Gliffy Unveils（揭開……面紗） the First Online Diagramming API

Gliffy, one of the top Web-based diagramming tools, has released the first API for any service of its kind. This software as a service just got a complete UI makeover（全面用戶界面升級）, and that, plus this new move, will let Gliffy really lead the pack in this space.

The API is in public beta（公測） as of today. The developers who got access to the trial run（試運行） have already built some dead-useful extensions（非常有用的拓展）, such as a WordPress plugin that allows you to incorporate diagrams（用戶集成圖表） and a script that automatically backs up your Gliffy account to your local machine（將您的 Gliffy 賬戶直接備份到本機）.

Other SaaS diagram makers（制表工具） include Lovely Charts and Draw Anywhere, but with these latest upgrades, Gliffy's real target is desktop software like Visio and OmniGraffle.

Gliffy has a respectable customer base and a loyal following, but getting business users to leave the desktop apps they know (even if they hate them) has been an uphill battle. With the API, the company hopes that the ability to extend and integrate the service with other platforms will become too attractive to pass up.

Keke Vew: Gliffy 是一款免費在線繪圖工具，其在線繪圖功能強大。Gliffy 是一個強大的免費在線繪圖工具，用戶界面十分友好，基于flash無需下載安裝任何插件，速度也很快！