I miss "The Brain", a mind map tool from the late 1990s, beginning of 2000s. The cool thing was that you could link an object (called "idea") to any other object regardless of it being a parent, child, part or not of the same tree structure.
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#22I miss "The Brain", a mind map tool from the late 1990s, beginning of 2000s. The cool thing was that you could link an object (called "idea") to any other object regardless of it being a parent, child, part or not of the same tree structure.
Yes, this was a challenge for me (that is yet unaddressed). Hyperlinks coming soon!
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#23This is categorically not a mind map. Mind Maps are visual in ther organisation and structure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
I'm not sure I agree. The biggest reason is that I use this as a mind map very well.
Jumproot is certainly visual, it's just not "cartoony". It's the cartoony aspect of mind-maps that limit their "size". This was a main reason for creating jumproot.
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#24In a similar vein, I recommend workflowy: https://workflowy.com Kudos on the design though. Clean and simple, and reminds me of the Windows XP help window that would come bundled with every major desktop app.
I'm a fan of workflowy for sure. But I am not a fan of the UI.
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#25what does this gain over Zim ( https://zim-wiki.org/ ) which is additionally muuuch faster
It's online.
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#26Nice tool. Some feedback: The drag and drop functionality has some accessibility issues: it works with a mouse, but not keyboard navigation. This interface would be difficult to use with mobility issues: moving items requires fine-grained gesture control. If you're interested in an accessible implementation of drag and drop, here's one I've encountered that does an excellent job: https://github.com/atlassian/react-be…
Thank you!
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#27I like this. This could become the basis for a personal outboard memory. Add some intelligence and this could become the basis for a personal virtual agent.
Thank you!
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#28As someone who's used several outliners, this looks like a neat tool. I'm curious why you decided to call this a "mind-mapping tool", which makes me think of visual graphs rather than textual hierarchies. Can you talk about that decision?
Thanks for the feedback. To answer your question:
To me, a mind map is a tool with which one can map his/her mind. I see some comments that claim that colourful and interesting graphics should be a part of that definition. I disagree. With such mind mapping tools, I've found that it's that "cartoony" nature that limits their size. I wanted a mind-map tool in which I could store every little piece of minutia that I want and have it organized. I don't need the graphics, have search.
I hope that relays my thinking a bit.
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#29What are the differences compared to WorkFlowy?
The differences are mainly:
- Features (I'm a one man show) - The UI (I think mine is better organized) - Node Types (Jumproot has different and interesting node types)
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#30Looks like .org mode. I love trees.
Yes it does! Someone showed me that and it looks great.