Re: [ILUG] Alternatives to Windows

From: Kathryn Cassidy (kathryn at domain itg.ie)
Date: Tue 08 May 2001 - 14:03:45 IST


I did a lot of my college projects in Dia and never had any problem
using it. I was using version 0.85, there's probably a more up to
date version by now, I should go and upgrade. I wouldn't really have
thought that it was difficult to use.

Of course I've never used Visio, so maybe I just think Dia's good 'cos
I've nothing to compare it to...

me.

On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 01:37:41PM +0100, Ricardo Letosa wrote:
> I have tried out Dia on its early days. I probably didn't dedicate much time
> to it, but it seemed a bit hard to use. You needed to know what you were
> doing (something most of Visio users probably do not qualify for). Having
> said that, Visio also allows you to do the complex stuff, while if you just
> want to draw a couple of boxes you can still do it.
>
> Is it any better in the latest version of Dia?
>
> I also have an addition to the list: Support for my Toshiba DVD ;o)
>
> Regards,
>
> Ricardo (an unhappy windoze user).

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