Robert Starinsky — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:52:22 GMT

I have successfully used a product called allCLEAR for about 20 years now (first the DOS and now the Windows version) for most of my charting needs. allCLEAR works off of short sentences, like an outline structure—no need to draw anything, simply cut and paste the sentences into the diagrammer and a diagram is instantly created. It’s a great tool for work breakdown structures, flow diagrams, site maps and process flows.

I should add that I’m an avid user of NetObjects Fusion, which bases all web page development off the site map. While I’m forced to used FrontPage to maintain one site, for all the others I’ve maintained/created, Fusion is my tool of choice with City Desk a close second, noting that City Desk is a more robust content manager, so it’s great for frequenty updated areas of a site, such as press releases, blogs, etc. while Fusion allows more creativity in site navigation without coding. So if you prefer to code/must code, perhaps Fusion is a good tool to use simply for prototyping the navigation of a site with a user community.

Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Robert Starinsky