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Welcome to Collaborator v11.3!
Collaborator 11.3 is the latest release from SmartBear Software’s dev collaboration team. This new version introduces an improved UI including themes such as ‘light mode’ and ‘dark mode’, as well as support for Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio. Additionally, we’ve extended the JIRA integration to make it easier to transition Collaborator defects to JIRA. Read below for a full list of improvements.
UI Improvements
The Collaborator UI has been modified to make navigation through the UI easier. Themes have also been added to improve the experience for users, including a ‘Dark Mode’. Themes can be configured at the admin level - to set defaults and at the individual level - for personal preference.
Improved Diff Viewer Display Mode
Collaborator’s Before and After diff viewer selection has been improved with the addition of a ‘Simple’ mode that can be toggled on and off from the Diff Viewer. The Simple mode makes the diff selection process more intuitive by providing commit messages and creation time information. Users can also configure which items to display via their personal user settings.
Enhanced Participant Custom Fields
Participant custom fields can now be edited by Authors, Moderators, and individual participants. This makes setting the field values an option for other review participants instead of just the assigned participant. As an example, many customers like to use a participant custom field to flag the Review Lead. This field can now be assigned by the Author or Moderator at the start of the review.
Visual Studio plugin – RTC
With Collaborator 11.3, RTC version control users can now create Collaborator reviews based on RTC changesets and work items through a new Visual Studio add-in.
JIRA Issue Creation
When users want to transition a Collaborator defect to a JIRA ticket, they can now do so from the Diff Viewer. Clicking Track External will popup a new window with the required JIRA fields for a specific project. Once filled in, a new JIRA ticket will be created and the Collaborator defect will be marked as External with a link to the JIRA ticket.
LDAP/AD User and Group Sync
Collaborator administrators can now configure User and Group sync for LDAP/AD. This makes adding users to Collaborator, with all of their personal information, quick and easy. In addition to adding users, they can now be assigned to Collaborator groups based off of the groups that are defined in LDAP/AD.
Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio
Collaborator 11.3 introduces the ability to review both Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio files without having to first convert/save the file to Adobe PDF. Now users can simply upload a PowerPoint or Visio file directly to Collaborator and that file will be displayed in the Diff Viewer for review.
To learn more about Collaborator 11.3, please check out the links below.
Download the latest release of Collaborator.
You can view the full list of fixes and improvements here.
If you have any questions about licensing, please contact sales. If you have any technical support questions, please contact SmartBear Support.
Best Wishes,
Justin Collier & The SmartBear Team
