Flowcharts

A while ago I posted on Creately, an online flowchart service. Now the Dutch LifeHacker blog (that is currently doing much better than the original, where quantity rules over quality – IMHO), published a mash-up about online flowchart services. For the review you should read the original article by Micha Coster, but here they are:

1. Gliffy
2. Creately
3. LovelyCharts
4. LucidChart
5. Google Docs – Drawings

Now the problem with these tools is that there are not as free as they pretend to be, so I still prefer desktop applications for my diagrams, because the advantage of online services – collaboration – doesn’t apply to me when working with flowcharts. My diagram creation program of choice is “Dia“, that also exists in a portableapps version.
A new star is the program Diagram Designer, that I haven’t tried yet, but LifeHacker reviewed it briefly.