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Posted by Amontillado
May 21, 2022 at 08:09 PM
I’m not a Windows user these days. But if I were, I’d check this out if for no other reason than a positive feeling about the developer.
FastMindMap, apparently formerly known as MindVisualizer.
https://fastmindmap.innovationgear.com
Any thoughts from the court?
Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 21, 2022 at 09:13 PM
Hi Amontillado:
To be honest, I have not thought much about mind mapping programs for a while. I do have MindDomo, and have enjoyed using it in the past, but it is not part of my process now, as I grapple with trying to get going on Obsidian.
Your question got me thinking, so I went to the FastMindMap site. As I looked at it, I began to wonder whether I need to think again about mind mapping.
My first response was more aesthetic than anything else. The program has a dated design, and it reminded me of why I am not turned on by the program designs I see on a lot of software today. I like FastMindMap’s visual presence.
And then I looked at the features, and mind map examples (I wish there had been more examples), and I generally liked what I saw - enough that I will probably download the 14-day free trial. incidentally, the buy page offers the “basic edition”.so naturally I wonder if there is an advanced edition, or if one is planned. If the answer to those questions is no, I wonder why the reference to a “basic edition”?
I don’t see that there’s an Android version. I work sometimes on my phone and/or Samsung tablet, and I think I might miss the convenience of being able to do that if I decide to use FastMindMap.
Amontillado, I am curious about what you said of having “a positive feeling about the developer”. Is that because of the way the site presents FastMindMap, or do you know the developer? The site itself, including the comments from users, leaves me with a positive feeling, and that reflects on the developer.
Thanks for mentioning FastMindMap.
Daly
Amontillado wrote:
I’m not a Windows user these days. But if I were, I’d check this out if
>for no other reason than a positive feeling about the developer.
>
>FastMindMap, apparently formerly known as MindVisualizer.
>
>https://fastmindmap.innovationgear.com
>
>Any thoughts from the court?
Posted by Amontillado
May 21, 2022 at 11:38 PM
Daly de Gagne wrote:
Hi Amontillado:
>
>Amontillado, I am curious about what you said of having “a positive
>feeling about the developer”. Is that because of the way the site
>presents FastMindMap, or do you know the developer? The site itself,
>including the comments from users, leaves me with a positive feeling,
>and that reflects on the developer.
>
>Thanks for mentioning FastMindMap.
>
>Daly
>
The developer is Edwin Yip of DocxManager.
When he first released his Word enhancement, he had pretty serious problems. I think the biggest was tied to underlying changes in Word.
He sent email to every purchaser offering a full refund. I thought that was a pretty stand-up thing to do.
I don’t know Yip beyond the contact I had with him in those early days of his Word add-on.
I declined his refund, opting to wait for Yip to re-invent his product. As it turned out, I migrated away from Windows and Word, but I’m glad I didn’t get the refund. If the product had initial flaws, the effort was worth supporting.
As for mind mapping, it’s a useful brainstorming technique and I think there are features that would make mind mapping a killer technique.
Imagine a cross between The Brain, Tinderbox, and a mind map. There’s the map, nodes with attachments and notes, and if you click on a node it becomes the new main node. If you want, you can make any node link to the main node of a deeper map, which would be a little like folding.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 22, 2022 at 01:59 AM
Thanks Amontillado:
Enough said! I have a lot of respect for Edwin Yip, and the way he persevered with DocumentXManager! I am glad he is the developer.
As I said, I like both the written description he provides for FastMindMap, as well as the GUI (which I very much like). I will download FastMindMap, and I hope others do also.
Amontillado wrote:
>
>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Hi Amontillado:
>>
>>Amontillado, I am curious about what you said of having “a positive
>>feeling about the developer”. Is that because of the way the site
>>presents FastMindMap, or do you know the developer? The site itself,
>>including the comments from users, leaves me with a positive feeling,
>>and that reflects on the developer.
>>
>>Thanks for mentioning FastMindMap.
>>
>>Daly
>>
>
>The developer is Edwin Yip of DocxManager.
>
>When he first released his Word enhancement, he had pretty serious
>problems. I think the biggest was tied to underlying changes in Word.
>
>He sent email to every purchaser offering a full refund. I thought that
>was a pretty stand-up thing to do.
>
>I don’t know Yip beyond the contact I had with him in those early days
>of his Word add-on.
>
>I declined his refund, opting to wait for Yip to re-invent his product.
>As it turned out, I migrated away from Windows and Word, but I’m glad I
>didn’t get the refund. If the product had initial flaws, the effort was
>worth supporting.
>
>As for mind mapping, it’s a useful brainstorming technique and I think
>there are features that would make mind mapping a killer technique.
>
>Imagine a cross between The Brain, Tinderbox, and a mind map. There’s
>the map, nodes with attachments and notes, and if you click on a node it
>becomes the new main node. If you want, you can make any node link to
>the main node of a deeper map, which would be a little like folding.
>
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 23, 2022 at 10:35 AM
Mind maps or, more generally, diagrams need to be able to add context to be helpful to me. That is, they need to allow annotating or labeling the links, and they need to provide the ability to move the nodes around asymmetrically so I can clump related items together in a distinctly visual way. This works better for my deciphering of the meaning, and I think it helps those I share the maps with get it more quickly.
Tinderbox does this very well, but sadly no one else has it, so Tinderbox diagrams are not shareable. An up and comer is Heptabase.
Steve