Hi all.
Dia is currently the most attractive free UML tool. Congrats to all.
However, after a short period of use (less than 24 hrs) I have come
accross a few niggles (v 0.90 compiled on stock redhat 7.2).
1) Prettiness: The association arrows in uml place the role-names too
close to the arrow head, thus obscuring the first/last letters in
the name by the arrow head.
2) Usability: The modal dialogs you get for classes and packages often
pop up UNDER all other windows. Pan/Galeon (the only other apps
that I use with dialogs) get them to pop up on top, so I suspect
there is a wm hint that can be set somehow. At least there's no
longer a segfault if you double click the object again (as there
was in 0.88.1)
3) Usability: In aforementioned dialogs, pressing return Should act
like clicking "OK". Since "Apply" is the default action (hrm)
binding that to return would also be ok, but that doesn't happen
either.
4) Usability (questionable): The shape selection reverts to arrow away
after each use. F.ex, if I want to make several classes, I have to
click on the class button, place the class, click on the class
button again, place the next class... I would prefer the selection
to be "sticky", so that I had to explicitly click on the arrow tool
to be able to unselect class tool.
Just a few niggles that I felt better aired than kept under wraps. I
hope they're taken in the intendend spirit.
Respectfully,
Johan