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Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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No pricing, doesn't appear to be open source, so why would I rely on this? Too many SaaS apps go the way of the dodo these days - if I can't run it myself it's going to be a hard sell, and if you can't make a case that you're profitable, I'm not gonna take a risk on your flash in the pan project.

>doesn't appear to be open source, so why would I rely on this? Because there is no open source project as good? Or was that rhetorical? Historically OSS content creation hasn't been as competitive with commercial offerings as other categories of software. Does Gimp compare to Photoshop nearly as well as Linux compares to Windows Server? Would love for a serious benefactor to help OSS content creation in general. If…

The rest of my comment does explain the logic:

If a SaaS app is closed source, like this one appears to be, if it closes (e.g. if they're acquired, decide its not profitable enough, lose interest, etc) I have no options. Maybe I can get my data out, but then what?

If a SaaS app is open source, and the paid version is essentially paying for the service of it being hosted, I have no concerns: if they close for whatever reason, I can run (or pay someone to run) the open source software.

> If you do know anything that looks as good as Vectra please throw out a link.

I haven't tried it, but I'd imagine the recent(ish) browser-based LibreOffice Online might be usable for the same purpose?

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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We've just tried on our side, works fine. Was it still the same after refreshing?

I'm having the same issue. Appologies for the lack of formatting, let me know if I can hop on a chat to help out further. Following console errors: Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT www.facebook.com/impression.php/fcb4620c12f5dc/?api_key=1598145426866140&lid=115&payload=%7B%22source%22%3A%22jssdk%22%7D Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1598145426866140&ev=fb…

Many apologies, may we get back to you in 4 hours or so? Our devs are all asleep now (huge time difference), and I'm afraid I can't help much :/ Really sorry, I'll ensure it is fixed in max 5 hours' time

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

#54
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Great app, really. What I would really like woube be 1) an API 2) ability to sync with dropbox. My team has about a dozen diagrams in out Git repository, so I'd really like a faster way of exporting vecta->folder.

Well received, will work on it up next. Please do allow us to buy some time, we're a small team of 5. Thanks a lot for the inputs and kind words! :)

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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I'm having the same issue. Appologies for the lack of formatting, let me know if I can hop on a chat to help out further. Following console errors: Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT www.facebook.com/impression.php/fcb4620c12f5dc/?api_key=1598145426866140&lid=115&payload=%7B%22source%22%3A%22jssdk%22%7D Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1598145426866140&ev=fb…

Many apologies, may we get back to you in 4 hours or so? Our devs are all asleep now (huge time difference), and I'm afraid I can't help much :/ Really sorry, I'll ensure it is fixed in max 5 hours' time

Not a problem! How can I reach out via email? I'd be glad to assist when everyone's available. And since it's beta, don't worry about getting me a time back, as long as I can get the developers some info we're cool :)

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many apologies, may we get back to you in 4 hours or so? Our devs are all asleep now (huge time difference), and I'm afraid I can't help much :/ Really sorry, I'll ensure it is fixed in max 5 hours' time

Not a problem! How can I reach out via email? I'd be glad to assist when everyone's available. And since it's beta, don't worry about getting me a time back, as long as I can get the developers some info we're cool :)

Million thanks! Perhaps you could submit the issue here: https://support.vecta.io/hc/en-us/requests/new We'll get back to you from there :)

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Please allow login and email verification after I have logged in. it took me extra few steps. thanx

Hey there, I believe the whole process does have email verification, depending on which login you use. Can you explain a bit further on this?
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