MindRaider?
Started by dan7000
on 4/3/2009
dan7000
4/3/2009 4:05 pm
Anyone seen this product? http://lifehacker.com/5196363/mindraider-organizes-and-visualizes-any-note-style
GeorgeB
4/4/2009 4:35 am
I just fired it up on Ubuntu Linux. It looks neat. Thank you for the heads up. gB
Tom S.
4/4/2009 5:06 pm
Dan,
I downloaded it and gave it a quick try. It's not very intuitive and its pretty busy. It didn't feel very good. Instinctively I saw some power there but I honestly was left asking the question, "How the hell am I going to use this thing?"
Having said that, I note this from the article you cited:
http://lifehacker.com/5196363/mindraider-organizes-and-visualizes-any-note-style
"Honestly? It's an application that would take more than just a glance and quick twiddle with to get comfortable and productive in. That sounds like a deal-breaker to most idealistic productivity minds, of course, but it looks like MindRaider can be pretty powerful, once you get your system rolling with it."
What I gave it was the equivalent of "a glance and a quick twiddle". So maybe I missed the boat.
Tom S.
I downloaded it and gave it a quick try. It's not very intuitive and its pretty busy. It didn't feel very good. Instinctively I saw some power there but I honestly was left asking the question, "How the hell am I going to use this thing?"
Having said that, I note this from the article you cited:
http://lifehacker.com/5196363/mindraider-organizes-and-visualizes-any-note-style
"Honestly? It's an application that would take more than just a glance and quick twiddle with to get comfortable and productive in. That sounds like a deal-breaker to most idealistic productivity minds, of course, but it looks like MindRaider can be pretty powerful, once you get your system rolling with it."
What I gave it was the equivalent of "a glance and a quick twiddle". So maybe I missed the boat.
Tom S.
Steve
8/1/2011 12:08 pm
I stumbled upon Mindraider today at http://www.freedownloadaday.com/2011/07/28/high-powered-note-taking-and-outline-tool/
The download was 35 meg. 35 meg?! I'm not going to install it.
The download was 35 meg. 35 meg?! I'm not going to install it.
jimspoon
8/4/2011 6:26 pm
shatteredmindofbob
8/5/2011 6:59 am
...seems it was last updated in 2009
jimspoon
8/5/2011 7:27 am
the "changes' link shows a version 7.7 from 12/2010 but the version I downloaded was 7.6 from 2009. Either way not very encouraging.
Slartibartfarst
8/5/2011 8:06 am
*@jimspoon:*
jimspoon wrote:
I recently trialled MindRaider and could only get the old v7.6 (2009), despite what the "changes" link said.
Anyway, I tried out that version of MR out but found it somewhat dated and it did not meet my peculiar requirements. Still seeking a better PIM, having stopped upgrading Info Select at version 8.
Apologies if I have not got this post formatted correctly. It is my first post on this forum, though I have had the forum in my feed aggregator (Google reader) for some time. (I rarely actually visit the forum itself.)
jimspoon wrote:
the "changes' link shows a version 7.7 from 12/2010 but the version I downloaded was
7.6 from 2009. Either way not very encouraging.
I recently trialled MindRaider and could only get the old v7.6 (2009), despite what the "changes" link said.
Anyway, I tried out that version of MR out but found it somewhat dated and it did not meet my peculiar requirements. Still seeking a better PIM, having stopped upgrading Info Select at version 8.
Apologies if I have not got this post formatted correctly. It is my first post on this forum, though I have had the forum in my feed aggregator (Google reader) for some time. (I rarely actually visit the forum itself.)
jimspoon
8/5/2011 2:37 pm
Hi Slartibartfarst - thanks for posting. I also follow this forum via Google Reader, but jump from GR to the forum all the time. It's my favorite online forum. I'll give Mindraider a spin but am sure I'll end up drawing the same conclusion you did.