The Notes for Jira Issues apps has been made free

A bugfix release which addresses the issue with issue notes dialog DOM events not properly attached when opening issues on the Issue Navigator detailed view.

This release also has been tested with the latest Jira release, 8.4.x, to ensure compatibility with the release.

This release ships with a list of enhancements and bug fixes, which includes:

• Major refactor around the apps front end implementation, which includes the switch to ES6, and the use of AMD for Javascript modules
• Display error message via AUI flag when unauthenticated or user which session has expired tries to add, view, update or delete notes
• Bugfix for the missing AUI blanket when previewing an attachment using the file viewer on the view note dialog
• Bugfix for the issue where the notes panel breaks the issue search result on the issue navigator
• Bugfix for the AJS.dialog2 is undefined error when creating, viewing or deleting notes from the issue panel view on the issue navigator
• Focus on apps quality by hardening the unit tests and web driver tests
• Other misc changes which helps to increase dev speed

This release ships with the following improvements:

• Better permission validation - Only users with browse issue permission will be able to create, view, update and delete issue notes
• Improved error handling

In addition to the usage improvement, this release also focuses on increasing the tests quality and coverage. This includes:

• Refactor and extend the functional tests coverage
• Harden up the web driver tests which was introduced in the last iteration

This release ships with a couple of minor UI improvements, which are:

• Simplify the notes web panel by removing the created/updated by column
• Toggle show/hide the notes control panel when user hover the mouse over notes on the web panel
• Add spinner to the web panel when the notes are loading

Another major focus of this release includes:

• A minor changes and refactor to increase dev speed
• Focus on quality through addition of new selenium web driver test to the project

Summary:

• Increase the width of the notes dialog for better visibility of the content
• Updated styling implementation which includes use of LESS in favor of CSS
• Minor styling update and improvement
• Add cancel button on the notes content editor
• Properly destroy the notes content editor on the dialog when it is no longer used
• Fix the issue with clicking link or thumbnail on the notes content when viewing the note