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Dia vs SimpleMind
When comparing Dia vs SimpleMind, the Slant community recommends SimpleMind for most people. In the question“What are the best flowchart / diagram softwares?” SimpleMind is ranked 12th while Dia is ranked 13th.
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PlatformsWindows, Mac, Android, iOS
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Pros
Pro Tons of icon sets
Has flowcharts, uml, chemical engineering, electronics, and dozens of other complete sets, built in.
Pro Free and open source
Pro Custom gzipped XML format
Pro Supports Google Drive for storage
Pro Proficient editing tools
Cons
Con Unmaintained
Dia has not been updated since 2009. It's already a very complete piece of software, but still sad.
Con UX is a joke
UX is not good enough. For example, to edit element text you must double-click it, then click text box, and then you can start typing text.