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Cute. Spent a bit of time trying to figure out how to get an arrow: It's not obvious that you need to drag to get an arrow object, because if you just click wit
by ajb 15y ago
Cute. Spent a bit of time trying to figure out how to get an arrow: It's not obvious that you need to drag to get an arrow object, because if you just click without dragging, all the other objects will create a new instance at top left. I started out assuming that the UI would be select the object, then click to make a new instance where you wanted it. So, once an object appeared, I thought the intended UI was, click to get object, move it to where you wanted. I think you need to either not create a new object unless the user does drag, so they understand that something more is required (which is how visio seems to do it) or make 'new instance at top left' work for all objects.
- jrlatent 15y ago'Cute' is the right word for this -- it lacks basic functionality. I've been using http://www.lucidchart.com http://www.lucidchart.com for a while which is an amazing browser-based experience.
- pfraze 15y agoI actually thoughts this thing struct a pretty good balance of power & ease of use.
- pfraze 15y agoWoah, some ugly typos in there that I can't edit now.
- obtu 15y agoNice history of participating here: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jrlatent https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jrlatent
- rollypolly 15y agoHave you tried this one? http://www.gliffy.com/ http://www.gliffy.com/
- K2h 15y agoThat requires flash
- dserodio 15y agoAgreed, the UI for drawing arrows is a bit confusing.
- tdenkinger 15y agoThe UI for arrows was hard to figure out for a few minutes, but once I did I found it to be the right experience. Drag into space, you get an arrow to the same shape; drag to another shape, you get and arrow to that shape. That feels nice.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoI think there's a bug here, maybe only some people are seeing it. You're describing the UI for drawing/connecting the lines (optionally with arrows) which is very nice. What's strange is that every other shape if you click on it produced an item in the top left which you can drag to the required position and size. But, at least for me, the lines don't do this, you need to drag from the palette onto the screen then drag the ends onto boxes or where you want them. Seems strange to me.