[instaviz-users] Instaviz, but on computers

[Daniel May]

Ditto Roger's comments, but adding that having it run from the cloud would
be good ;)


2009/3/23 Roger Taylor <rogertaylor at gmail.com>

> On Mar 21, 2009, at 14:17, Roger Taylor wrote:
>
>>
>> > Is anyone out there able to make (or know of) a Mac/Windows/Linux
>> > version of the iPhone Instaviz software?
>> >
>> > I'd like to buy copies of something like this for the people in my
>> > lab here at Vanderbilt.
>>
>> Instaviz uses the Graphviz engine, so just download Graphviz for Mac,
>> Windows or Linux. It's free.
>>
>> http://graphviz.org/
>>
>> This doesn't include the finger-drawing stuff which is unique to
>> Instaviz. With Graphviz proper, you write text files that describe
>> the relationships of nodes in your graph, and Graphviz draws them.
>>
>
>
> Thanks, but I'm not a programmer, so I'd need something with a modern GUI.
>
> Someone mentioned OmniGraffle, which I already have (and love).
> Unfortunately it is Mac only and it  doesn't allow exporting to .dot files.
>
> I do educational research in poor K-12 schools, and they don't have the
> funds to buy the dozens of copies of "Inspiration" - which is the only
> comparable cross-platform software on the market.
>
> Here's my dream software: A cross-platform open-source program that uses
> the .dot language, but is easy enough for normal users.
>
> Is there a "Firefox/Thunderbird/Gimp" equivalent for graphs?
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
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