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I've started doing diagrams for the JAAS book. My primary computer is a PowerBook, which came with OmniGraffle, so I started using that for UML diagrams. I then downloaded a trial of OmniGraffle Pro, which has better UML stencils and sorts of other wing-dings.

So far, I like it. It's not as clean as Together, but it's also about, what?, 60-100 times cheaper? ;> Also, it has a really good interface: you know, the standard Mac app interface where things just seem to make sense. It looks all-purty too.

I looked into getting Visio (for compatibility, etc.), but MS doesn't seem to have a Mac version. OmniGraffle will import/export to Visio XML (whatever that is), but until I see it actually work round-trip, I'm suspicious that it'd work too well. We'll see.

So, all that said, does anyone have recommendations for diagram tools on the Mac? Does anyone have experience using OmniGraffle?