -195,24 +253,17 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table337"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table313"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>Offline Improvements</b></p> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>Drag and Drop improvements</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The offline support has been improved to be more transparent. - Offline data for all tasks, even unread ones, is downloaded in the - background, so before going offline all you need to do is run one successful - synchronization. If switching frequently between being connected - note that you can toggle background synchronizations via the <i> - Synchronize Automatically</i> button in the <i>Task List</i> view menu. - Opening repository tasks is now much faster due to synchronization and - offline concurrency improvements. Any submission errors are now - shown on the task editor header (Eclipse 3.3) instead of the <i>Error - Log</i> view. Also note that the <i>History</i> button is now on - the toolbar and a <i>Submit </i>buttons has been added as well.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/task-editor-error.gif"></td> + To attach files to a repository task them onto the Task Editor from + a navigator view or operating system window. Dragging a URL + that corresponds to a task onto the Task List will cause the + corresponding task to be created and added to the Task List, if the + corresponding repository exists.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -221,19 +272,19 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table326"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table315"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Task Editor Improvements</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>Hyperlinks in Java Editor<br> + (3.3 only)</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The performance of repository task opening has improved - dramatically because there are no more synchronous trips to the - server and all editor pages load lazily. If editor contents become stale, the - header will be updated as below (Eclipse 3.3) or a dialog will - show (Eclipse 3.2). The <i>Synchronize</i> button on the right - of the header retrieves the latest contents. There have also been numerous layout and improvements.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M2/task-editor-warning.gif"></td> + References to tasks and bugs in the Java Editor and now hyperlinked + consistently with the Task Editor. The Task Repository must be + defined on the corresponding project (set via <i>Project Properties </i> + -> <i>Task Repository</i>). References to tasks must be moused over + to turn into hyperlinks.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M1/java-editor-hyperlink.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -245,7 +296,7 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table332"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Hyperlinks in Text Editors<br> + <p align="right"><b>Task Hyperlinks in Text Editors<br> (3.3 only)</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> @@ -261,23 +312,16 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table324"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table347"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Scheduled Task Presentation<br> - (Experimental)</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>Task tooltips show changes</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The <i>Task Activity</i> view has been removed and replaced by the - <i>Scheduled</i> presentation of the <i>Task List</i>. When in - focused - mode this presentation shows only the tasks scheduled for the - current workweek. Since unscheduled query hits will not show, this makes it - easier to work without getting distracted by incoming items. To focus on the workday, use - the <i>Go Into</i> action on the day container. When the - focused mode is off, this presentation both past task activity - and tasks scheduled for the future. <p> - <img src="images/2.0M2/tasklist-schedule.gif"></td> + Task List tooltips now summarize incoming changes, making it easier + to scan for changes without opening the task editor. Note that + the popup menu can be used to mark tasks read without opening.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M3/task-tooltip-incoming.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -286,22 +330,20 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table316"> +<p> </p> +<h2><a name="task-editor">Task Editor</a></h2> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table335"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Task Editor lifecycle streamlined</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>Content Assist in Task Editor</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The <i>Task Editor</i> no longer closes on submission, and instead shows - progress while it synchronizes with the repository. If incoming - changes occur while editor is open the refresh will preserve and - mark any outgoing changes. In order to - clear outgoing changes use the context menu -> <i>Mark </i>-> <i> - Clear Outgoing</i>. If an editor is opened for a task not in the <i> - Task List </i>the <i>Add to Task List</i> action can be used on the - editor's context menu. Formatting of the editor has been improved - and uses the new form look on Eclipse 3.3.