Yes without any user control of layout TheBrain is absolutely hopeless IMO.
Obvious questions: - How do you get data between iMindQ and MLO (or dont you) ? - Are there any plugins for MLO that let you do mindmaps with MLO data? J On Sunday, 23 August 2015 23:12:25 UTC+1, Majorbillion wrote: > > The Brain, for all the hype and smooth graphics is a disaster. I could > rant all day about it. In the last version I used, I think in 2013 -- you > could not change the order of topics and you couldn't see the full map, > unless you totally turned offf all snap-to structure. Then it becomes > chaos. > > I've complained to them about this. They claim to be the most advanced > Mindmap out there, but in reality...its crude and inflexible. > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 1:56 PM, John Smith <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Interesting, Eddie >> >> Yes, for more complex projects there is definitely a role for >> mindmapping, because it allows you to see all the different areas of a >> project on one screen in 2D rather than in effect in 1D (or 1.5D if you >> include indentation!). >> For one thing this let's you see what parts of the project you may not >> have been paying enough attention to. >> >> HOWEVER for me it mindmapping didnt work well for actual *task >> management* lists of such projects. I think it was just rather hard to >> see things like Next Task (nor next 2 or 3 tasks) within all my projects on >> a single screen. Somehow with larger projects and too many tasks (say over >> 100 or so) the whole thing starts to melt down! >> Possibly there is something clever one could do with filters in >> MindManager but I never discovered it! >> >> Regarding hierachies yes, being forced to start in a central point is >> exactly what I meant. >> >> What sounds brilliant on paper is https://www.thebrain.com. There is no >> central point at all and you just feed in the relationship and a sort of >> web / network / graph builds up. In many ways this is very much how the >> human mind works... in theory. >> >> However personally I absolutely loathed it in practice. The reason is >> that I, like many people I guess, actually work in a series of mental >> pictures. And with TheBrain, every time you add something new, the whole >> damned thing wobbles & spins around all over the place, and the last >> photography your brain took is suddenly upside down/inside out/ all over >> the place. Absolute nightmare! >> >> Interestingly enough part of the reason I *do* quite like Mindjet's >> MindManager mindmapping tool is because as you add new things it only moves >> things around when it more or less has to. i.e. Things by default snap into >> intelligent positions, but without being in your face about it. And when it >> all moves around it still pretty much looks like the previous layout. >> >> [By analogy, for anyone how has worked with HTML you will appreciate how >> useful it is to be able to apply a tool to tidy out the code *when >> required* - correct formatting & indenting etc - *and yet* it's useful >> to be able stop the software from messing with your layouts unnecessarily. >> i.e. Most of the time we want the new version to look as much as possible >> like the old version so that we can find our way around! MindManager is >> quite good like that] >> >> I'd be interested to hear how you get on with TheBrain. >> >> And please do let me know iof you think iMindQ is better than >> MindManager. (I have invested too much money into MindManager already but I >> see no long term future with them mainly because they are WAY too expensive >> for the non-corporates SMEs like moi... so I am on the looking for new a >> new tool of comparable power and sophistication.) >> >> J >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 8:42:33 PM UTC+1, Majorbillion wrote: >>> >>> Hi John: >>> >>> To answer your question about strict hierarchy, iMindQ is set up for >>> project management and ToDo lists, but I would find it cumbersome because >>> within one Mindmap, there is only one central starting point. So, if I >>> interpret your question correctly, the answer is "yes." >>> >>> That is why can't be a iMindQ or MLO purist -- for now at least. >>> >>> But with most big projects I do in MLO, I come to a point where there >>> are many interelationships and scenarios. MLO becomes abstract and >>> convoluted. Everything is suddenly crystal clear when I envision it in >>> iMindQ. >>> >>> Eddie >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/8929009b-5e8f-4094-b02a-179b4962866d%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/8929009b-5e8f-4094-b02a-179b4962866d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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