Announcing OmniGraffle 4 beta 1

[woogli at mac.com]

Actually, having the 'area' calculated, while we're at it would be  
fantastic.  E.g, if you have an oddly shaped object, to know the area  
based on the various measurements...

cheers,

-thom

On 31-May-05, at 7:34 AM, Peter McMaster wrote:

> How about just being able to add your own units somehow?
>
>  - Peter
>
> On 27 May 2005, at 03:39, Joel Page wrote:
>
>
>> Believe it or don't, but I actually filed a request for units of  
>> time to be added for the purpose of making timelines. Sadly, they  
>> did not make this cut, as angstroms and AUs didn't either.
>>
>> I'll hang onto this and add it to the request in our tracking  
>> database.
>>
>> As ever (and this goes for everyone), thanks for the feedback --  
>> Been a very busy day for myself. =)
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> On May 26, 2005, at 3:02 AM, Jonathan Sanderson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 26 May 2005, at 05:04, Joel Page wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> It is my pleasure to announce the availability of OmniGraffle  
>>>> 4.0 beta 1, the first beta release of the next major revision to  
>>>> OmniGraffle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers, applause, general euphoria, etc. I've only had chance to  
>>> play briefly, but it's looking excellent so far.
>>>
>>> ObExtraFeatureRequest:
>>> Document scaling via the ruler is a very welcome addition, but  
>>> I'd love some more flexibility there. In particular, I'd like to  
>>> be able to set scales like '1px = 2 seconds', and thus be able to  
>>> define an object that's '2mins 34secs' high.
>>> It's less crazy than it sounds - I work in TV, and use  
>>> OmniGraffle to help shuffle programme running orders around when  
>>> I'm editing a series. I'd imagine similar scaling features would  
>>> also be useful for people drawing timelines and the like.
>>> It does, however, open another can of worms; in such  
>>> circumstances, one typically wants the scale applied on one axis  
>>> only. Ouch. But hey, I'll live with whatever I can get. :-)
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Jonathan Sanderson
>>> 'If I had more time, I would have written a shorter  
>>> letter.' (Pascal)
>>>
>>>
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