dia: a wild and crazy enhancement/rewrite proposal

[andrew marlow uk bnpparibas com]

Hello,

This is not really a formal proposal
- its far too wild and crazy for that. I have been struggling with visio
(who doesn't ?) and find dia much easier to use. However, even dia has
some serious usability problems when compared to a tool I have used before:
Edge Diagrammer from PaceStar. See http://www.pacestar.com/edge/index.html.
It is proprietary and what's worse it is also Windoze-only with absolutely
no plans to change (I know, I've asked). But from a usability point of
view I think it is brilliant.

This is a plea to dia developers: please
look at Edge Diagrammer (there is a downloadable demo version free of charge)
to see how the user interface to dia may be improved. I am very interested
in any feedback. In particular, look at the way connectors work when diagram
elements are moved around.

I realise that changing dia to give
it an Edge Diagrammer interface would most likely be a rewrite so that
might rule it out, but still, please take a look.

Regards,

Andrew Marlow

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