Flowchart.com Blog

How to Record and Playback your Flowchart.

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:23:00 +0000

Flowchart.com has a Record & Playback feature, where you can record all the actions you perform when creating a Flowchart and save it for playback at any time. Say for example you are creating a process and want to clue in your peers of how you got to that process, you can record the creation of your flowchart and send them a playback link where they can either play it back frame by frame or play it back as a movie so they can understand your thought process and start collaborating via Flowchart.com realtime collaboration functionality to further enhance the process. Here is a short demo below.

New update with few UI additions.

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:17:55 +0000

We pushed a new update yesterday with many fixes, most notably the initial startup wizard to create/open charts pop up that you see when the editor loads, the new wizard is consistent through out the site.

Here’s a screenshot of the startup wizard.

How to Zoom your chart.

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:45:51 +0000

Here is a short demo of how you can Zoom your chart. You can pick a Zoom percent level or enter a arbitrary zoom percentage number in the drop down list.

Flowchart.com editor shortcut keys

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:19:11 +0000

When you are editing a flowchart in the Flowchart.com editor and want to use keyboard short cuts, press and hold the CTRL(Control) Key to display short cut menu. To hide the menu, Release the CTRL(control) Key. Here is a screenshot for your reference.

How to embed Flowchart.com charts in your website.

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:50:11 +0000

Here’s a nice post by socialtext.com on how to embed a flowchart.com chart in a wiki.
The post is here . Below is the embedded video, Flowchart.com usage is towards the end.

How to share a chart in Flowchart.com small demo.

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:03:43 +0000

Here’s a small demo of how to share a flowchart.

How to draw curves in Flowchart.com

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:45:48 +0000

Here’s a short demo about drawing curves in Flowchart.com. View in fullscreen.

Intelligent orthogonal lines demo

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:35:39 +0000

Here is a short demo of intelligent orthogonal lines demo. As you move objects closer to the lines, the lines are aware of the objects nearby and take a different path in realtime. View in HD as well.

Version 2.2(beta) - Released!

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:59:40 +0000

Today we’ve released version 2.2(beta) of Flowchart.com. What you’ll see in this new release:

Speed! - The editor is 300% faster, 50% reduction in loading time of Flowchart.com, Preview is Real time!
Undo/Redo - Supports complex operations (grouping, multiple object copy/paste and more…)
Chart URL - Chart URL now uniquely points to your chart so it’s easy to share and it’s bookmarkable!
SVG Support - Now you can export your flowchart to SVG format along with improved PNG and PDF support.
Better Page Grid - The Page Grid is better segmented and mimics actual paper.
Improved Toolbox UI - The toolbox window UI has been improved to better segment different properties.
Intelligent orthogonal lines - Built in intelligence to avoid objects and take a different path.
And many more fixes…

If you have not logged in, come and try the new features and give us feedback.

Flowchart.com team.

Flowchart.com is experiencing technical issues(Updated)

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:13:24 +0000

Flowchart.com is experiencing technical issues, we’re aware and and working to fix the issues.

Flowchart.com team.

Update: As of Sep 2nd, everything is back to normal. Power issues at the data center have been resolved.