mindmaps
Productivity
mind mapping
SHOW HN2011
112points
39comments
#87of 1,097 in 2011
Top 8%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 8 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Intuitive, lovely UI and offline capability
From 3 comments
The UI on this is lovely. What is keeping my office from switching to this is sharing ability. Instead of a file base system, consider having it work like google spreadsheets…
johnnyg on HNOffline capability is a great feature. The main reason I tend to not use web applications and prefer desktop ones is because webapps usually require having Internet connection…
TeMPOraL on HNI love the intuitive nature of this tool. Well thought out. Just curious, how are you generating the id of each node (eg. bc970e26-8d1c-4c92-baf0-aa9f3f792266)?
ayanb on HN
Free and open source
From 2 comments
Well done friend, good execution! Congrats! And I love to hear this words: This one is free, open source and it's full of HTML5 goodness.
dariobarila on HNDidnt know you have open sourced this. Awesome.
ayanb on HN
Objections
Lacks keyboard shortcuts for creating nodes
From 2 comments
As someone who makes extensive use of mind mapping and outlining tools, this is very ho-hum. The keyboard shortcuts are nearly non-existent, which immediately kills it. There is…
cyrus_ on HNI'm a big fan and user of mind maps and I like what you have created. But there is one thing missing - unless I missed it: Keyboard shortcuts to create sibling and childnodes…
akaalias on HN
Scroll-wheel zoom is too sensitive or awkward
From 3 comments
Very nice UI, except that it uses the dreaded scroll wheel zoom. Especially annoying for magic mouse users.
BasLeijdekkers on HNQuick few points * Using scroll for zoom in a 2d workspace probably makes sense with a mouse, but with the macbook touchpad it was rather annoying to be unable to pan around (as…
vmind on HNThe mouse's too sensitive. A tiny flick of the finger and it is maximally zoomed in or zoomed out. Zooming a small step is practically impossible, at least for me. Google maps…
BasLeijdekkers on HN
No saving, sharing or collaboration
From 2 comments
The UI on this is lovely. What is keeping my office from switching to this is sharing ability. Instead of a file base system, consider having it work like google spreadsheets…
johnnyg on HNI can't upvote this enough. From what I can see you started this as a concept which is why it doesn't have advanced features like saving etc. I think saving is probably the most…
desireco42 on HN
Requests
Keyboard shortcuts for sibling and child nodes (Tab, Shift+Tab)
From 2 comments
Good feedback, thanks! The shortcuts TAB and SHIFT+TAB make total sense (Why didn't I think of this?). Will push an update tomorrow with those features added.
drichard on HNYou can press INS to create a new node. Basically, most actions are accessible via the keyboard. Just hover over the toolbar buttons, the hint text contains the shortcut. edit:…
drichard on HN
Cloud saving and sharing
From 1 comment
Thank you very much! Saving maps online, sharing and collaboration is definitely something I'd like to add in the future. But if I want to keep the offline editing capability…
drichard on HN
Support for vertical outline layout
From 1 comment
As someone who makes extensive use of mind mapping and outlining tools, this is very ho-hum. The keyboard shortcuts are nearly non-existent, which immediately kills it. There is…
cyrus_ on HN
Questions
How does it differ from MindMeister?
From 1 comment
How does it differ from http://www.mindmeister.com/ ?
maxkir on HN
Alternatives named
MindMeister
From 2 comments
Maybe also an interesting mindmapping tool for HN: www.mindmeister.com They have their mindmapping software running in HTML and Javascript since it was called "DHTML" They focus…
andreasklinger on HNHow does it differ from http://www.mindmeister.com/ ?
maxkir on HN
Novamind
From 2 comments
I'm a big fan and user of mind maps and I like what you have created. But there is one thing missing - unless I missed it: Keyboard shortcuts to create sibling and childnodes…
akaalias on HNPS: Novamind's shortcuts are easy, too: If you have a node selected and * hit <TAB> it creates and preselects a new child node. * hit <SHIFT><TAB> it creates and preselects a new…
akaalias on HN
FreeMind
From 1 comment
I am currently using FreeMind [1]. I love the idea of exporting the mind maps to HTML. Here are some of my mind maps [2] -- [1] http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ [2]…
enterneo on HN
Checkvist
From 1 comment
As someone who makes extensive use of mind mapping and outlining tools, this is very ho-hum. The keyboard shortcuts are nearly non-existent, which immediately kills it. There is…
cyrus_ on HN