text2mindmap
Productivity
mind mapping
SHOW HN2018
323points
99comments
#72of 2,155 in 2018
Top 4%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
21 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Execution: 1 for, 11 againstDesign: 6 for, 4 againstIdea: 8 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Intuitive, simple, and fast to use for quick brainstorming
From 4 comments
Fantastic launch. It's intuitive, responsive, interactive, understandable, and cross-platform. Thank you. I'm a longtime user of a piece of Mac software called Tinderbox which…
mistersquid on HNClean and intuitive UI, thank you for creating and sharing.
janneklouman on HNThis is really slick. I never knew about (the now defunct) text2mindmap.com, but it seems like something I would get a lot of use out of for doing quick brainstorming sessions.…
dcchambers on HNThis is very helpful. Just yesterday I was using mindnode and thinking it is overkill for 80% of my mindmapping tasks. Thank you.
spking on HN
Smooth node dragging and animation
From 3 comments
This is really good because of the attention paid to the ease and ergonomic physics of dragging the nodes. Keep up the good work.
nexus2045 on HNSimply Great, super neat. Especially that drag around on the nodes. Thank you for sharing.
ksvarma on HNAmazing! Such an attention to detail! Love that it continues stabilizing while I'm dragging individual items. Thanks a lot for sharing this!
kadrian on HN
Objections
Nodes rearrange and overlap, making editing hard
From 1 comment
The idea is great, but the nodes constantly rearranging and floating around (and overlapping) makes the actual "mind mapping" hard to do, at least for me. When I look at…
elcapitan on HN
Menus or drawing failed to work in several browsers
From 3 comments
It doesn't seem to work at all for me. Not sure why, I've checked with Chrome and Firefox on Linux (using i3 tiling window manager). I see the text outline on the left and the…
hsitz on HNThis looks very cool, thank you! I have an issue, though: Can't open the File and Mind Map menus, neither on Firefox nor Chromium nor Opera.
stbn on HNIsn't fully working for me. Windows/Firefox. I can't drag the boxes around or activate the menu drop downs.. sigh. Looks cool though
diyseguy on HN
Antivirus flagged the site as malicious
From 2 comments
My antivirus software blocked the site as malicious. I would think it's a false positive but the AV hasn't marked anything bad in the past year --- first time seeing the message.…
davidjhall on HNbitdefender just freaked out on visiting this page. just a heads up
binarytide on HN
Requests
Export formats such as DOT, SVG, PDF or OPML
From 3 comments
Is there any way to get this to save as a DOT[1] file? I find it less than simple to get my graphs to show up the way I want them placed. [1]…
peterwwillis on HNAdd svg/pdf export and a map that grows without cropping and that would be ace
keithpeter on HNThis is great stuff! You should look into integrations with dynalist or workflowy. Also being able to read an OPML file would be a wonderful add too. Good work.
tonetheman on HN
Clarify the license
From 2 comments
License?
rambojazz on HNAwesome! Can you add a license to the Git Repo? Thanks!
akeck on HN
Hide sub-nodes
From 1 comment
After using it for half a minute I love it already!!! One thing I am missing thought is the ability to hide sub-nodes within the mind map. Thanks for sharing :-)
JepZ on HN
Questions
What is the license?
From 2 comments
Looks awesome! We're in the process of building a knowledge graph and were looking for a more intuitive way to manage the main hierarchy. Adding node autocomplete would a great…
m_ke on HNLicense?
rambojazz on HN
Can it support graphs rather than trees?
From 1 comment
This seems to be a tree. How does one make a "graph" out of it. I want to link a single node to multiple other nodes without that node being parent. For example. Trump <->…
asjdfkjasd on HN
Alternatives named
FreeMind
From 1 comment
Like it, might use it as a online alternative to FreeMind, which allows pure keyboard control, so kind of similar, at least from my perspective.
pintxo on HN
Freeplane
From 1 comment
Freeplane does this and many other cool things natively. Freeplane: Gpl, multiplatform, icons, styles, images, links, connectors, foldable, clone-nodes, scriptable (groovy,…
almostthere9999 on HN
Xmind
From 1 comment
Xmind has the outline editing mode that I find very useful for this very reason. Sure it's not just a simple text file but it also doesn't require edit and presentation on…
jbreiding on HN
Gingko
From 1 comment
OP: https://gingkoapp.com/ will blow your mind
btbuildem on HN
Workflowy
From 1 comment
Cool! This kind of looks like a super charged version of: https://workflowy.com/
gitgud on HN