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Mind for two, cool AJAX mind mapping goodness

Posted on | June 7, 2007 | 5 Comments

Tom knows how much I like the Mind Map, so he pointed me to mind42, so I finally checked it out. It’s dope. A little harder to use than a desktop app, but I think that’s more  about it beig browser based and AJAX vs. application design.

 I’ll probably try it out a bit more, might as well, I signed up for an account after all.

A few of my gripes (which aren’t super major or anything) are:

  • Can’t drag the nodes around anywhere I want them (that I could find)
  • It seems so far that the nodes only arrange horizontally, so my typical map, would be gigantic, like scary long, so that’s no bueno.

Some cool stuff:

  • Collaboration, i love collaboration, if an app lets me chat and work at that same time, modifying it with my co-workers, all the better, Gold Star!
  • export! No silos here, and that’s so cool, I can’t even say it loud enough. Thankfully most web based apps are realizing that silo-ing data is beyond a bad idea. It’s cool to see mind42 export to desktop mind mappers, I like that.

So stay tuned, I’ll try to give mind42 a bit more of a work out later, see how it handles me :)

 

 

Category: EffectiveUI

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5 Responses to “Mind for two, cool AJAX mind mapping goodness”

  1. John
    June 6th, 2007 @ 11:00 am

    @jeff,

    Great thanks dude! like I needed more work in looking at mind mappers :)

    Guess when i'm not getting my VBC ;) on I'll be comparing mind mappers.

  2. John
    June 7th, 2007 @ 12:00 am

    @jeff,

    Great thanks dude! like I needed more work in looking at mind mappers :)

    Guess when i’m not getting my VBC ;) on I’ll be comparing mind mappers.

  3. greg
    June 7th, 2007 @ 12:00 am

    Here’s another one, though it’s still in pre-alpha, at http://www.softwareodyssey.com/sprouts.aspx

    ‘cuz I know you have all day to play with these things.

  4. Jeffry houser
    June 7th, 2007 @ 12:00 am

    Have you tried bubble mind, a Flex one? http://www.bubble-mind.com/

    And one of my associates swears by Mind Meister (Also AJAX based) http://www.mindmeister.com/

  5. greg
    January 7th, 2009 @ 2:45 am

    Here's another one, though it's still in pre-alpha, at http://www.softwareodyssey.com/sprouts.aspx

    'cuz I know you have all day to play with these things.

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