Hello,
I'm currently using Dia 0.81 so the wishing list I have may contain
improvements already put in 0.82 or in the CVS......
I'm using Dia to make UML figures. I have been using it quite
extensively the last few weeks and I have few remarks now to make its
use better or to make it produce nicer diagrams.
First of all I would like to thank you for the job done until now. Dia
is exactly what I need, it's very stable and produce in general what I
expect it to produce.
Here are my few remarks:
-Ergonomy:
I make classes, aggregations... which are object with properties. I
change the properties of these objects (attributes, class name...) very
often but unfortunately the dialog/properties submenu is the only one
without keyboard shortcuts... Could you please add a keyboard shortcut
it would be a very nice feature....
The UML allows to use colors for representing classes... Is it what you
call layer ? If it is so, just forget the following remark otherwise, it
could be very interesting to be able to add colors in the diagrams.
When I open the save (or save as) windows, I cannot make modifications
to the diagrams by themselves. The diagrams are locked, I have the
feeling to be back to Windows or Netscape where the word multi-tasking
does not belong to the common vocabulary.... That would be nice to allow
the work on diagrams even if the save window is open somewhere for a
given diagram.
-Class representation:
Well, I like to use long and understandable variable name. I like also
to describe my classes in detail (method name, arguments name,
type....). This way of working is at the origin of very large classes
not easy to read on the screen and to print. This would be very nice if
we could indent the arguments, put them one below the other for a given
method. This would make the diagram easier to read.
-Links:
Here I have two main remarks:
First, it's hard to link objects with each other on the top (or the
bottom) of a class because, there is only three points of connection:
left corner, middle, right corner. If many classes are connected with
each other, it becomes messy and uneasy to read. It would be very nice
if, as it is on the left and right border of a class box, there would be
more connecting points.
It would be nice to have straight lines or multi-broken lines to join
objects with each other (now it's only a lines which could be broken at
2 different points). This would be very valuable to make diagrams look
better.
Once again, thanks for your job. I hope I don't appear to demanding...
Best regards
Daniel Tourde
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