New Mindmanager version - Windows only

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Posted by Marcos D.
Sep 27, 2017 at 03:03 PM

Mindjet has just released a new version (18) of Mindmanager for Windows and what do they have for Mac users? Not a “new” version but just a “New!” stamp on top of their web page (https://www.mindjet.com/mindmanager-mac/).
I went to check my Mindmanager version and it is still 10.6.113 - no updates available.

Posted by Lucas
Sep 27, 2017 at 04:37 PM

Thanks for heads up. The new filtering feature in the 2018 version for Windows looks nifty.

Posted by Paul Korm
Sep 27, 2017 at 06:21 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I upgrade MindManager every year on Windows—it’s worth the money.

But, man, the annual chore of navigating through their thicket of web sites to try to buy an upgrade. Excellent product. Lousy web presence.

(I gave up years ago on their fiction that someday they will equalize Mac and Windows products—I stick to Windows.)

Marcos D. wrote:
Mindjet has just released a new version (18) of Mindmanager for Windows
>and what do they have for Mac users? Not a “new” version but just a
>“New!” stamp on top of their web page
>(https://www.mindjet.com/mindmanager-mac/).
>I went to check my Mindmanager version and it is still 10.6.113 - no
>updates available.

Posted by Andy Brice
Sep 27, 2017 at 07:38 PM

I wonder why they don’t release them in sync. Are they built on substantially different source code bases? If so, that seems a poor decision when there are a number of pretty good cross-platform development frameworks (Qt for example).

Posted by Paul Korm
Sep 27, 2017 at 07:56 PM

The product has been evolving since 1998. I don’t recall how long the Mac version has been out, but it’s probably no more than half that time frame. The Mac version has never had a comparable feature set to the Windows version—at least not in the 12 years I’ve been using the products. One of the reasons I put a Windows VM on my Mac is to access the “real” version of MindManager.

So, yes, there are good ways to do cross-platform development if you are starting now—but I imagine there is a lot of cruft and embedded code that in Corel’s opinion isn’t worth the investment. (Corel bought MindJet last year.)

Andy Brice wrote:
I wonder why they don’t release them in sync. Are they built on
>substantially different source code bases? If so, that seems a poor
>decision when there are a number of pretty good cross-platform
>development frameworks (Qt for example).

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