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Posted by OutlinerBill
May 16, 2012 at 01:53 AM
I’m really enjoying many of the posts that I’m discoverng on this site! Thank you.
I thought some of you iPad users might find this fairly new app of interest. It’s by the same people who make the windows version of Inspiration - also a mindmap/outlining tool. One thing I like about both, is that you’re not limited to just hierarchical mindmaps. You can also create non-hierarchical concept maps as well, complete with links that can be labeled, creating clusters of triplets like: Node1 ‘Includes’ (or ‘Is A’, ‘Causes’, or any other lnk label) Node2.
I really like their windows product and waited in anticipation for it to be ported to the iPad. It’s great except (for me) it has two major flaws. 1: It doesn’t seem to import, which would have been a great feature for me to input already created mindmaps for further elaboration, and 2: it doesn’t work with their windows product (?!?).
Still, it is compellng and useful as a stand-alone… even if isolated.
You can download a free ‘lite’ version here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspiration-maps-lite/id510031612?mt=8&uo=4
The full app is here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspiration-maps/id510173686?mt=8&uo=4
Bill
PS: just reread my post and it sounds a little markety. Sorry about that. I don’t work for, or get commission or anything from them. Just love these types of tools :-)
Posted by MadaboutDana
May 18, 2012 at 10:01 PM
You’re right, Inspiration is/was a wonderful application on Windows (and Mac). But I’m most disappointed that the iOS app isn’t desktop-compatible - seems a weird decision. I’ve still acquired it, of course, because it’ll probably evolve (as such a lot on iOS seems to do - the most awkward apps are sometimes transformed into truly amazing works of art). Also very good on iOS (not least because it’s free, while the desktop version is ridiculously expensive) is the Mindjet client for MindManager. And remember, other applications can handle MindManager documents on the Windows desktop (e.g. the very impressive open-source XMind).
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Dr Andus
May 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM
I’ve recently downloaded Inspiration 9 for the n-th time and while it’s got a lot of worthy features for some reason the fonts look awful on my screen and I just can’t bring myself to shelling out money for something that’s so hard on my eyes. Someone else mentioned that here as well before. If they’re selling this software to kids, I would expect them to look after their eyes even more than any other software maker…
Posted by Cassius
May 19, 2012 at 06:31 AM
I’m surprised. I’ve used Inspiration for many years with no font trouble. I normally use Times New Roman with a font size of 12. Have you tried changing the font size using the “mountain” icons in the lower left corner above the box with the font name? Good luck!
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Dr Andus wrote:
>I’ve recently downloaded Inspiration 9 for the n-th time and while it’s got a lot of
>worthy features for some reason the fonts look awful on my screen and I just can’t bring
>myself to shelling out money for something that’s so hard on my eyes. Someone else
>mentioned that here as well before. If they’re selling this software to kids, I would
>expect them to look after their eyes even more than any other software maker…
Posted by Dr Andus
May 19, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Cassius wrote:
>I’m surprised. I’ve used Inspiration for many years with no font trouble. I normally
>use Times New Roman with a font size of 12. Have you tried changing the font size using
>the “mountain” icons in the lower left corner above the box with the font name? Good
>luck!
It could be that my two monitors are too ancient but I don’t have this problem with any other software. Basically the font is all fuzzy and I have to zoom in (with the mountain) massively before the edges start becoming sharp.