Atlassian Confluence 3.3 release notes
New Features of Confluence 3.3
Macro Autocomplete
You can now type '{' in the Rich Text Editor to trigger macro autocompletion! Just continue typing to search for a particular macro and open it in the macro browser.
Known issue: The searching/ordering is not ideal yet, and you get quite unspecific search results at time (as seen above). Sometimes it's good to be fuzzy, sometimes not. We'll probably disable searching by description (and just do that in the macro browser). Watch (and provide feedback on) CONF-19598
Link Properties Panel
Editing links in the RTE is now easier with the new properties panel. You can now easily see the link, edit and unlink existing links on the page. Simply place your cursor somewhere inside the link!
There's a known issue (CONF-19608) in IE where the "Unlink" button is deleting the link text as well; this will be fixed for the next milestone.
The next two weeks we'll be applying property panels to images as well. If you have any feedback on this panel already, please tell us so we can fix it up before the Beta.
BTW, we're planning to make the UI between Autocomplete and Property Panel a bit more consistent in the next milestone, and we will display the URL that the link points too as well. It's just a beta, after all.
General Improvements
General Configuration UI
The Admin General Configuration screen has finally been given a face lift! It has been converted over to use an AUI form style.
Accessibility Improvements
We've added labels, legends and skiplinks so that Confluence is now more 508-compliant. We still have a long way to go but these pages should now be more screen-reader friendly:
- Dashboard
- General pages
- Profiles
- Set your Password
- Attachments
- People Directory
- User Status
Import Word Improvements
The 'Tools' > 'Import Word Document' feature structure has been improved to make it more intuitive.
Login CAPTCHA
As another important security improvement Confluence now requires a CAPTCHA after 3 failed login attempts.
This security mechanims not only protects the login page but the RPC-interface as well. After 3 failed login attempts via the RPC interface the user is required to log in using the web interface which then presents the CAPTCHA image.
This feature is enabled by default but can be disabled in the admin panel. The configuration options include the number of failed login attempts. The default threshold is 3.
Login information
Confluence now captures login meta information. This includes the dates of the last failed and successful login and the number of failed logins.
The administrator is now able to reset the number of failed logins for a particular user.
Version-Specific Doc Links
Confluence now follows the Atlassian Help Link spec and all help links will now redirect to the version of the Confluence Documentation that matches the version that you are using.
Users can edit where the links are directed by editing help-paths.properties.
Library Upgrades
- AUI 3.0-m3
- Atlassian Plugins 2.5
New dashboard actions
The dashboard actions are now buttons, which on mouse over the text turns blue and when clicked is indented. They have also been moved to be above 'Spaces'.
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New welcome message
The dashboard welcome message has been updated.
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Change comments on blog posts.
Don W changed 1 line of vm and wrote some tests so that change comments are enabled on blog posts.
XSRF Protection on Comment Creation
This security mechanism requires an XSRF token to be present when adding a comment. Don't worry though, a system is in place so your session will not expire and you can take your time to write the perfect comment!
All the bundled themes have been updated to use this feature, and an option in the new Security Configuration screen to disable it if you still can't live withtout an old theme.
