"I’m going to draw a chart for her with lines and arrows". Diagramming web apps.

July 10, 2007 11:37 AM

"I’m going to draw a chart for her with lines and arrows". Diagramming web apps: ajaxSketch, bubbl.us, flowchart.com, mindmeister, gliffy and mindomo.
posted by nthdegx (19 comments total)

Is it "Syzygy"?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:40 AM on July 10, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

_ _ _ _ off.
posted by nthdegx at 11:46 AM on July 10, 2007

So, this is just a list of apps?
posted by oddman at 11:52 AM on July 10, 2007

No, it only appears that way at first.
posted by nthdegx at 11:56 AM on July 10, 2007

I was going to diss this but I just realized they are WEB apps. Meaning I can diagram something and then email a link to someone! I would hope!

That's really awesome because putting My Latest Vision into mere English words has proven to be a chore more than once. No, seriously.
posted by DU at 11:56 AM on July 10, 2007

I like Thinkature
posted by empath at 12:08 PM on July 10, 2007

"gliffy"? Man, that shit might be funnel cakes, but I'm not using anything that sounds like I'm supressing vomit in my mouth.

Also, the Thinkature dudes are incredibly cool and talented. I interviewed with them some time back and was really dazzled by their prowess.
posted by boo_radley at 12:41 PM on July 10, 2007

Man, what is up with these web-apps that make you sign up before trying them. I know you want my email address and I'm not giving it too you.
posted by delmoi at 12:57 PM on July 10, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

bubbl.us does it right, but letting you play with it before signing up. However, I should be able to share these diagrams without signing up either.
posted by delmoi at 12:59 PM on July 10, 2007

Touch a nerve did we?
posted by oddman at 1:02 PM on July 10, 2007

You could read it that way, I suppose. You'd have to be trying pretty hard, though.
posted by nthdegx at 1:04 PM on July 10, 2007

Red herring.
posted by IronLizard at 1:36 PM on July 10, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

So, what are these all about then, if they aren't simply browser based apps? Why not enlighten us with the point of your post.
posted by oddman at 2:07 PM on July 10, 2007

Imagination Cubed
posted by tellurian at 4:37 PM on July 10, 2007

Three things.

First: if it requires Flash, it's not Ajax.

Second: what delmoi said.

Third: here's my chart. Do I get a prize?
posted by brett at 6:31 PM on July 10, 2007

Nice one, brett ;)
posted by nthdegx at 10:21 PM on July 10, 2007

Just as unintelligible as your own charts, but now with an order of magnitude less efficiency! I loves me the smell of progress.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 2:31 AM on July 11, 2007

These are all so narrow! What I want: the graphical equivalent of a pastebin, where I can just draw something and link someone directly to it. No flowcharts, no mindmaps, no sign-ins, just drawing tools. A public, directly-linkable whiteboard.

Anyone know of such a thing?
posted by mendel at 7:14 AM on July 11, 2007

Also, comapping and Mind42.
posted by nthdegx at 4:32 AM on July 13, 2007