YouTrack gains customization features

YouTrack is a keyboard-centric bug and issue tracker Web application. YouTrack includes extensive keyboard support to create, edit, and navigate between issues - all major actions have easy-to-learn shortcuts. YouTrack lets you search for issues by typing queries in the search box using query completion and you can also modify multiple issues at once using the Command window. YouTrack is distributed as either a JAR or a WAR file, ready to run as a standalone Java process or to be deployed at any of today's popular application servers, including Apache Tomcat 5+, Apache Geronimo, Mortbay Jetty, Caucho Resin, and JBoss.

Updates in V2.0

• Custom Attributes
  Want to describe your issue in more detail? YouTrack 2.0 gives you the freedom to define which attributes to use and which type each of them should have. Define your own custom attributes to add additional information about your issue, such as due date, complexity, hardware specifications, operating system, etc. Customize attribute visibility: show certain attributes to everyone or to members of a specific group only. Custom attributes are a true first-class citizen in YouTrack: all the functionality provided for predefined attributes is available for custom attributes as well, including import from JIRA, export to Excel, support in search queries and commands, and administration via REST API.
• 'Create Issue' Bookmarklet
  Why bother opening a new browser tab just to file an issue? With YouTrack 2.0, you can add a "Create Issue" bookmarklet to the bookmarks toolbar in your browser and post new issues while staying exactly where you found them.
• YouTrack REST API
  YouTrack introduces new functionality that helps you perform various actions programmatically via its RESTful API, you can import issues from your current bug tracking system - for smoother migration to YouTrack. Create, modify, and perform other operations programmatically - so you can seamlessly integrate YouTrack into your environment. For example, via automated issue submission from third-party applications. Manipulate projects, users, groups, roles, issue link types, and custom attributes.
• Issue Visibility
  YouTrack 2.0 introduces flexible access control by letting you strengthen permissions for individual issues that might contain non-public data. This is very useful for public tracker administration: from now on, if your users sometimes submit data that isn't meant to be public, no need to make the whole project private - just modify permissions on a per-issue level instead.
• Attachment Preview
  Full attachment preview is now available from the Issue List on mouse over the attachment clip. You no longer need to open a separate window to view an attached screenshot or Flash movie.
• User Visualization
  To make your communication more effective and personalized, we've added some visual markers to the current user representation. You can now view the current status (online or offline) of any YouTrack user, such as issue reporter, assignee or commenter, right next to his or her user name. Visual association is established between users and groups by adding the group icon to user avatars. By looking at any avatar, you can see exactly which group that user belongs to.

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http://www.jetbrains.com/company/press/pr_260510.html

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