Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
No
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Show clear relationships between objects and try not to overlap lines.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Add/Delete linesResize boxes
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Respondent: 0417b -- 2 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes-I have encountered a few of them on web sites that I have downloaded and used for my own enjoyment and for instructional purposes.
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
I was trying to find the starting point in order to figure out the relationships between the nodes so that I could sort and simplify the diagram.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Pop-up words or labels would have helped me remember what I was doing (highlighted items, for instance) and how it worked. I was trying to turn some of the diagrams to change its orientation by I didn't know how and wasn't sure if that had been included in my original tutorial/
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Respondent: 07bbd -- 98 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes. For the purposes of business analysis and process improvement
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes, for colleagues who are involved in the same work as I am.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Reducing the amount of curvy lines and "noise". Untangling unnecessary intersections. Making it as compact and clean as possible as charts are meant to be "at a glance" to assist with understanding a process, rather than being "attractive" at the expense of complicating understanding. You would also consider boxes and whether or not they were absolutely necessary, much like writing, especially business use the aim is to be clear and concise.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Lines that automatically "snapped-to" and readjusted instead of following the original point of connection to the box when moving it around. The ability to colour code and change shape. I did like that whatever line you were adjusting would clearly highlight, this made it easy to see where you were going. A background grid would help with alignment. Would also be helpful to show the example chart as a picture, and then rebuild it on a blank screen, rather than trying to adjust and sort out the existing tangles.
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Respondent: 14669 -- 3 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
yes, created by a lecturer to illustrate their thought flow on a complex topic
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
yes, to present my research to my supervisors and the general public
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Edges had to be rounded, boxes centered when connected, and an equal distance between the different levels of importance. If an idea box lead to another, it had to be above and if it was equal to then to the side. The final image had to be balanced, not allowing the eye to correct balance while trying to figure out what was connected to what
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
A line straightening tool would have been good. It took a lot of fiddling to get previously sigmoid lines straight. It would also have been great if lines automatically centered on the boxes they were connected to when you changed their location, the ability to offset them later would have been much easier to use function
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Respondent: 1bca9 -- 4 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes, KEGG diagrams
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No, but I would like to
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
No overlapping lines, line length shortening, layout on a grid
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
The lines sometimes make funny loops where you might intuitively expect a "minimal length".
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Respondent: 3c585 -- 131 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
I have used them when they are included in research articles (used to explain and further convey scientific points)
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Consistency, straight joining lines with no corners where possible, keeping the shapes along the same logical flow straight
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
When I move a box, the line should automatically go to the middle, or have an option to
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Respondent: 4063c -- 60 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
I draw the diagrams by CellDesigner sometime.So I think I have some knowledge.
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes. To study how to draw the diagram or convert the diagrams to SBML format.
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes. I convert KEGG/Reactome pathway to SBML format by CellDesigner.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
I am trying to- connect one edge from one side of Node as far as possible.- layout the less connect node on outside in a diagram
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
I wish to array multiple selected node automatically.
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Respondent: 46a4f -- 42 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes, during undergraduate geology training, for example, to illustrate the rock cycle, the carbon cycle, the water cycle
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes, when studying for exams in undergraduate, I would frequently make these kinds of diagrams for revision
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
To try to untangle the lines, which were often criss-crossed and difficult to 'read', by moving the boxes into a more logical order.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Adding nodules onto the lines would have made things easier. Maybe you could do this and I missed it in the introduction. For instance, if you move a line down and connect it with another line, the nodule disappears, and one line is created. I could not figure out how to get that nodule back.I guess you are working on the actual usage of the interface here, and not the visual aspects, but definitely it would be great with different shapes and sizes of the boxes. Also, it would be useful to be able to add hyperlinks into the boxes as you add text to it, to create a larger linked file. And to be able to vary the thickness of the lines would be useful to illustrate more important aspects.But overall I felt it was a great tool, and I would definitely use it for scientific research in volcanology, and it would be excellent for family tree research, and palaeontology/taxomomy.