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M1/task-editor-progress.gif"></td> + The Task Editor now supports content assist. The proposals include + all usernames/emails associated with an "Assigned to" for all bugs in + the repository. The username in the repository credentials is used + to highlight your username.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M3/tasks-content-assist.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -310,18 +352,24 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table315"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table337"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Hyperlinks in Java Editor<br> - (3.3 only)</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>Offline Improvements</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - References to tasks and bugs in the Java Editor and now hyperlinked - consistently with the Task Editor. The Task Repository must be - defined on the corresponding project (set via <i>Project Properties </i>-> <i>Task Repository</i>). - References to tasks must be moused over to turn into hyperlinks.<p> - <img src="images/2.0M1/java-editor-hyperlink.gif"></td> + The offline support has been improved to be more transparent. + Offline data for all tasks, even unread ones, is downloaded in the + background, so before going offline all you need to do is run one + successful synchronization. If switching frequently between being + connected note that you can toggle background synchronizations via the <i> + Synchronize Automatically</i> button in the <i>Task List</i> view menu. + Opening repository tasks is now much faster due to synchronization and + offline concurrency improvements. Any submission errors are now + shown on the task editor header (Eclipse 3.3) instead of the <i>Error + Log</i> view. Also note that the <i>History</i> button is now on + the toolbar and a <i>Submit </i>buttons has been added as well.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M3/task-editor-error.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -330,17 +378,45 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table313"> +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table326"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>Drag and Drop improvements</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>Task Editor Improvements</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - To attach files to a repository task them onto the Task Editor from - a navigator view or operating system window. Dragging a URL - that corresponds to a task onto the Task List will cause the - corresponding task to be created and added to the Task List, if the - corresponding repository exists.</td> + The performance of repository task opening has improved dramatically + because there are no more synchronous trips to the server and all + editor pages load lazily. If editor contents become stale, the + header will be updated as below (Eclipse 3.3) or a dialog will show + (Eclipse 3.2). The <i>Synchronize</i> button on the right of + the header retrieves the latest contents. There have also been + numerous layout and improvements.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M2/task-editor-warning.gif"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table316"> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> + <p align="right"><b>Task Editor lifecycle streamlined</b></p> + </td> + <td valign="top" width="70%"> + The <i>Task Editor</i> no longer closes on submission, and instead + shows progress while it synchronizes with the repository. If + incoming changes occur while editor is open the refresh will + preserve and mark any outgoing changes. In order to clear + outgoing changes use the context menu -> <i>Mark </i>-> <i> + Clear Outgoing</i>. If an editor is opened for a task not in + the <i> + Task List </i>the <i>Add to Task List</i> action can be used on the + editor's context menu. Formatting of the editor has been improved + and uses the new form look on Eclipse 3.3.<p> + <img src="images/2.0M1/task-editor-progress.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> @@ -350,7 +426,7 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </table> <p> </p> -<h2>Task Repositories</h2> +<h2><a name="task-repositories">Task Repositories</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table323"> <tr> @@ -388,11 +464,11 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </table> <h2> </h2> -<h2>Team</h2> +<h2><a name="task-list">Team</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table336"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> <p align="right"><b>Hyperlinks in Annotations and History<br> (3.3 only)</b></p> </td> @@ -413,55 +489,11 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </table> <h2> </h2> -<h2>Task Context</h2> - -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table345"> - <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> - <p align="right"><b>UI Usage Reports<br> - (Experimental)<br> - 3.3 only</b></p> - </td> - <td valign="top" width="70%"> - <i>File -> New -> Other -> Mylyn -> UI Usage Report</i> will - generate a report of your perspective, view, preference, command and - editor usage in Eclipse. This reporting facility builds on the - Mylyn Monitor used to study early releases of Mylyn and has been - extended to upload statistics to the mylyn.eclipse.org server where - they can be accessed by all interested (via the button in the <i> - Actions</i> section). As