Have a look at Trace Modeler
Have a look at Trace Modeler, it's a UML tool that's actually easy to use and smart about its domain - sequence diagrams.
http://www.tracemodeler.com
It even has two refactorings, split activation and inline call ;o)
Plus it does all layout automatically so you can focus on the content.
It's really fast for editing, simply drag & drop an activation and it will reconnect and move everything around it so the diagram remains correct and pretty.
There's a 30 sec demo that shows you how it works at
http://www.tracemodeler.com/download/index.html
IMHO, most uml tool vendors focus too much on providing an exhaustive features set and forget all about basic usability.
That's why I created Trace Modeler. I does only sequence diagrams, but it does it very good.