[instaviz-users] Instaviz, but on computers

[Andy Dent]

On 23/03/2009, at 4:50 AM, Roger Taylor wrote:
>
> 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.
I didn't read this line and think about it. Others did and recommended  
various drawing tools. Here are some not mentioned so far.

If you're looking for simple mind-mapping software, FreeMind is a  
basic one with minimal layout.
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/

For richer concept maps, I recommend Vue
http://vue.tufts.edu/

A good vector drawing app with the ability to use SVG is Inkscape
http://www.inkscape.org/

You can output SVG directly from GraphViz or use an external converter http://code.google.com/p/dot2svg/

> Here's my dream software: A cross-platform open-source program that  
> uses the .dot language, but is easy enough for normal users.

I responded to this previously.

Hope this was more helpful

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