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Not bad. Why everything I draw must be a circle, square or line. Sometimes i need a curvy line, or a angled one. Don't force everything. Need shapes. More of
by ardit33 18y ago
Not bad.
Why everything I draw must be a circle, square or line. Sometimes i need a curvy line, or a angled one. Don't force everything.
Need shapes. More of them.
Visio is a pretty decent tool, (Omnigraffe for macs is good too), try to copy some features they have, but make them a simpler as possible.
Then allow me to export it in different formats, Visio being one of them, as it seems it is the tool used the most.
- zhyder 18y agoThanks! Other shapes are planned: diamonds and triangles for sure. I want curved lines but haven't figured out the UI for them yet (I'd need an additional handle compared to straight lines, to allow the user to change the control point and hence the curvature.) Yep Visio and Omnigraffle are definitely the heavyweights of drawing. They have lots more features; which in particular do you think are most important? (I think even stuff like solid/gradient shapes & shadows are superfluous, but I'm just one user :)).
- ashu 18y agoshadows are useful. just make your block-shapes have a shadow by default (like omnigraffle) and it completely changes how smooth and professional even the simplest of diagrams look.
- zhyder 18y agoSure, I could consider a default shadow. But I'm reluctant to clutter the UI by giving the user a gazillion options for shadows, none of which help you communicate your ideas any better.