OmniGraffle

Perfect tool to make sketches

What do you like best? I discovered OmniGraffle looking for a tool to create ER diagrams for table based database design. Once you try it, you could not do anything without. OmniGraffle is a powerful tool, full of options: you can make schemas but is a great software to create vector drawings. Grids, alignments, the countless ways to customize any object and any form (starting from the simplest, such as curved lines breaks) are incredible: you can work on grappling points, grouped into ...

I've used Omnigraffle for about a year to support my UX design work

What do you like best? Omnigraffle is one of the best tools around for creating process flows, screen flows, and any other logic or path based maps. One of my favorite features is the ability to import stencils that represent different mobile and desktop screens. What do you dislike? The interface can be a bit clunky at times; I feel like I have to do more clicking than necessary to access the features I want. I think there could be some improvements in this area that would make my ...

Good tool for quickly working through ideas.

What do you like best? I've been using it for a long time and can produce layouts pretty quickly. I like all the stencils and grids available. They make my life way easier. There's a lot of support out there for the product. Blog posts with tips and ideas are readily available via a Google search. Presentation mode makes it a breeze to present your work to internally or externally and it's easy to create a professional looking document. You can also create clickable prototypes to show ...

OmniGraffle is one of the best diagramming and visual-communication tools out there

What do you like best? Many people talk-up LucidCharts, but I have found that OmniGraffle producers cleaner and more presentation-worthy final products. There are a few other features about OG that cannot be beat: — The ability to import outline files/lists, and have them be 'projected' as a tree of objects. — Programmatic diagram creation. This is huge if you later want to re-edit what you've made programmatically. — A community of stencil-designers, at ...

Fantastic! with room for improvement

What do you like best? Ease of wireframing (I use the Konigi plugins) Cohesiveness of handling Easy iterations and high-quality output What do you dislike? Buggy layering Unintuitive move-objects Clunky functionality Not easy to export in the formats I want always Recommendations to others considering the product: Check out the program, Sketch What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? UX (User Experience) wireframing to ...

Versatile Wireframing Tool

What do you like best? I like how the Inspectors give an easy way to manipulate shapes, line, text and canvas size. I also like the wide variety of Stencils available. What do you dislike? I really dislike Omnigraffle 6. I think the changes made for that release decreased usability significantly. I still use Omnigraffle 5 for most things. Recommendations to others considering the product: Get to know the Inspectors. Everything is there. What problems are you solving with the ...

UX/UI Designer

What do you like best? I like that the learning curve is relatively easy coming from Adobe Illustrator. Features like dragging and dropping files that link and update, robust inspector, ease of use are among the reasons I enjoy using it. What do you dislike? I wish that the hot keys were not the exact opposite from Illustrator - they're so similar that I'm often hitting the wrong thing when switching back and forth. The page setup for dimensions is a little hard to get a hang of. ...

A useful tool for documenting your wireframes

What do you like best? Omnigraffle is a fantastic tool for wireframing and documentation. I use it extensively to create detailed specifications for softwares, mobile app, web apps and to deliver UI spec to developers. It is a really flexible tool that permit you to organize content with easy and to save stancils (collection of symbols you regularly use). What do you dislike? It is sometimes a little bit complex, but I'm not using the latest version. Not so easy to create ...

Omnigraffle Professional v6.5.2

What do you like best? Omnigraffle is still hands down the best tool for wireframing. While many IAs and UX professionals have been using Sketch, that's not the right tool for the job. Sketch is for prototypes—not wireframes. Here's what makes it superior: 1. LIBRARIES: You can save templates and UX elements you create to reuse (in your style) that are a simple drag and drop away. I don't know about you, but I hate recreating things like Contact forms, maps, social icons, etc. Having a ...

Fundamental too for flow chart creation from beginner to expert

What do you like best? Omni graph is super easy to use and almost there is no learning curb. I was introduced to Omnigraffle when I worked with interactive agency, SF. They are already using it and I had a need to learn how to generate wireframe. It was no brainer. I was able to learn by playing around. Easy Intuitive navigation over all. Stensil is available for free online. prefabricated UI elements are useful and you can create your own sets and save. I don't use it often but you ...