[instaviz-users] Visio

[Glen Low]

Andy

On 22/01/2009, at 2:51 AM, Andy Dent wrote:

> I can test with Visio 2007 on Vista 64.
>
> I am NOT a Visio fan. Loved this essay:
> http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-tools/software-that-crushes-your-soul/

I've seen people at the office I used to work using Visio, though I  
never got into it in any big way. I think a lot of these graphing  
tools are actually hampered by wanting to conform to the usual object- 
oriented drawing tool interface with extensive palettes and controls,  
when graphing is more specialized and thus a lot more thought can and  
should be put in into streamlining the experience.

Of course, the reality is that a lot of people use Visio, and we need  
to be compatible for a lot of people.

Thanks for the tip, I've shilled for Instaviz in the comments.

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> Recent Visio versions import SVG - would put effort into excellent SVG
> support first and try that. Might just be able to promote that as your
> "Visio compatiblilty".

I'll have to investigate how well Visio imports SVG, since SVG is a  
generic vector drawing format, not a specific graph format. Now if  
only Visio 2007 imported dot/gv files...
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> However, if there are clear advantages to direct Visio support, yes
> would be nice addition to GraphViz.




Cheers, Glen Low


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