Try comparing to professional illustration programs

Try comparing to professional illustration programs

Posted May 4, 2004 21:46 UTC (Tue) by dougm (subscriber, #4615)
In reply to: Try comparing to professional illustration programs by stevenj
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's guide to diagram editors

(Yes, I know the editor was reviewing "diagram editors," not just drawing packages, but in my mind that is just a euphemism for "primitive 1980 illustration task." Why must you set the bar so low?)

Diagram editors are made for editing diagrams. Programs like Illustrator aren't, particularly--they're general-purpose tools. So if all you want to do is make a diagram, you benefit from the (relative) interface simplicity, bundled templates, and general suitedness of the tool to the task.

If "diagram editors" didn't fill a niche, Microsoft Visio would not be as popular as it is, and people would be using Canvas or Illustrator instead.

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