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Wouldn't it look more readable if the connectors are straight lines with 90 degree bends instead of curves (like a neatly laid out circuit or wire diagram or tube network).

The current version is artsy. Thanks for sharing this though. Looks very cool.

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I am not sure it would although that was also my first thought.

The problem with the 90 degrees bends might be that they might look too similar and you end up a spaghetti monster where it's hard to see what line leads to were.

I need to look into this a little more.

That's how I felt with the 90 degrees bends.

However, you have the choice to draw it your own way. https://github.com/twitter/labella.js/blob/master/docs/Rende...

renderer.getWaypoints(node) will give you the positions on the route and you can draw the connector as you like.

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