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I am not convinced that this is better ('hand drawn diagrams'). We've been drawing diagrams of all kinds for a very long time with no hurdles whatsoever [1]. Mi

I am not convinced that this is better ('hand drawn diagrams'). We've been drawing diagrams of all kinds for a very long time with no hurdles whatsoever [1]. Millions of diagrams have been drawn by boring-big-corp orgs in PowerPoint. This just reads like a hipster fetish over aesthetics, not substance. And if we're talking about aesthetics, I much prefer Monodraw [2]. I have a bias for having appeal for boring things may be because it works and gets out of the way. Emojis in your readme? No thanks. That said, the app itself has great UX, especially onboarding. Just straight to drawing mode. Kind of like autodraw.io. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arpanet_logical_map,_march_1977.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arpanet_logical_map,... [2] https://monodraw.helftone.com/ https://monodraw.helftone.com/

AshamedCaptain 5y ago
The article does not seem to actually mention why Excalidraw is so better over the millions of diagram drawing programs already available for decades (many of them much more featureful). It just seems to mention why Excalidraw is better over your average website.
jen729w 5y ago
I find it better, in the same way that finding the PowerPoint ‘theme’ that makes everything a bit rough round the edges was also a revelation. The perfectionist in me won’t let me publish a regular, square-edged diagram unless it’s pixel-perfect. As a result, nothing ever gets published. Take away that absurd situation, make the whole thing a bit shabby, and the need for perfection disappears. In fact the ability to make it perfect disappears. Life changing. Sounds daft. Is absolutely true.
escot 5y ago
The line between aesthetics and substance can be…blurry, even hand drawn you could say.