Software for creating writing project dashboard with links to files

Posted by Dr Andus
May 31, 2013 at 10:40 AM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>You are describing TheBrain almost perfectly. You should really give it
>a try. I use it much the way you are describing as a dashboard for my
>office work. The only slight issue you might have with it is that the
>“outline” view is a little lightweight.

Steve, thanks for the suggestion. I’ve tried TheBrain repeatedly over the years but somehow I never figured out what I could use it for. It hasn’t occurred to me to use it as a dashboard.

If I remember correctly, my problem with TheBrain was that individual items can’t be permanently pinned to a board. When you click on an item, all the related items dynamically rearrange themselves on the screen, which I find problematic because I want to remember the spatial co-ordinates of where things are.

The advantage of TheBrain over a standard mind mapper seems to be that it can zoom (hoist). However, what I like about Freeplane is that one can have a one-page total overview of a mind map when it’s unfolded, which doesn’t seem to be possible with TheBrain.

Is there such a thing as a zoomable/hoistable standard mind map? I’d love it if Freeplane would work like WorkFlowy, so that by clicking or double-clicking on a node you zoom into that branch but still have breadcrumbs to go back home in one go or gradually.