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A new section for amazing people has arrived!

As I posted earlier I have been working on a section for people. It has been a fun experience to build this section and now I am ready to add this to the resources section. I have added a handful people that I think is amazing and I will continue doing this of course to present some of the most amazing people I know.
Building this section was fun, but also quite educational as to how Pages from Invisioncommunity works. There are a few areas where it was a bit tricky to get the fields to work the way I wanted. For example I wanted the Personality types to be in a list, but I also wanted to link the types to a website where you can read more about them. This turned out to be easier than first expected, but it took some experimenting to figure out.
The form for adding new people is still not very pretty, but I have not put any effort into changing that yet. Pages can have custom forms that you can assign to databases so I can make this much better in the future if I want. This is what I love about Pages and all other parts of the Invisioncommunity suite. It is so versatile and there is always new things to learn.
So enjoy this new section on the site where I will continuously add amazing people. Some will have interviews and some will not, but you can rest assured that there will be new people added almost weekly. For me it bring in some of the most amazing people to my site and for the people I add I will do my very best to promote them and show the world what I see in them.
As I know a lot of people this will be an endless work and I can not possibly add everyone I know due to time constraints. Me not adding you here does not mean I do not think you are amazing, only that time has not allowed me to add you here yet.  I will add you as soon as time permits however, so please just be patient.
Because you are amazing.
Jimi Wikman
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Pantone Color of the Year 2020

Every year Pantone present a color to represent humanity’s hopes and aspirations for the coming year. Each year it stir some controversy, like last years Living Coral (PANTONE 16-1546) that caused quite the stir. This year the Pantone selected is the Classic Blue (PANTONE 19-4052).
 
"Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era."
 

 
To me this feels like a "safe" color after last years debate about the coral reef and the Living Coral (PANTONE 16-1546) choice. Still it will be debated and argued heavily as always I suspect. Personally I think it's a good choice. It's calm, solid and as I said, safe. Not a bad choice in a day and age where chaos seem to reign unchecked...
What do you think? Is it a good choice?
 
Jimi Wikman
đź’« Jimi Wikman

New navigation for Jira & Confluence

In the coming months we will see some changes to the navigation in Jira and Confluence for the cloud versions.  This after a round of feedback was done in July this year on the new experience. This change will roll out slowly and you can delay the change if you need time to prepare the users for the change.
There has been some negative feedback regarding the current navigation in Jira and Confluence cloud as it is a bit difficult to use. This is why a new experience was designed and tested during the summer by 350+ users. The feedback on the new navigation was positive and so now it is going live to cloud users in a slow rollout.

This is a rollback to the old navigation experience which is good as it will make the transition from Server and DC versions easier. I like the new apps and people sections in the navigation as well. That should make it easier to group things to keep navigation organized. The fact that Jira and Confluence now get a uniform navigation is also excellent.
On the documentation page for the new Confluence navigation we find more details on the new navigation and it's design.

App switcher - Switch to other Atlassian Cloud apps, like Jira, and go to recent Confluence spaces and Jira projects.
Confluence logo and name - Click this to go to the Confluence Home page.
Home - Begin your Confluence journey and reorient yourself when you’re moving on to a new piece of work by easily accessing the spaces, pages, and updates that are important to you.
Recent - Access pages you’ve recently visited and worked on as well as pages saved as draft or starred.
Spaces - Get to spaces you’ve recently visited and starred.
People - Search for people on your site by visiting the people directory.
Apps - Access content from apps like Analytics, Calendars for Confluence, or Questions for Confluence.
Create - Click to create a new page, either blank or from a template.
Search - Find pages, spaces, and other content.
Notifications - Find out what's happening in Confluence and other Atlassian apps, like Jira.
Help - Get online help, and find out what's new in your Atlassian Cloud apps.
Your profile and settings - Go to or create your personal space, find out about the new Confluence experience, and adjust your Confluence settings.
 
New Homepage
In addition to the new navigation we will also get a new start page, or home page as it is called. This will appear in both Jira and Confluence cloud at the same time as we will see the new navigation.
For Confluence it will give an overview over:
Spaces - Get back to the spaces you care about, starred or recently visited Recent pages - Find pages you’ve drafted, recently published, visited, or starred All updates - View the updates across your site
 
The Home page for Jira follow that principle, but is a bit slimmed down. I think there are more things that can go in this view and I hope we will see the same structure as for Confluence in the future. So instead of spaces we would have projects and then I would like to have a list of favorite boards somewhere.

 
Jimi Wikman
đź’« Jimi Wikman

The new page comments on Confluence Cloud

Confluence cloud get some new features for the comments in the coming weeks. It includes quick commands and access to more macros. My question however is if we actually need this or if comments in general need a different approach?
 
"Comments are where important discussions happen inside Confluence. Feedback and questions in page comments shape ideas and keep work moving forward. We've dedicated a lot of time to improving the experience, because we know comments are important to our customers and their team collaboration. The new experience is meant to help your teams better express themselves and have meaningful conversations."
 
In my experience comments in Confluence is not really used as much as I think Atlassian believe. Mostly this is because inline commenting is often more efficient or because commenting is used less due to direct communication. So adding more features to the commenting part of the Confluence experience does seem a bit unnecessary.
One concern I have about bloating the comment section is that we will see it used instead of editing the pages properly. I have seen in in other areas where it become easier to just add comments than actually use the proper way to document. Adding more functions also have the risk of making the comment section harder to use. Just adding large images and tables with data makes this area quite messy.
Still, I like the "/" command that is very similar to the one used by Notion and having the option to use comments in a more powerful way is not necessarily a bad thing. Interestingly enough the news met with several questions on when comments will be available in edit mode, which seem to be a more requested feature at the moment...
 

Jimi Wikman
đź’« Jimi Wikman

The all-new Spark Email is here

Spark Email is a popular email app and yesterday they announced their "all-new" version. It comes with a new design, Avatars, Customizable Email Actions, and Dark Mode. Overall it is a pretty nice upgrade that make me take another look at Spark after testing it a while back.
"The all-new Spark raises the bar for a modern email experience, introducing a completely Overhauled Design, a personalized toolbar with Customizable Email Actions on iOS,  a stunning new Dark Mode for iPhones, iPads & Android devices, and a lot more."
 
Jimi Wikman
đź’« Jimi Wikman