For the styling we can't really compete with the visual tools. In Mermaid we have lots of things we can do in that area to make it better though. Both improving the default styling and handling some common use-cases. We could for instance simplify the highlighting of one specific node in a flowchart/class diagram. You can do it right now ofc but you have to make the style/class yourself.
One should be also be aware though that there is a time trap using styling in the visual tools. I spent lots of time making fiddling with styling of boxes in Visio. :)
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Creator of Mermaid and founder of Mermaid Chart
For the styling we can't really compete with the visual tools. In Mermaid we have lots of things we can do in that area to make it better though. Both improving the default styling and handling some common use-cases. We could for instance simplify the highlighting of one specific node in a flowchart/class diagram. You can do it right now ofc but you have to make the style/class yourself.
One should be also be aware though that there is a time trap using styling in the visual tools. I spent lots of time making fiddling with styling of boxes in Visio. :)
--- Creator of Mermaid and founder of Mermaid Chart