Ask anyone who has ever used Microsoft Visio and they’ll confess that creating complex visuals is a difficult task with a long learning curve. When it comes to creating visuals, the perception is that it’s difficult and reserved for those with specialized skill and talent. This year, they built a version of SmartDraw called SmartDraw Cloud that can run on any device or platform: on Mac, Windows, or Linux.
SmartDraw Software has been around for over 20 years making an easy-to-use diagramming application used by millions of people in 250,000 public and private enterprises around the world, many in the Fortune 500. Without jumping too far ahead of myself, let’s say I was pleasantly surprised. So I was curious to see how SmartDraw’s new online application would handle being online while making complicated technical diagrams. Google Spreadsheet is great for the occasional data dump and when you need to collaborate with someone, but it certainly doesn’t have the power to format and analyze that Excel does. Just think about Google’s Spreadsheets vs. While I only create visuals for an occasional presentation, I am familiar with Cloud applications and they’re often limited compared to their desktop counterparts. When I was asked to review SmartDraw, the first thing that caught my attention is SmartDraw’s bold claim that they brought desktop power to an online app.
