13 July 2011

The Atlassian team is proud to present Bonfire 1.0. Capture issues in the browser, take screenshots and annotate, track testing activity. Bonfire is a rapid testing tool for everyone on your team.

Highlights of this release:

Highlights of Bonfire

Capture issues quickly from anywhere

Bonfire allows you to quickly capture issues to JIRA from any web page without browsing away and losing your context. The Bonfire browser extension is available for all the major browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari.

To capture an issue is now only one click away in your browser.

Attach screenshots to captured issues

You can quickly attach screenshots to any issue you raise with Bonfire. The screenshot is taken in the browser, so there is no longer any need switch to other applications when attaching screenshots with your issues.

Annotations

We've taken screenshots even further with a full set of screenshot annotation functions. Bonfire gives you all the annotation tools you come to expect from a screenshot annotation tool, including:

Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines and arrows
Insert text anywhere
Crop your screenshot to only show what you need
Zoom in for a closer look
Blur tool to protect sensitive information
Make a mistake? Undo an annotation, or clear it all.

Template issues

To make it even easier to create issues, Bonfire allows you to create templates. Templates will automatically populate an issue with your predefined fields, so you don't have to go through the tedious task of filling in everything yourself.

Dynamic variables

You can make templates even more powerful with dynamic variables. Variables allow you to pre-populate issues in templates with dynamic content. When the template is used, the variables are automatically transformed for you.

You can create your own variables too using Javascript.

Introducing test sessions to JIRA

With test session, you can plan and track the manual testing activity that needs to be done against an issue or project. Any issues captured, or time worked during testing, will be directly linked back to the issue you were working on.

You can see all the sessions that are planned, in progress, or completed for an issue.

With the Bonfire browser extension, you can also start working on sessions directly from your browser.

Session Notes

Session notes allow you to quickly jot down ideas, questions, tasks, or anything you want as you test in your session. Enter your notes in in the Bonfire browser extension, so you never have to switch away from where you are testing.