Tag: FLOWCHART

Creating a flowchart can be a great way to bring some clarity to a decision-making process. Finding a free tool to create flowcharts, however, isn't always a simple task. One solid option is MeeSoft's Diagram Designer. It's extremely easy to get started with: select an element from the sidebar, drag it onto your workspace, and add some text. Repeat until you've got your whole process in order. ...

The Google team has certainly been busy lately, adding new features to their services and apps on what seems like a daily basis. This morning a new drawing tool became available on Google docs, allowing users to create images in any browser that supports VML and SVG. As mentioned in the Google Docs blog, the tool is based on technology acquired when they purchased Tonic Systems in 2007. From any ...

Lovely Charts is a slick new web-based tool for creating flowcharts and wireframes. Features you'd expect from a similar desktop app come standard: copy-paste, undo up to 20 steps, and pan/zoom all work the way you're used to. Objects snap into place, and the basic drawing tools are all there. The only drawback? You can only save one chart at a time until you upgrade to the pro version. Depending ...

While network planning and design isn't usually part of my job, I do sometimes need to put together a quick sketch of a client's systems to help me oragnize a plan of attack. Network Notepad is exactly what I was looking for - a small, free app that lets me lay out network devices, servers, printers, and workstations quickly and easily. It's a great tool for documenting sites in case another ...

DrawAnywhere is a neat little app that lets you make flowcharts right inside your browser window, no download necessary. There's a slew of shapes, arrows, fonts, colors, and clipart to choose from to jazz up a boring organizational chart or workflow diagram. When you're done, DrawAnywhere lets you save, print or export your masterpiece as a PDF file or image. While it may not be as ...

Web-based clones of Excel and Word are nothing-how about a diagramming tool a la Visio? Gliffy is a Flash-based diagramming and flowcharting tool for your web browser. Gliffy's interface, though an unpleasant shade of blue, is snappy and fairly easy to use, allowing you to create flowcharts, network diagrams, and even floor plans or UI mock-ups pretty quickly. Of course, it doesn't have the more ...

Similar to Microsoft's venerable Project app, or (my favorite) FastTrack Schedule, Synthis Process Modeler is a flowcharting/process modeling/doc manager app that is free for the price of an email address. I said similar, becase this is more document and process management, and isn't really designed for timelines. It's pretty robust for a freeware app, but the catch is, for the true ISO9000 or ...