Comments on: Shortlist of indispensable IA tools http://www.jarango.com/en/blog/2005/04/19/shortlist-of-indispensable-ia-tools/ Jorge Arango - Information architect and web designer based in Central America Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:18:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jose Troitino http://www.jarango.com/en/blog/2005/04/19/shortlist-of-indispensable-ia-tools/#comment-7 Jose Troitino Sat, 21 May 2005 09:09:16 +0000 http://www.jarango.com/blog/?p=406#comment-7 On tools... "#3 pencils and quadrille pads." - Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant. On tools…

”#3 pencils and quadrille pads.”
– Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.

]]> By: Austin Govella http://www.jarango.com/en/blog/2005/04/19/shortlist-of-indispensable-ia-tools/#comment-6 Austin Govella Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:12:29 +0000 http://www.jarango.com/blog/?p=406#comment-6 I do a lot of work in Open Office: all of my writing, most deliverables, anything that I'll PDF and send to someone, or that someone else won't have to open. Otherwise, it almost plays nice, but not quite. However,m I very ,uch prefer it's Draw application in place of Visio. It's as fast and intuitive as OmniGraffle, but works on the PC. Plus it has all of the Visio features I use. What it's lacking? The ability to link objects in Draw with the built-in database functionality. Now, that would rock. I do a lot of work in Open Office: all of my writing, most deliverables, anything that I’ll PDF and send to someone, or that someone else won’t have to open.

Otherwise, it almost plays nice, but not quite.

However,m I very ,uch prefer it’s Draw application in place of Visio. It’s as fast and intuitive as OmniGraffle, but works on the PC. Plus it has all of the Visio features I use.

What it’s lacking? The ability to link objects in Draw with the built-in database functionality. Now, that would rock.

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