Wednesday, May 17, 2006
I like Inkscape Better than Network Notepad
These programs do slightly different things so you may be better off if you are looking for an interactive network diagram tool if you stick with this Network Notepad. However, if you are just drawing stuff on your desktop (which is what I need to do) then you will like Inkscape better.
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Original Post
Network Notepad
This is a freeware network diagram tool. It reminds me of Visio®. This GUI is limited but the program is powerful. I’d use Visio® any day but hey… this is free and most users that spend a lot of time with this program are very loyal. It’s got a good user community. The interface is much more “industrial” than Visio and it’s strong point is network integration which has a lot of value if your managing a large group of CPUs but it’s not a major feature for someone like me that is a single user and just wants to draw and share network diagrams. So this is free and it works so you can accomplish the task by downloading the program and spending about a half hour figuring out how to draw with it. In the end it may prove to be more efficient than other drawing programs!
http://www.networknotepad.com/download.html
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Original Post
Network Notepad
This is a freeware network diagram tool. It reminds me of Visio®. This GUI is limited but the program is powerful. I’d use Visio® any day but hey… this is free and most users that spend a lot of time with this program are very loyal. It’s got a good user community. The interface is much more “industrial” than Visio and it’s strong point is network integration which has a lot of value if your managing a large group of CPUs but it’s not a major feature for someone like me that is a single user and just wants to draw and share network diagrams. So this is free and it works so you can accomplish the task by downloading the program and spending about a half hour figuring out how to draw with it. In the end it may prove to be more efficient than other drawing programs!
http://www.networknotepad.com/download.html
# posted by Ethan Dickenson : 3:04 AM
