Comments on: Online Visio http://www.robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/ Rob Fay has over twelve years of experience supporting federal, state, and commercial information technology and product development initiatives. He has a passion for user experience topics including information architecture, interaction design, social media, information management, and usability. Mr. Fay currently works as Blackboard's User Experience Architect. In his role of being the user advocate, he leads the company's user research efforts, curates their design pattern library, and designs products that transform the experience of education. Rob holds graduate degrees in Information Management and Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland, College Park. He lives in the outskirts of DC in suburban Maryland with his wife, twin 4 yo daughters, and his dog named Mattingly. Mon, 10 May 2010 18:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sean http://www.robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/comment-page-1/#comment-4633 sean Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:21:41 +0000 http://robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/#comment-4633 The major down side to Visio (in my opinion) is that it is a Windows only app. There are similar apps for Mac and Linux, but few that work on all 3 platforms. The upside of Gliffy is that it allows a common interface on any platform. Oh and you can't beat the price, especially as compared to the price of Visio. The major down side to Visio (in my opinion) is that it is a Windows only app. There are similar apps for Mac and Linux, but few that work on all 3 platforms. The upside of Gliffy is that it allows a common interface on any platform. Oh and you can’t beat the price, especially as compared to the price of Visio.

]]> By: Rob Fay http://www.robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/comment-page-1/#comment-4632 Rob Fay Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:32:54 +0000 http://robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/#comment-4632 I think it might shine if you think of using it for mind-mapping/brainstorming. For instance, within a meeting, one "note taker" could document what is being brainstormed on a white board. Then others could edit later or it could easily be dropped into a web page or document. Of course you can do this in Visio as well, but this may lend itself to an easier collaboration process. I think it might shine if you think of using it for mind-mapping/brainstorming. For instance, within a meeting, one “note taker” could document what is being brainstormed on a white board. Then others could edit later or it could easily be dropped into a web page or document.

Of course you can do this in Visio as well, but this may lend itself to an easier collaboration process.

]]> By: Jason http://www.robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 Jason Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:02:18 +0000 http://robfay.com/2006/06/29/online-visio/#comment-4631 I stumbled across this yesterday as well. I'm not a huge fan of it, but like the idea of the collaboration of many in one place. It's definitely a push into the space of socialization and helping to drive innovation down a faster road. I stumbled across this yesterday as well. I’m not a huge fan of it, but like the idea of the collaboration of many in one place. It’s definitely a push into the space of socialization and helping to drive innovation down a faster road.

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