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What I *really* want

What I *really* want

Posted May 6, 2004 2:06 UTC (Thu) by wcooley (subscriber, #1233)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's guide to diagram editors

I tend to use Dia to make network diagrams, ERDs and occasionally UML-ish thing and flowchart-ish things, but that's producing documentation. What I'd *really* like is a tool to replace a whiteboard--a diagramming tool that actually helps me *think* about a problem, rather than just document a solution. I know I'm probably asking a bit much--entering graphical information with a mouse is cumbersome at best, so it would probably require a pen digitizer or TabletPC sort of thing.


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What I *really* want - Maybe I've found it?

Posted May 6, 2004 2:46 UTC (Thu) by wcooley (subscriber, #1233) [Link]

After posting the previous, I saw the project Jarnal on Freshmeat (http://www.dklevine.com/general/software/tc1000/jarnal.htm), which actually kinda seems like what I'm thinking about...

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