[Sigia-l] Life after Visio

[Adrian Howard]

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 10:44  am, Stewart Dean wrote:
[snip]
> I think Visio is a truly awful tool that too many IAs have got into 
> the habit of using. You can work with layers but it's a nightmare to 
> use without writing a macro. In terms of usability it is awful.
>
> But I have to use it because other IAs use it.
>
> The alternative?

Not an alternative for everybody, but if you have Mac OS X available 
give OmniGraffle a go. I find it a *lot* more pleasant to use than than 
Visio.

It hits the sweet spot for me of enough functionality to do useful work 
without too many useless gewgaws that get in the way. And the 
pro-version can import and export Visio files if you need to play with 
other people.

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ for more info. I've 
no connection with Omni. Just a happy user.

Adrian