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Respondent: 51c63 -- 34 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes!
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes! Mostly flowcharts in things like lab procedures, i.e. for assessments or lab classes, or for biological theory, but also in Arts contexts i.e. to show the relationships between characters in a play or events in history.
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes! Usually in teaching (primary science) to show how ideas are related, i.e. biology as above, in doing my own fiction/play writing, and to talk about complex social situations or arrangements with friends.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Trying to increase left-to-right or clockwise reading in threads or loops, because that's the way Western readers are taught to read.Balance situations where two or more options came from one node, i.e. connect each new node on the same plane (not one above, one under, one to the right of, but all to the right on three different levels)A small amount of aesthetic change, because I think curved corners are nicer than sharp ones.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Not a command or tool as such, but some sort of indication about how the nodes were linked would have been useful! i.e. a graph showing a linear or time or stepwise progression through nodes is useful for different concepts than a radial one.
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Respondent: 5c2bb -- 4 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes, to some extent (only fairly simplistic diagrams without too many different variables)
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes: just general teenage magazine quizzes (answer yes/no to get to next box)
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
no
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Simple, straight lines to indicate direct relationships between two items. Also, aligning nodes so they match up (with an imaginary ruler)
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
No. The instructions were clear, and the tools available were sufficient and quite easy to use.
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Respondent: 7704d -- 8 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes.
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
University level studies
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Mostly I was trying to make the links as clear as possible, and then achieve some kind of overall shape. Towards the end I began to focus more on the aesthetics rather than just the practicalities.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
No, I felt that that was perfect.
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Respondent: 78d30 -- 26 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
i frequently read them as part of work/study/life interests.
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
yes. to present info in reports for education and work purposes.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
symmetry.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Without knowing the actual semantic meaning trying to be conveyed, it was impossible to know whether or not the chart flowed correctly. Bit silly not knowing the starting point. Does one item result in 2 possibilities, or are they a sequence of 3 items? No arrows, so no way to tell. The result is just a bunch of boxes and lines without truly displaying a relationship between them. A grid background or movable rulers would have helped with symmetry.
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Respondent: 7c160 -- 23 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes - reporting how a scientific study was carried out
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes - to report how I carried out a study, or how I selected/excluded volunteers from participation in study
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
To keep the diagrams as simple as possible. Fewer over laps with lines and clear connections between boxes.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Creating new boxes and editing box sizes
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Respondent: 8e814 -- 1 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Sure
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
They are used often to explain and understand processes.
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Sure to explain a process.
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Get rid of as many bumps and overlaps as possible. Showing a more direct path.
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Nope
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Respondent: a1336 -- 1 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes, school and university studies
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
No
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Clean
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Make the boxes bigger or smaller
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Respondent: bf055 -- 4 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
Yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
Yes - explanatory information for demonstrating multiple connections
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
Yes - on butcher paper for a project team. To identify the multiple ways one customer can be an advocate for a company
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
Uncrossed lines, hierarchy of levels, right angles
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
Circles - there is no ability to draw arcs, which is why I tried to make right-angles diagrams. Arcs are more beautiful (and can probably show a cascading effect more than hierarchical boxes)
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Respondent: ede7d -- 1 votes
Are you familiar with "node-link diagrams"?
yes
Have you ever used a node-link diagram created by someone else? Under what circumstances?
i have used node-link diagram in microsoft powerpoint for a uni assignment
Have you ever created a node-link diagram in order to convey information to others? Under what circumstances?
yes, for a university assignment to communicate my design concept and process
Please describe in your own words what your goals were when you were trying to improve the layout of a diagram.
trying to keep it simple and easy to read by trying to keep the lines straight whenever possible
Is there anything you wished you could do when editing graphs, which would have made your job easier? A command or tool that you felt was missing?
overall it was pretty easy to understand and edit the layout.
