Cacoo: Create online diagrams in real time

8 Jan, 2010, by appsheriff || Topics: Collaboration

Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that enables you to create a variety of diagrams such as the site maps, UML, wire frames and network charts. That is, Cacoo creates diagrams online using real time collaboration. It can be used free of charge.

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For this, all you need is a browser to create the attractive diagrams easily for your documents such as Blogs, Wikis online etc. You can also edit or change the diagram that you won’t need to upload it once more. It can be a sort of joint simultaneous process. Many users can work on (edit) and complete the same diagram simultaneously. The Cacoo supports real time collaboration.

Basically you can create attractive diagrams in Cacoo. It is a simple process of dragging and dropping. You are given the option of choosing from a number of stencils. With this, its very easy to create great diagrams. If desired, you can also attach a connector. It is a quick and simple way to make great diagrams.

The alignment and positioning of these diagrams can be taken care of. While repositioning a diagram next to another diagram, they align automatically. The Cacoo supports all alignment tasks so that anyone can create a well-balanced diagram.

Cacoo supports simultaneous, that is real time collaboration. Many users can edit a single diagram simultaneously. It is similar to all the users working together in a same room. You can also share with your team or clients. A diagram that you have created with the help of a team or a client can be shared easily. You can also communicate with anyone who is editing these diagrams by adding comments to them.

The other features include creating attractive diagrams for documents such as Blogs, Wikis online. Diagrams that are created with the help of Cacoo can be pasted on the web applications like the Wikis and Blogs. The pasted graphic is automatically updated when the original diagram is edited. Hence, there is no need of uploading the modified diagrams each time it is updated.

There is a provision for unlimited undo. That is, from the time a diagram is first created, the history of all the modifications made to it is saved. You can undo right from the back to the beginning. You can also have multi-sheet and background settings where you can create multiple sheets from a single diagram file and manage the related diagrams together. By setting a background sheet as a universal background you can also achieve more effective website mock up.

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