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41 points ttd | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.208s | source

This is a recent addition to Vexlio which I think the HN crowd may find interesting or useful.

TL;DR: easy creation of interactive diagrams, meaning diagrams that have mouse click/hover hooks that you can use to display pop-up content. The end result can be shared with a no-sign-in-required web link.

My thought is that this is useful for system docs, onboarding or user guides, presentations, etc. Anything where there is a high-level view that should remain uncluttered + important metadata or details that still need to be available somewhere.

You can try it out without signing up for anything, just launch the app here (https://app.vexlio.com/), create a shape, select it with the main pointer tool and then click "Add popup" on the context toolbar.

I'd be grateful for any and all feedback!

1. zkmon ◴[] No.45679195[source]
To be honest, I find any dynamic or interactive changes to technical diagrams as distracting. For me the benefit of pouring more info via dynamic popups or animations is lost due to lack of static info that can scanned back and forth while I try to understand the thing, just by looking at it. I need the diagram to stay static and not force my way of understanding to fit into the interactions or animations.