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Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 9, 2020 at 11:28 AM
>Wouldn’t think of HyperPlan for white boarding
The OP said he wanted to show notes with text attached. Hyper Plan can certainly do that. But it doesn’t attempt to do all the things that some other whiteboard software does. Also cards are positioned by properties or connections, there is no free layout (yet).
—and it as no web or
>iOS/iPadOS presence anyway.
It doesn’t. But that wasn’t mentioned in the original post (over 7 years ago!).
Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 9, 2020 at 12:23 PM
I get the passion. It’s your invention.
It’s nice software. My comment is my personal assessment. Wouldn’t think of HyperPlan for white boarding.
Andy Brice wrote:
>Wouldn’t think of HyperPlan for white boarding
>
>The OP said he wanted to show notes with text attached. Hyper Plan can
>certainly do that. But it doesn’t attempt to do all the things that some
>other whiteboard software does. Also cards are positioned by properties
>or connections, there is no free layout (yet).
>
>—and it as no web or
>>iOS/iPadOS presence anyway.
>
>It doesn’t. But that wasn’t mentioned in the original post (over 7 years
>ago!).
>
>Andy Brice
>http://www.hyperplan.com
>
>
Posted by Edu Nv
Mar 9, 2020 at 02:05 PM
I found out about HyperPlan by reading this thread and I have to say I find a lot of promise in content with structured, custom metadata that can be dynamically visualized.
If all I need is a whiteboard/canvas to draw and sketch I personally prefer to use an actual whiteboard. The OP mentioned he finds them inconvenient, and while it’s true that they are not a mobile solution, I find the dimensions of a large whiteboard (80-120 inches) unbeatable for sense-making. A digital screen equivalent would be much more expensive and generally less responsive. Being able to walk around the whiteboard and engage the body to navigate it spatially adds a lot of cognitive anchors that help me make sense of what I’m whiteboarding. Rocketbook Beacons digitize analogue whiteboard content if I need to archive it and I could even do good handwriting ocr with pen to print.
Besides portability, what good old whiteboards lack are infinite space and dynamic function. For (virtually) infinite space, Concepts is my favourite cross-platform infinite canvas app. It has a beautiful design and a solid performance. It also has layers, infinite undo, and other nice dynamic functions. Zoomnotes is a close second (mac and iOS only), which combines whiteboards with notebook paradigms, and I love that you can embedd and nest whiteboards and notebooks.
But what I’ve been missing from whiteboarding apps is the ability to add metadata to content to create a variety of structured views that can be dynamically updated. Tinderbox and Curio offer some filtering options, but I hadn’t seen anything like HyperPlan before. I see how its current features really fill a gap in existing software. Thought it would certainly be fantastic if it also allowed freely positioning content on a canvas! I’m downloading the trial version and will be exploring it this week.
Andy Brice wrote:
>cards are positioned by properties
>or connections, there is no free layout (yet).
>
Posted by washere
Mar 9, 2020 at 02:34 PM
I don’t use subscription based apps, for a variety of reasons. TreeSheets I linked on the last page is free-floating. It’s free but unfortunately he’s stopped his donation link after raising $2000 over a decade though you can email him to donate if you insist. He’s a nice guy, doing it for the love of it as a hobby. It has free floating, but a grid based system, which means limitations OR advantages. Depends on purpose at hand. It has a somewhat small learning curve, though not really. It’s power is in creating templates that can look like anything you can imagine, quite wonderful and unlimited potential. He’s still developing and updating it when he finds time.
If you like something which gives you free floating (layout) power like TreeSheets but goes beyond a grid system, you’re looking at mindmaps (mm) really. I’ve used the big few commercial ones which are not cheap. I’ve tried the few famous free open source ones. The best mm for me is SimpleMind.
# easy user interface to begin with basics mm features
# can learn more advanced features (like Photoshop) if needed
# regularly updated, not virtual abandonware, by the small Dutch team
# Outliner layout panel view available, yes it’s an Outliner too
# Outliner import: opml, also other import types, and export too
etc etc
Basically it’s the most friendly yet simple-to-whatever-advanced level you want mm I’ve used and I used and/or dozens. The interface is the best on any mm.
The above alone should mean one has to buy it now. However it gets better, it is also on Windows, Mac+iOS & Android. It works wonderfully well with Android be it a phone or chromebook. Though the features are not as huge on Mobile platforms Android/ios as the desktop versions Windows & Mac, which have many more features. But the Android pro version is dirt cheap, also a free Android version.
The files can be opened on any OSb version of their software. Or exported to other apps. It also has multi mm types and ready to go templates. Complete template control for colors, etc. I use black background with florescent colors for cells and links etc, dazzling yet let’s one work for hours with no strain on the eyes or on laptop battery.
I think everyone who uses mm on Windows, Mac, Android/iOS, is missing out if they don’t use it. They have free versions too. Plus trial versions of Pro. I would buy the pro version if it was ten times the current price! It is very cheap for what it does. In any case it’s cheap. It has other advantages too beyond a forum post or my time now.
And also the cheap price you pay for the Pro version: is not for upgrades for a year or current X.yyy version for a few years as with many software. It’s for free lifetime upgrades. And they update a lot regularly. And not just bug fixes, they keep adding features, small and big features. If you’re an Outliner fan, it means you’re creative in some way shape or form.
I’ve no affiliation with them, don’t even know the names of the few Dutch people behind it. They have a YouTube channel to for tuts. Beyond mindmaps or whiteboard use, this is the best brainstorming software I’ve used or tested and I’ve tested well over a thousand productivity software over a few decades.
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 9, 2020 at 02:49 PM
@Paul Korm
>It’s nice software. My comment is my personal assessment. Wouldn’t
>think of HyperPlan for white boarding.
That’s fine. Its not entirely clear to me exactly where the boundary is for what most people consider whiteboarding software.
@Edu Nv
>Thought it would certainly be fantastic if it also allowed freely positioning content on a canvas!
It is high on the wishlist for Hyper Plan v3.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com