Kinopio.club
Productivity
visual brainstorming
SHOW HN2020
181points
64comments
#319of 3,028 in 2020
Top 11%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
20 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Design: 8 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Distinctive, opinionated visual design
From 3 comments
Happy user and recent subscriber here. What differentiates this for me vs. other mind mapping tools is its idiosyncratic and opinionated interface. Yes please to more interfaces…
o-o-o on HNGood job Pirijan! I like the style very much, it feels like an old mac + a nintendo ds game + a 90's website + the future.
kanobo on HNVery cool visual design. Reminds me of Nototo.app because it also relies on visual cues for information organisation. It works wonders for intuitive information recall. HN…
gillesjacobs on HN
Simple, fast card creation and no sign-up needed
From 2 comments
The differentiators for me are: 1) super-streamlined card creation and editing. It lets me quickly capture, then move around with ease. No fiddling with appearance or sizes 2)…
bentsai on HNLove it! It's great. Works for me. I needed something like this today. I'm not sure why it's so much better than other mind mapping tools, but it is. Also, really big fan of the…
jlbnjmn on HN
Responsive maker support
From 1 comment
I've been using Kinopio for a few things in the last few weeks. It's a great bit of kit, and for me the excitement of the UI keeps me more interested than traditional mind…
StopHammoTime on HN
Objections
Checkbox cards hard to edit
From 2 comments
This is really cool. One issue: I accidentally created a checkbox card with no text and there's no way to edit or remove it (Safari). I can tick the checkbox and move it around…
donut2d on HNI might be a dummy, but if I create a card with a checkbox and nothing else I can't seem to edit it. Is this a bug?
S33V on HN
Filter performance slow on large graphs
From 1 comment
I like the art, not a fan of the text boxes not having white backgrounds when editing but I get the stylistic choices. Interesting approach to mind mapping, limiting by # of…
lukevp on HN
Lacks hierarchy or clustering of ideas
From 2 comments
I've been a big fan of brain storming tools for a long time so appreciate new tools with different takes on the problem. I do have one observation and it maybe just me. I have no…
thinkersilver on HNSame here. I think that should be prioritized as next feature, as it is required to do more serious thinking with this tool. Otherwise I like it.
desireco42 on HN
Requests
Hierarchical clustering of cards
From 2 comments
I've been a big fan of brain storming tools for a long time so appreciate new tools with different takes on the problem. I do have one observation and it maybe just me. I have no…
thinkersilver on HNSame here. I think that should be prioritized as next feature, as it is required to do more serious thinking with this tool. Otherwise I like it.
desireco42 on HN
Markdown support in cards
From 1 comment
I would love that. Have you considered adding markdown support to the cards? Within an hour I paid for premium and have used it to mock up diagrams and workflows at work multiple…
breakfastduck on HN
HTML embed or link unfurling cards
From 2 comments
Really cool design choices here. I love how simple and responsive it is. Can see myself using this quite a bit for work. Are there plans to add more types of cards? Html embed…
breakfastduck on HNhtml embed is def possible , but using an actual iframe might lead to some performance impacts. Instead what I eventually plan to build is a url unfurling/screenshot tool that I…
pketh on HN
Questions
Card or space limits
From 2 comments
This looks really cool. The spaces I've found so far from the explore tab are delightfully wacky[0] and make me excited for what I can do with this. Are there limits for how many…
farrelmahaztra on HNCould you maybe link to a different space with your cluster of thoughts/cards there? I'm not sure if there's a limit for spaces.
farrelmahaztra on HN
Whether the name infringes Nintendo copyright
From 2 comments
Isn't name of the product going to cause copyright issues? "Kinopio" is the Japanese name for Toad from Super Mario franchise.
neetrain on HNIs there any chance Nintendo could look rather disapprovingly upon the use of the Japanese name for the Toad characters, Kinopio?
zapzupnz on HN
Alternatives named
Miro
From 1 comment
Looks similar to Miro
smusamashah on HN
Mind mapping tools generally
From 1 comment
Looks good. Just wondering how is this different from a mindmap. Is the multimedia ability the differentiator? I hacked together a simple textual mindmap with colors, fonts, etc…
santa_boy on HN
Nototo
From 1 comment
Very cool visual design. Reminds me of Nototo.app because it also relies on visual cues for information organisation. It works wonders for intuitive information recall. HN…
gillesjacobs on HN