Monday, December 23, 2013

How to draw flow chart and diagrams online within browser

If you are like me busy with flow chart, org chart, UML diagram, ERD diagram, network diagram, Wireframe, BPMN and similar flow diagrams then you must be spending lot of time in high end tools or softwares like Microsoft Visio installed in your machine. And these softwares consume lot of memory and will also cost a lot. Also, to perform each of these activities there are different softwares that are available and may not sync well.


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Here is an app using which you can perform all of the above activities in one place and is available on chrome store. You don't need to download any major memory consuming app. All that you need to do is install 'Gliffy Diagrams' app from chrome store in your Google chrome browser. The best thing is it works offline too. Using this app you can create professional looking flow chart and diagrams very easily in no time.


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Here is a list of things that you can do with this app:




  • Basic drawing, Flow chart, Wire frames & UI Mockup, Site map, Business Process Model, Org chart, Floor plan, Technical drawing, SWOT analyses, Venn diagram, UML, ERD and Network diagrams.

  • You will find many industry standard shapes, arrows and icons.

  • It has an easy to use interface built with HTML5.

  • You can drag and drop images to your flow.

  • Drawing guides, snap-to-grid, shape alignment and distribution tools will make it very easy to use app.

  • There are shape libraries for development.


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This app is of good use for small business and personal use including students and also if you are preparing for some interview. You can use it in your project for planning, document software development, business process and for many other stage of your software development life cycle.


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You can include these flow chart and diagrams in your Google docs, presentations, blogs, websites or Wiki. Overall this app may not match with the high end software but does a phenomenal job and is very versatile. Give it a try.


Download this app from Chrome Store: [Link]


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