JIRA Client 1.5 Released, Pricing Changed

May 29, 2009

Today we're happy to announce the release of JIRA Client 1.5, our desktop front-end for Atlassian JIRA.

The most prominent new feature in JIRA Client 1.5 is time tracking and integration with JIRA work logs (available for JIRA 3.10 or later). Here's how it works:

You can select an issue as your current work with Right Click | Work on Issue menu item or Ctrl+G keyboard shortcut. The issue becomes your current work and time tracking is started — you can see that in the Time Control window, opened by Time | Time Tracking menu or with Ctrl+M shortcut.
Using Time Control window, you can start, stop and pause time tracking. To change the issue you're working on just select it in a query result and hit Ctrl+G.
At any time you can review the accumulated time tracking information as a time sheet and publish it as work logs. Use Time | Edit and Publish Timesheet menu or Ctrl+Shift+M shortcut. After time sheet is published, changes to the affected issues may be uploaded to the server.
On any issue you can view, add, edit and delete work log entries, just like in JIRA web interface (viewing work log requires full issue download, as it is not automatically downloaded when issue is first retrieved from the server). The changes are kept in the local database until you upload them.
JIRA Client detects periods when you're not using your computer or when it's asleep, and can automatically turn on pause in time tracking. You can adjust settings for auto-pause using Time | Time Tracking Options menu.

There are other improvements in this version, including:

Minimizing into system tray — turn on with File | Use System Tray menu item (available on Windows, Mac OS X with Java 6 only). When JIRA Client has an icon in system tray it will show notifications about auto-paused time tracking;
URLs and issue keys are now clickable in comments and text fields;
Support for comment visibility restrictions;
The main window has been slightly rearranged — most of the buttons from the toolbar on the top have been moved to issue details view and issue list header.

Before upgrading to the new version, please back up your workspace. After starting new version for the first time, run full synchronization with File | Synchronize menu.

Pricing Upgrade

With the release of this version we're changing the pricing for JIRA Client, in order to make it simpler. We're making floating and site licenses obsolete and adding instead fixed-quantity team licenses, starting with 5-user team license at $490. Team license is your best bet if you need, well, a team to work with JIRA Client, and personal and single-user licenses are good if you need only one or two licenses. You can review current pricing options at license comparison page.

All licenses except personal come with 1 year support and maintenance subscription. The price for the following years is now 50% of the base license price, per year. Extending support and maintenance is optional, but you will need an active subscription to run upgrades.

All existing licenses and quotations remain in power at the conditions that existed when they were issued. If you have purchased licenses within 30 days before pricing change, you can return the licenses and purchase again using the new prices.

Thanks to everyone who provided us with feature votes and opinion! We're looking for feedback on the new version, especially on the time tracking feature — please let us know what you think. If you have any questions on the pricing, feel free to contact sales@almworks.com.

Igor Sereda
ALM Works Team

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