[Sigia-l] Diagramming tools?

[Todd Zaki Warfel]

Yes. So in the spirit of answering his question...

I'm doing a series of articles on this. The most recent one is on  
Illustrator http://toddwarfel.com/archives/wireframing-part-ii- 
illustrator-basics/. The first one does a high level comparison of  
tools and explains why I use InDesign and Illustrator over anything  
else http://uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000161.php.

I use Illustrator for most of my diagramming and a combination of  
InDesign and Illustrator for wireframes.
Illustrator is a drawing tool. I've been using it for years. And even  
though it has a high learning curve, I only use eight tools in the  
entire palette. So, as long as you can use those eight tools, which  
are the same tools in Visio, OmniGraffle, and most other drawing type  
programs, you can use Illustrator. Something I highlight in the most  
recent article. I've even included a symbol library with our GUI  
elements, the basic colour palette, and basic template we use at  
Messagefirst.

On Apr 3, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Mandy Lowey wrote:

> Poor kid, he asked a simple question about what tools we use and he
> got one response before it spiraled into chaos.


Cheers!

Todd Zaki Warfel
Partner, Design & Usability Specialist
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