XMind

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Feb 1, 2008 at 05:58 AM

I commented on this feature here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/3290 regretting the fact that each mind map program seems to offer an extra way of looking at your data, but none offers all the posssible ways. The 2D chart for me is quite similar to the table view in i2brain, and similarly useful for project management, much as the timeline in OpenMind which, however, has no table view etc etc etc.

alx

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Regading XMind, one of the map styles I find especially intriguing is the “2D Chart.”
>Essentially it turns your map or section of the map into a table. I haven’t seen this on
>other mind mappers, although I haven’t investigated them too heavily. The 2D chart is
>a wonderful way to view data after you’ve captured it. The program goes further. You
>can add labels to each item… So, for instance, you might put together a project plan
>broken down into stages and tasks within those stages. You can then label the project
>tasks by who is assigned to them. When you go to 2D mode, the table adds columns
>representing the labels, so you would be able to see tasks by stage and by who is
>assigned to do them in the table. Very handy. Do other mind mappers do this kind of
>“map?”