For previous beta users of Gliffy, we wanted to let you know that we’ve recently released a significant update to the software. This release has fixes to numerous bugs, performance enhancements, as well as some new features. These include:

- Rich text
- Drop shadows
- Gradients
- Publishing

With publishing, you can embed an image of your Gliffy diagram in your webpage, blog, or wiki. Plus, if you change the diagram, this change will automatically update in the image.

So if you have a login already and haven’t given Gliffy a spin in a while, go check it out. If you don’t have a login yet, sign up on our Beta list at http://www.gliffy.com.

And as always, we truly appreciate feedback. Send comments or bugs to support@gliffy.com.

Thanks!

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We would love to see Gliffy on this list in the near future. Today we moved one step closer with the expansion of the closed beta for our web based diagramming tool. Included in our new release is a really nifty publishing feature that allows you to put images of your diagrams in your wiki or blog postings. Clint recently posted an example of a picture he drew & published using Gliffy. Expect to see many more examples here in the future. If you would like to be added as a beta user in the future, sign up on the Gliffy home page.