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MindNode as outliner
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Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 26, 2016 at 10:01 PM
Hm, well, reinforcing somebody else’s (sorry, can’t remember whose, off hand) point about using mindmappers as outliners, the developers of MindNode have just released updated MacOS and iOS versions that support tasks and Reminders. And export OPML files.
MindNode is one of the better mindmapping apps out there, so…
I’m just going to have to take a look… sorry!
Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 27, 2016 at 01:48 AM
Many mind mapping apps have outline panels. (I’m a sucker for these things.) All of these are OS X:
MindNode has one of the better panels supporting folding, and keyboard shortcuts for indent/outdent, move up/move down in the hierarchy. The panel sits at the side of the map and it is easy to mistakenly move the focus from one panel to the other, so you mind find yourself reaching for the mouse frequently.
MindJet also has a good outline panel—when it has the focus it hides the map. The outline supports folder, and shortcuts for indent/outdent, move up/down. Can also add callouts (footnotes) and new “central topics”
Mind 7 displays an “outline” but it is not a panel for entering text.
iThoughtsX does not have an outline panel
iMindMap 9 has an “outline” panel but it is barely functional.
NovaMind 5 has an outline panel that has odd keyboard commands. It supports folding and indent/outdent but not move up/down as far as I can tell.
FreeMind has no outline panel but it does have very good keyboard shortcuts for navigating, folding, moving nodes
ConceptDraw Mindmap has an outline panel with indent/outdent—anything else requires taking hands off the keyboard
Inspiration 9 has a lovely outliner with idiosyncratic shortcuts that take a while to get used to. Folding, indent/outdent, move up/move down (called flip up/flip down for some reason). Inspiration creates “diagrams” and “maps” which are separate document times—each of these support an outline viewed in its own panel (with the diagram or map hidden).
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 27, 2016 at 07:53 AM
Paul Korm wrote:
>FreeMind has no outline panel but it does have very good keyboard
>shortcuts for navigating, folding, moving nodes
I haven’t tried FreeMind in a very long time, as I’ve switched to the Freeplane fork, but in Freeplane it’s possible to choose an outline view.
It is also possible to assign a “tick” icon to a keyboard shortcut and thus mark nodes as “done” very quickly (and another shortcut to untick).
Speaking of Freeplane, it looks like there is a new version (1.5) in the works (haven’t tried it yet, just watched the video). More on that here:
“Jonas Batista Freeplane Version Announcement”
“It has new options of creating mind maps with high homogenity and symmetry which should make it easier to read them for learning and knowledge representation.”
http://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/b5ad5263/
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jan 27, 2016 at 08:51 AM
Just an addition:
Xmind has an outline pane, too. But only the Pro edition.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 27, 2016 at 02:42 PM
Yes, when I typed “Mind 7” I meant “XMind 7 Pro”—it does have an outline pane but that pane is not for entering new topics—it is limited to changing topic names and folding.
Franz Grieser wrote:
Just an addition:
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>Xmind has an outline pane, too. But only the Pro edition.