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Posted by NW
Mar 17, 2007 at 04:31 PM
For those of you with deep pockets, there is ResultsManager which is an add-in for Mindmanager that gives added functionality esp if you like the GTD methodology. I had ruled MindManager out of the equation on cost and only purchased it when I started some part-time study and qualified for academic discount.
I’ve been participating in the PB4 beta and it has been adding a few nice features which are transforming it from interesting to useable. No word on price though yet, so I’m not sure how much of a premium all the extras will cost.
On IdeaMason, I don’t think it is fair to state that it can’t fulfil you needs just because it only costs $79. It is a capable program, but was bit too slow on my ageing computer for my liking. I think is may also work best if you’ve got plenty of screen real estate to play with to have a couple of the windows open side by side.
After having tried many of the programs mentioned on this forum, I’m sticking with OneNote 2007 for my information management needs. Strange how I’ve come to use an application that is the digital equivalent of a paper notebook. The only negative about OneNote is the pricing policy with no “Upgrade from OneNote 2003” price available, I have to fork out the full cost of the application all over again when my trial runs out at the end of the month.
Nigel
Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Mar 17, 2007 at 08:53 PM
NW wrote:
>On IdeaMason, I don’t think it is fair to state that
>it can’t fulfil you needs just because it only costs $79. It is a capable program, but
>was bit too slow on my ageing computer for my liking. I think is may also work best if
>you’ve got plenty of screen real estate to play with to have a couple of the windows open
>side by side.
What about its outlining functionality. Seemed decidedly incapable to me.
Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Mar 17, 2007 at 09:04 PM
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Is there something about the complexity of creating mind map programs that leads to
>them being so epensive?
All I can figure is that they are marketed to corporations. Products for corporate use (and even more so for lawyers) always seem overpriced.
>
>A few years ago I bought VisualMind 7—it was the worst
>software investment I ever made.
Was I responsible for this bad decision? I didn’t find it grossly unstable. A conflict with WindowBlinds that he developer denies exists would cause constant crashing if you apply it to VM. I have been dissatisfied the the development path, with is now emphasizing group use. The developer is very polite but one of the most unresponsive I have come across. When still at 7 (a version 9 beta has just been released), the developer agreed that he Notes Pane was way underdeveloped and that it should at least be possible to set a different default font. This remains true of the version 9 beta. When I asked whether they would consider adding default configurability for the notes pane before the final release, the developer as usual thanked me for my suggestion. I would be most surprised if it were included.
I now use Visi-Mind, which has excellent support and stability, but the features probably would not suit you. I like Visi-Mind _for_ some of its defects. The unpolished appearance helps keep my concentration on content. I think of the mind-mapping programs, with the possible exception of MindManager, Visi-Map is the most suited to serious work of the better known programs.
I don’t know if you’ll trust my recommendation this time around after VisualMind, and this isn’t exactly a recommendation, because I have only read about the program and downloaded it briefly—but you might check out a program called MINDMAPPER. It has more frills than Visi-Mind, is fairly innovative with database like features, and is less expensive than the big players, although not cheap.
>
>Nice program, when it wasn’t crashing.
>
>And it
>was always crashing.
>
>So when I do mind mapping I use FreeMind, which is certainly
>more stable than the over-priced VisualMind.
>
>Unfortunantely it is not able to to
>create the same variety of map formats.
>
>I wonder if there is a reasonably priced mind
>map program that offers the variety of a VisualMind or MindManager without the
>excessive cost?
>
>Daly
>
>Tom S. wrote:
>>
>>
>>Stephen R. Diamond
>wrote:
>>
>>>Personal
>>>Brain, which I have not yet tried,
>>aside—I think if I
>wanted to build a pim with mind
>>>navigation, I would look to Mind
>>Manager, plus
>investigate the applicable
>>>third-party add-ons, based on which a
>>veritable
>Mind Mgr subculture seems to be
>>>developing.
>>
>>This is true but Mind
>>Manager is
>quite a bit more expensive.
>>
>>I was very enthusiastic about Personal
>>Brain. But I
>soon started to butt heads with a flaw. You end up connecting an item to
>>quite a number
>of different characteristics (context, start date, due date,
>>project,
>personnel, etc…) When you think about it we link data with an awful lot of
>
>>characteristics. Before you know it there a a lot of them and keeping track of them
>with
>>all of those connecting lines can be a pain.
>>
>>Tom S.
Posted by Cassius
Mar 17, 2007 at 11:26 PM
I have never been a “visual” thinker and so have never used mind mapping. I have occasionally tlloed at a mind map screen shot, but all I’ve seen seem to be capable of being re-expressed as a left-pane outline. Am I missing something?
Posted by Cassius
Mar 18, 2007 at 07:16 AM
This is my previous post, hopefully with the gibberish removed.
I have never been a “visual” thinker and so have never used mind mapping. I have occasionally looked at a mind map screenshot, but each I’ve seen seems to be capable of being re-expressed as a left-pane outline (viz., as a hierarchal tree).. Am I missing something?