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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 11, 2008 at 12:31 PM
The new MindManager has taken some interesting steps towards integration with, well, just about everything but the kitchen sink. Take a look: http://www.mindjet.com/products/mindmanager/
Brainstorm’s David Tebbutt has written a short commentary putting some of MM’s new features into perspective: http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/11/mind-mapping-comes-in-from-the-cold/
Alexander
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 11, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Not to change the subject, but I noticed in David’s article that he mentions handing off Brainstorm to an American Company… That’s an interesting bit of news. I wonder if it is good news for Brainstorm users or bad.
Steve Z.
Posted by David Tebbutt
Nov 11, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Hi Alexander and Steve,
We’ve not said anything officially yet. In fact I probably shouldn’t have ‘gone public’ but I figured no-one would notice.
Didn’t account for Mr Hawkeye Deliyannis.
Yes it’s true. Alexander has had some contact with the person involved. I can’t make any promises on the man’s behalf but he has a number of things going for him: a) a passion for BrainStorm that exceeds anything I’ve experienced myself, b) a couple of years of developing a most astonishing extension of the BrainStorm Java Viewer, c) he’s quite a few years younger than me and d) he wants to take BrainStorm forward.
They all seem like pretty good signs to me. More as it unfolds. (We’ve done the deal and we’re in ‘handover’ mode at the moment.)
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 12, 2008 at 02:43 AM
Thank you for the reply, David…. I didn’t know that you even kept an eye on this site. I’m sure this must be both a relief and a sadness for you and Marck. I assume, however, that it is ultimately good for you and will result in further improvements in an already stellar product.
Steve
Posted by Chris Thompson
Nov 12, 2008 at 08:35 AM
I really like the filtering in MindManager 8. Combined with MM’s automatic/enforced layout algorithms (so when you filter it preserves the general shape and relationship of nodes that remain, up to the root), it’s a surprisingly interesting tool. My only beef is that in general the program is a tad too slow on large maps with complicated layouts.
—Chris