Comments on: Gliffy vs. Visio http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/ Ron K. Jeffries -- Listen, read, think, write. Rinse and repeat as needed. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Clint http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9647 Clint Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:19:28 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9647 FYI, it is possible to make Gliffy work offline. You can currently work on a diagram offline, you just can't save it offline... yet. FYI, it is possible to make Gliffy work offline. You can currently work on a diagram offline, you just can’t save it offline… yet.

]]> By: Aristus http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9640 Aristus Thu, 01 Jun 2006 05:10:53 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9640 Gliffy does not, nor will it ever, work offline. Just as crusty old folk used to bitch in vain about the transience of digital storage versus paper, plaintext versus signed & encrypted messages, and so on and so on and so forth, reliability goes out the f'ing window. Now you are dependent on the electric grid, the internet grid, the server admins, your bank balance and your browser (a horrible platform that grew out of, let's remember, a DEMO for formatting dissertations). GFL. I feel like Henry Pertoski 25 years ago decrying the pocket calculator and all the engineering kids who lost their 'feel' for the strengths of materials. Or maybe an old mainframe hacker. Ach. After the glow fades you will see the utility of some 'old' ideas. Gliffy does not, nor will it ever, work offline. Just as crusty old folk used to bitch in vain about the transience of digital storage versus paper, plaintext versus signed & encrypted messages, and so on and so on and so forth, reliability goes out the f’ing window. Now you are dependent on the electric grid, the internet grid, the server admins, your bank balance and your browser (a horrible platform that grew out of, let’s remember, a DEMO for formatting dissertations).

GFL.

I feel like Henry Pertoski 25 years ago decrying the pocket calculator and all the engineering kids who lost their ‘feel’ for the strengths of materials. Or maybe an old mainframe hacker. Ach. After the glow fades you will see the utility of some ‘old’ ideas.

]]> By: Ron K. Jeffries http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9626 Ron K. Jeffries Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:21:38 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9626 Confession: Gliffy being a Visio killer made a good headline. Your point is well taken. Thanks. Confession:
Gliffy being a Visio killer made a good headline.

Your point is well taken. Thanks.

]]> By: Philo http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9614 Philo Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:17:25 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9614 Why does everything have to be a [something] killer? Why do you care? Why not simply "it's a free Visio"? Or "it's free and does the 20% of Visio you're most likely to need"? The FOSS folk *really* need to drop their hatred and focus on the positive. Identify the gaps and fill them (including the usual suspect of "I'm too cheap to pay for software") Gliffy can be great, Gliffy can be web-based, Gliffy can do everything you need. And Gliffy will do it all whether Visio lives or dies; whether nobody is paying for it or everybody else does. Why does everything have to be a [something] killer? Why do you care? Why not simply “it’s a free Visio”? Or “it’s free and does the 20% of Visio you’re most likely to need”?

The FOSS folk *really* need to drop their hatred and focus on the positive. Identify the gaps and fill them (including the usual suspect of “I’m too cheap to pay for software”)

Gliffy can be great, Gliffy can be web-based, Gliffy can do everything you need.

And Gliffy will do it all whether Visio lives or dies; whether nobody is paying for it or everybody else does.

]]> By: Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » links for 2006-05-31 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9587 Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » links for 2006-05-31 Wed, 31 May 2006 23:24:34 +0000 http://blog.eronj.com/2006/05/30/gliffy-vs-visio/#comment-9587 [...] Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » Gliffy vs. Visio Gliffy is an online collaborative diagram creation app built with OpenLaszlo. With OpenLaszlo, you can generate dynamic web apps that run either as Ajax or Flash. (tags: web ajax graphics flash) [...] [...] Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » Gliffy vs. Visio Gliffy is an online collaborative diagram creation app built with OpenLaszlo. With OpenLaszlo, you can generate dynamic web apps that run either as Ajax or Flash. (tags: web ajax graphics flash) [...]

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