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Posted by Graham Smith
Oct 20, 2006 at 06:59 AM
Wes
>Which brings me to MindManager. It seems to fit me
>better than any other mind mapping tool I’ve evaluated. The keystrokes for adding
>nodes to the map are intuitive: enter for a sibling and insert for a child - just like AO,
>which I’ve been using forever. It creates beautiful maps. I may end up purchasing it
>this time.
Have you tried Mind Genius? http://www.mindgenius.com/
This is more felxible than Mind Manager and has several useful features where you can change the focus of the map to make a sub-topic the centre, a wider range of layouts giving it some diagramming options, and a nicely integrated outline and note facility.
I bought a copy only a few weeks after buying Mind Manager. However, it requires activation and is locked to the one PC, as I work on three different PCs (not at the same time) extending the license to let me use it properly was just too much money. But otherwise, well worth a look before taking the plunge and paying for Mind Manager
Graham
Posted by Wes Perdue
Oct 20, 2006 at 07:31 AM
Graham Smith wrote:
>Wes
>
>Have you tried Mind Genius? http://www.mindgenius.com/
>
>This is more
>felxible than Mind Manager and has several useful features where you can change the
>focus of the map to make a sub-topic the centre, a wider range of layouts giving it some
>diagramming options, and a nicely integrated outline and note facility.
>
>I bought a
>copy only a few weeks after buying Mind Manager. However, it requires activation and
>is locked to the one PC, as I work on three different PCs (not at the same time) extending
>the license to let me use it properly was just too much money. But otherwise, well worth
>a look before taking the plunge and paying for Mind Manager
>
>Graham
Not yet; thanks for the advice. I’m downloading it now, and will evaluate it.
Thanks!
- Wes
Posted by Graham Smith
Oct 20, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Wes
>>Have you tried Mind Genius?
>http://www.mindgenius.com/
>
>Not yet; thanks for
>the advice. I’m downloading it now, and will evaluate it.
I look forward to hearing how you get on.
Graham
Posted by Graham Smith
Oct 27, 2006 at 12:38 PM
>Any one got suggestions of what else I should look at.
Well, after a very non-scientific review of what I aready have and what else is available, I think I have decided to just stick with Mind Manager. In the end, although I liked aspects of all the programs I tried they also all had things wrong with them.
One issue seemed to be the difficulty of moving maps between programs, for example Visimap was the best for rapid mind mapping, but I couldn’t get it out of Visimap and into something else for further work. The tabbed outline export didn’t actually produce a tabbed outline.
It may be that I if I spent more time on understanding the nuances of each program, some of my issues might be resolved. But nothing struck me as being so much better than the programs I have, to make me want to invest the time or money on an alternative.
Graham
Posted by Wes Perdue
Dec 21, 2006 at 05:30 PM
Graham Smith wrote:
>Have you tried Mind Genius? http://www.mindgenius.com/
>
>This is more
>felxible than Mind Manager and has several useful features where you can change the
>focus of the map to make a sub-topic the centre, a wider range of layouts giving it some
>diagramming options, and a nicely integrated outline and note facility.
>
>I bought a
>copy only a few weeks after buying Mind Manager. However, it requires activation and
>is locked to the one PC, as I work on three different PCs (not at the same time) extending
>the license to let me use it properly was just too much money. But otherwise, well worth
>a look before taking the plunge and paying for Mind Manager
>
>Graham
I did try MindGenius, and I found I really liked it. I got busy with work, and ended up letting the trials on both (Mind Manager and MindGenius) run out. I ended up receiving a trial extension from Gael, and started using it on a complicated phase of a project I’m working on. I quickly fell in love with it, and registered it.
The most impressive feature to me right now is the Map Explorer. I love how it hoists the mind map, so you can focus on one part of your map and still see the overall map structure. I still feel it has a number of rough edges; I intend to compile a list and send it to Gael. I also think it has many more features than I’m currently aware of; I look forward to finding them in the next year, once this project I’m on settles down a bit.
Graham, thanks again for pointing me in this direction!
Regards,
Wes