before, we will be using these - statistics as input to evolving and improving the Mylyn UI. - <p><i>UI Usage Reporting</i> is installable as a separate feature - that can be used independently of the rest of Mylyn. Currently - it is only available to Eclipse 3.3 users but will be made available - to 3.2 users for the next release. If installed it will ask to - run once every three weeks, at which point you will see statistics - displayed as below. We then ask that you share your usage data - with the community, via the <i>Submit to Eclipse.org</i> button, so - that it can help inform Eclipse developers how the UI is being used. - Note that only interaction events that have IDs starting with "org.eclipse" - will be uploaded in order to avoid having private ID names made - public. Note that the information gathered also includes - interaction information about elements, so to avoid sharing the IDs - of private elements make sure to leave on "Obfuscate elements using - SHA message digest one-way hash" via the <i>Preferences -> Mylyn -> - Usage Data</i> page. More information on how the monitor works - can be found in - <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylar_Integrator_Reference#Monitor_API"> - Eclipsepedia</a>.</p> - <p> - <img src="images/2.0M3/ui-usage-report.gif"></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2"> - <hr> - </td> - </tr> -</table> +<h2><a name="task-focused-ui">Focused UI</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table338"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> <p align="right"><b>Context Activation Improvements</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> @@ -560,11 +592,11 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </table> <h2> </h2> -<h2>Bugzilla Connector</h2> +<h2><a name="connector-bugzilla">Bugzilla Connector</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table343"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> <p align="right"><b>Dependencies show as subtasks<br> (Experimental)</b></p> </td> @@ -625,23 +657,22 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </table> <p> </p> -<h2>JIRA Connector</h2> +<h2><a name="connector-jira">Jira Connector (Incubation)</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table344"> <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> + <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> <p align="right"><b>Attachment support</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> The JIRA task editor now supports attachments, both for files and - for task contexts. Submission errors are now displayed - instead of failing silently.<p> + for task contexts. Submission errors are now displayed instead + of failing silently.<p> <img src="images/2.0M3/jira-attachments.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> - <hr> - </td> + </td> </tr> </table> @@ -696,19 +727,55 @@ latest</a> XmlRpcPlugin.<br> </p> </tr> </table> -<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table319"> +<h2> </h2> +<h2><a name="monitor-usage">UI Usage Reporting (Incubation)</a></h2> + +<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table345"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> - <p align="right"><b>JIRA Core Services</b></p> + <p align="right"><b>UI Usage Reports<br> + (Experimental)<br> + 3.3 only</b></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="70%"> - The JIRA feature will now install without requiring additional - downloads from Tigris.org.</td> + <i>File -> New -> Other -> Mylyn -> UI Usage Report</i> will + generate a report of your perspective, view, preference, command and + editor usage in Eclipse. This reporting facility builds on the + Mylyn Monitor used to study early releases of Mylyn and has been + extended to upload statistics to the mylyn.eclipse.org server where + they can be accessed by all interested (via the button in the <i> + Actions</i> section). As before, we will be using these + statistics as input to evolving and improving the Mylyn UI. + <p><i>UI Usage Reporting</i> is installable as a separate feature + that can be used independently of the rest of Mylyn. Currently + it is only available to Eclipse 3.3 users but will be made available + to 3.2 users for the next release. If installed it will ask to + run once every three weeks, at which point you will see statistics + displayed as below. We then ask that you share your usage data + with the community, via the <i>Submit to Eclipse.org</i> button, so + that it can help inform Eclipse developers how the UI is being used. + Note that only interaction events that have IDs starting with + "org.eclipse" will be uploaded in order to avoid having private ID + names made public. Note that the information gathered also + includes interaction information about elements, so to avoid sharing + the IDs of private elements make sure to leave on "Obfuscate + elements using SHA message digest one-way hash" via the <i> + Preferences -> Mylyn -> Usage Data</i> page. More information + on how the monitor works can be found in + <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylar_Integrator_Reference#Monitor_API"> + Eclipsepedia</a>.</p> + <p> + <img src="images/2.0M3/ui-usage-report.gif"></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + <hr> + </td> </tr> </table> -<h2> </h2> -<h2>Trac Connector</h2> +<p> </p> +<h2><a name="connector-trac">Trac Connector</a></h2> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table322"> <tr> |
