Flow charts / Diagramming software

[shiphen]

The only blocker is the lack of dynamic connectors.
I have used the Online Web Catalogue Text Panels to good effect. The come with their own Named colours.

Ii would spend time creating the equivalent of an MS Visio Stencil of all you needed shapes and lines.

As lines readily snap to shapes the lack of a dynamic link is not too restrictive.

In fact, using Shift+C gives you a shape that can be a rectangle, a curved box and even a circle, all in one. Try that Visio.

Soft-group the same inside a diamond gives you a decision box.

Add shadows and you're there.

Acorn

Sorry Acorn, I've lost the plot. Are you talking about Xara still or something else? If Xara I'm sorry but the lack of connectors is a deal breaker for us, incredibly powerful though Xara is in many ways. :^(

"Smart arrows" - Yes the menuing is slightly fiddly in Xara (presumably) but the Smart Shapes do look useful as far as they go.

[Acorn]

Yes, all in Xara. Shame.
Acorn