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Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by jessedhillon »

criley2 wrote: post #45

I used to use Draw.io a lot more than I do now, and it is a wonderful tool, the only reason I use it less now is because I've been using: PlantUML ( http://plantuml.com/ ) with demo at ( http://planttext.com ). Creating most diagrams through a simple markup language that can be version controlled and rendered on demand has been really nice for me, and sometimes I would spent SO MUCH TIME in draw.io making sure my arr…

Is there any way to change the rendering style? Or are you stuck with red and yellow?

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by SlowRobotAhead »

SkyTreasure wrote: post #28

Just now my colleague was showing the flow chart in draw.io. I was impressed by it and bookmarked the site and now it's trending here

The site is good. It’s one of the only online drawing programs that doesn’t IMMEDIATELY get bogged down.

But... the offline tool is superior for speed and UX imo. That’s where it really shines.

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by mikepurvis »

SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #54
mcntall wrote: post #43

For those without MS Visio or other paid alternatives, Draw.io can pretty much get you covered at zero cost, with the option of doing it client-side, online, etc. Not sure if the founders have the option, but I would encourage folks to donate a couple of bucks to encourage high quality free software such as this.

I’ve found the draw.io experience to be so far above Visio that I just can’t imagine going back. I put it up there with VLC and Handbrake as quality apps. Even as a common dirty pirate; I donated to all of those.

I'm a fan as well. My org ended up dropping our draw.io intergration in Confluence in favour of Lucidchart; I'm still not really sure why as it appears to be worse in functionality as well as slower and more tied to a cloud backend.

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by Gravityloss »

I've tried drawing diagrams with these tools and it seems so much harder for quick drafting than just using pen and paper and also a lot of work to get anything even remotely good looking (like aligning things or making boxes of the same size, ie performing mass operations).

I would like to use a tool where I first describe the relations in text/code and the layouting and formatting is done separately, and formatting should be hierarchical.

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by insomniacity »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #29

> draw.io is a client-side, static web application. There is no user authenication or data storage concept in this repo. The online version stores data in mainstream cloud storage options, currently Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Github, Gitlab or Trello. I love this about Draw.io. This is how I want to build my applications. I don't want to deal with storing any user data and rather let them handle it how they see…

You may be interested in https://remotestorage.io/.

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Post by codeulike »

Gravityloss wrote: post #64

I've tried drawing diagrams with these tools and it seems so much harder for quick drafting than just using pen and paper and also a lot of work to get anything even remotely good looking (like aligning things or making boxes of the same size, ie performing mass operations). I would like to use a tool where I first describe the relations in text/code and the layouting and formatting is done separately, and formatting…

select multiple objects, go to align tab, select the alignment you want

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by gatherhunterer »

Gravityloss wrote: post #64

I've tried drawing diagrams with these tools and it seems so much harder for quick drafting than just using pen and paper and also a lot of work to get anything even remotely good looking (like aligning things or making boxes of the same size, ie performing mass operations). I would like to use a tool where I first describe the relations in text/code and the layouting and formatting is done separately, and formatting…

> it seems so much harder for quick drafting than just using pen and paper

I don’t consider that a reasonable criticism. Of course using pen and paper is quicker and easier. The advantage of any digital format is that it is distributable, universally readable and persistent.

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Post by sandGorgon »

cloverich wrote: post #57
sandGorgon wrote: post #46

Is it possible to add Monodraw ( https://monodraw.helftone.com/ ) style text art to this ? I would pay for something that is browser only and generates really nice text art for diagrams.

Can you elaborate more about "text art"? I just recently purchased monodraw, after seeing it linked from Brandur's blog([1]), but have only done basic diagrams with it. [1]: https://brandur.org/articles

I meant text diagrams. Not art in the true stylistic sense.

Brandur's blog was an inspiration for me as well !

Re: Draw.io: Online Diagramming Website

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Post by hajimuz »

Gravityloss wrote: post #64

I've tried drawing diagrams with these tools and it seems so much harder for quick drafting than just using pen and paper and also a lot of work to get anything even remotely good looking (like aligning things or making boxes of the same size, ie performing mass operations). I would like to use a tool where I first describe the relations in text/code and the layouting and formatting is done separately, and formatting…

You mean something like graph easy?
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