[instaviz-users] Instaviz, but on computers

[Andy Dent]

On 23/03/2009, at 4:50 AM, Roger Taylor wrote:

> Thanks, but I'm not a programmer, so I'd need something with a  
> modern GUI.

The only "programmer-like" requirement is having to type in DOT  
syntax. Are you confused by the command-line tools and language on the  
main Graphviz site? The presence of a GUI version is a little obscure  
as I don't think the Windows one has been released other than in  
development snapshots .

> Here's my dream software: A cross-platform open-source program that  
> uses the .dot language, but is easy enough for normal users.
Exactly what do you mean by "easy enough" - not having to enter or  
understand dot?

I blogged about this, whilst writing this response, so you can see an  
example picture and DOT at
http://aussiedesignedsoftware.com/blog/?p=72

> Is there a "Firefox/Thunderbird/Gimp" equivalent for graphs?

There are a range of web-side Graphviz processing solutions. Are you  
looking for something to drop into an existing server, run totally  
within a single web-page, able to run offline?

See http://www.graphviz.org/Resources.php

regards

Andy Dent
Freelance Designer-Developer - C++,  C#, Objective-C, Python, REALbasic