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All I want from Jira is to allow me to use Markdown.
It's definitely not all I want, but that would be huge. Also in Confluence, please.
Confluence and JIRA use a different markup language for posts and none of them uses Markdown (in any flavour), which I would also use to write in-code documentation, like in a README file
Every bullet point says "Missing...", but I feel like the main issue about Jira is that it has waaay to many features, and that it's super slow! The only bullet point I do agree with, is that Jira is missing an easy (or IMHO a minimalist / simple) interface. The tool is a mess, and the people using it are probably also using it in the wrong way, making the whole situation way worse. Don't get me wrong, I like Jira to…
Great article. As you are likely not native English, just as a tip you can actually simplify a lot of statements by removing the word ‘the’. As one example: > When the users need the features from Jira and request them to configure the plugins for many application scenarios, which contribute to the overall complexity of UIs. Becomes > When users need features from Jira they request plugins, which contributes to UI co…
Are both equally correct?
All I want from Jira is to allow me to use Markdown.
I imagine this is because JIRA (2002) predates Markdown (2004), or at least its mainstream popularity when GitHub adopted it.
What would you have us use instead? Trello?
- Whatever GitHub/GitLab provides if I need the most basic level of tracking.
- Trello for a more polished experience, a few additional ticket/board related features and easier involvement of non-developers.
- Linear if there's a bigger team that needs more than a bunch of boards (backlogs, roadmaps, projects, teams etc.).
[1] https://spartez-software.com/products/whiteboards-for-jira
2. It is dog slow.
3. It is dog slow.
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When my team had an important as-quickly-as-possible sprint, we dropped Jira and switched to Google Docs as it was much easier and faster than Jira.
My conclusion was that Jira doesn't do much for developers that can't be done in some Google Docs/Sheets.