Author: adietish Date: 2010-11-25 19:00:34 -0500 (Thu, 25 Nov 2010) New Revision: 26962 Modified: trunk/documentation/whatsnew/deltacloud/deltacloud-news-0.0.1.Beta2.html Log: [JBIDE-7647] Updated Deltacloud N&N for Beta2. Modified: trunk/documentation/whatsnew/deltacloud/deltacloud-news-0.0.1.Beta2.html =================================================================== --- trunk/documentation/whatsnew/deltacloud/deltacloud-news-0.0.1.Beta2.html 2010-11-25 23:35:34 UTC (rev 26961) +++ trunk/documentation/whatsnew/deltacloud/deltacloud-news-0.0.1.Beta2.html 2010-11-26 00:00:34 UTC (rev 26962) @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ <b>Deltacloud Server</b> </td> <td valign="top"> - We updated the tools to be able to work against the latest Deltacloud server. The tools are currently works well against a Deltacloud server in version 0.0.9. + We updated the tools to be able to work against the latest Deltacloud server. The tools currently work well against a Deltacloud server running version 0.0.9. <p> Related Jiras:<br /> <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7401">JBIDE-7401<...;, @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ </td> <td valign="top"> The connection wizard (that allows you to create new connections or edit existing ones) - now shows errors and warnings in the title area, like most eclipse wizard do. + now shows errors and warnings in the title area, like most eclipse wizards do. It now also decorates fields if you enter bogus values. <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-connectionwizard.png" alt="" /></p> <p> @@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ <b>Cloud View</b> </td> <td valign="top"> - We tried to stick to the patterns used in eclipse so that we better match the user expectations. - We therefore added all relevant actions to the context menu and removed the local view menu. + We tried to stick to the usage patterns known in eclipse so that we better match the user expectations. + We therefore added all relevant actions to the context menu and removed the local view menu.<br/> You may now refresh the view, create new connections, launch instances, start and stop instances etc. right from your context menu. - We furthermore made sure that we use the default for refresh (F5) and disconnect (delete). + Furthermore we made sure that you may use the default key bindings for refresh (F5) and disconnect (delete). <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-cloudview-contextmenu.png" alt="" /></p> Related Jiras:<br /> <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7479">JBIDE-7479<...;, @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7307">JBIDE-7307<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7479">JBIDE-7479<... <p> - You may now also select several entries in the cloud viewer and choose an action to apply on them + You now may select several entries in the cloud viewer and choose an action that shall be applied to all of them </p> <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-actions-toseveral.png" alt="" /></p> <p>Related Jiras:</br> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7499">JBIDE-7499<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7498">JBIDE-7498<... <p> - You may now also notice faster startup times since we delayed loading operations to when they're really needed. + Deltacloud takes less time to start since we now only load data when the data shall be shown in the UI. Prior versions did initial + data loads when starting up. </p> <p> The views now refresh immediately as soon as you change any setting to a cloud connection. You don't need to refresh the views any more. @@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7396">JBIDE-7396<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7518">JBIDE-7518<... <p> - Any errors that occur while interacting with the server are now reported in a user friendly manner. + We now report all errors in a user friendly manner. </p> <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-servererror.png" alt="" /></p> <p>Related Jiras:<br /> @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7586">JBIDE-7586<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7459">JBIDE-7459<... <p> - We unfortunately had a bug in Beta1 that made credentials mix up if you had two connections to the same cloud. We fixed this for Beta2. + Beta1 unfortunately had a bug that made credentials mix up if you had several distinct connections to the same cloud. We fixed this for Beta2. </p> Related Jiras:<br /> <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7625">JBIDE-7625<... @@ -139,22 +140,24 @@ </td> <td valign="top"> The properties view had several small issues when it was up to reflect updated settings. - Related Jiras:<br /> - <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7523">JBIDE-7523<...;, - <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7366">JBIDE-7366<... + <p> + Related Jiras:<br /> + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7523">JBIDE-7523<...;, + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7366">JBIDE-7366<... + </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <a name="itemname3" id="itemname3"></a> - <b>Instance View</b> + <b>Instance View / Image View</b> </td> <td valign="top"> - We enhanced the instance view in several ways and fixed bugs, too. <br /> There was an issue that prevented the Remote System Explorer to work with instances that run on EC2. <a href="https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7194">This</a> issue was fixed in Beta2.<br /> - We removed the local view menu and put all actions to the context menu so that it better matches what eclipse users may expect. + We removed the local view menu and put all actions to the context menu so that it better matches what eclipse users may expect. <br /> You can now select multiple instances and operate on them. The actions now behave exactly as they do in the - cloud view. We also changed the icons and now display instance states by icons instead of plain text. + cloud view.<br> + We also changed the icons and now display instance states by icons instead of plain text. <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-instanceview.png" alt="" /></p> <p>Related Jiras:<br /> <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7194">JBIDE-7194<...;, @@ -165,8 +168,26 @@ <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7194">JBIDE-7194<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7549">JBIDE-7549<...;, <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7503">JBIDE-7503<... - </td> + </td> </tr> + <tr> + <td valign="top" align="left"> + <a name="itemname3" id="itemname3"></a> + <b>Launch instances on EC2</b> + </td> + <td valign="top"> + Deltacloud does unfortunately not report all images that are available in EC2. + You may therefore not find your image in the appropriate lists (neither in the instance view nor in the cloud view). + We work around this issue and allow you to type an image name in a free text field. We then check if that image's + known to the client or available on EC2. + <p><img src="../images/deltacloud-launch-image.png" alt="" /></p> + <p>Related Jiras: + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7181">JBIDE-7181<...;, + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7180">JBIDE-7180<...;, + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7187">JBIDE-7187<...;, + <a href="http://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7581">JBIDE-7581<... + </td> + </tr> </table> </body> </html>