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Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Jan 15, 2008 at 07:22 PM

This looks like it could be an appealing application, although it probably requires too much visuo-spatial virtuosity than I can muster. Has anyone had any experience with it?

http://www.i2brain.com/en_index.php

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 15, 2008 at 08:43 PM

This does indeed look like an interesting piece of software. My CRIMP genes are engaged.
My initial reaction, however, is that the application for i2Brain is somewhat limited. Yes, it can help you brainstorm an essay or writing project, but you can’t actually use it to build your project. It doesn’t appear that each of its “items” is really designed to hold much text. You could plan a project with i2Brain, but I doubt you could manage a project with it for the same reasons—not a viable recepticle for lots of information.

If it cost $30, I would probably buy it for the mere CRIMPiness of it, but at $70 it has to do more for me than be an upfront engine.

Still, I’m going to install the demo and give it a whirl. I’m disappointed to see how limited the demo version is. I doubt it gives one much of an opportunity to really see the power of this program in action—why do developers do this?

Steve Z.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM

The ability to switch from mind map to table form, based on some attribute, is very useful. Indeed, if there’s one thing I would look for in ‘visual info mapping’ software, it would be the ability to provide various views of the same information, depending on the use.

Alas, none seem to cater for all possibilities yet, not even the most useful ones. Here are the views provided as far as I know:

Mind Genius: mind map, outline, hierarchical chart
Mind Manager: mind map, outline and Gantt (with the JVC Gantt Pro plug-in)
OpenMind: mind map, Gantt, timeline
i2brain: mind map, table
Xmind (pro): mind map, table, fishbone, hierarchical chart (though I am uncertain whether they are different views of the same data or have to be re-drawn from scratch), concept map
Axxon Ideas Processor: probably the most versatile of all but I have been reluctant to try it out; maybe I should.

I’m sure there’s others that I’ve missed, but I hope you get the point.

alx

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