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Posted by jaslar
Dec 23, 2013 at 04:57 AM
I just found this one, and find it quite intriguiging. Think of it as a multi-platform Freeplane.
It’s called MindMup. http://www.mindmup.com. It’s an open source, free, browser-based app. I’ve just put it through its paces on Windows, Ubuntu, my iPad, the Nexus tablet, and even my Android phone. The software tries to be “frictionless” and gets pretty close. That is, you go to the URL and just start using it - one of the lowest entries to a software platform I’ve seen. You can save files on Google Drive, Dropbox, or your local browser cache. While the screen display varies a bit with platform, it seems to preserve functions through touch screen menu options.
While it isn’t quite the powerhouse of iThoughtsHD, it’s price, speed, and elegance make it a pleasure to use.
I’m impressed. It doesn’t do hoisting, so it may not be quite the presentation tool I find Xmind good for. But for those of us looking for fast, clean, simple, cloud-based solutions, this is a fantastic fit for the tool chest. As always, I’ll be interested to hear what my colleagues here think of it. I get the basic mind map functions, but am still trying to figure out its uses for file management and notes.
For me, this one is a keeper.
Posted by jaslar
Dec 23, 2013 at 05:17 AM
The notes allow for a lot of formatting. What’s missing: search, and copy and paste from the mindmap to text. But the developers are actively soliciting votes on what should happen next. God, I love open source.
Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 2, 2014 at 11:11 AM
jaslar wrote:
I just found this one, and find it quite intriguiging. Think of it as a
>multi-platform Freeplane.
>It’s called MindMup. http://www.mindmup.com.
>For me, this one is a keeper.
jaslar - have you carried on using MindMup? I’ve started using it today on ChromeOS, and I’m also quite impressed. I’m trying to figure out what the catch is. They do have a premium service, MindMup Gold, but I don’t quite get it why anyone would want to use that, if you can save your mind maps on Google Drive or Dropbox anyway?
Or is the catch that you can only create mind maps in the free version up to 100kb size? I guess I haven’t hit that ceiling yet, so I don’t know how big a mind map that really is.
Posted by Wayne K
Apr 2, 2014 at 01:28 PM
I tried it out for about 15 minutes and worked through the menus and help files. Nice tool for quick mind mapping. It reminds me of Scapple.
I was puzzled by your comment that it has lots of formatting for notes. I presume you’re referring to attachments. I found virtually no formatting for the nodes themselves, which I thought was a bit of a shortcoming. You can change the fill color but can’t change the font (though you can zoom in if text is too small for you). You also can’t change font color, can’t underline, can’t bold. Nor can you control where it wraps text. It does it on its own and the text is center-justified and can’t be changed. You also can’t re-size the nodes, change the borders, or move the nodes (except from left side to right side).
Its strength is its simplicity and that’s quite valuable. You can jump in and use it immediately without having to wade through a help file. I like it.
Wayne
Posted by jaslar
Apr 4, 2014 at 06:44 PM
I used it almost every day for about a month. Then, as so often happens, I wandered off to text again. Workflowy seems to suit the projects I’m working on these days. Yes, the formatting was in the “attachment,” which is the node note. And I see that they have now added “Find.”
The Gold membership does seem to address power users - mainly offering larger files.
It still looks good, and seems to be getting better.