Comments on: If MindManager isn’t for you, maybe try Freemind for mindmapping

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:08:56 +0000

Great comments! Yep the fact of the matter is that you have to use what works for you.

My big problem with FreeMind was that I couldn’t export to Word (when I tried it). Since I use MM for starting documents, that was a must-have for me.

By: Jon Speer

Jon Speer — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:54:04 +0000

I’ve used both MindManager and FreeMind and like both. MindManager is more intuitive and easier to use from the start. However, FreeMind has been growing on me. Just when I think FreeMind is unable to do a particular function, I stumble upon it while using the software. Oh yeah, FreeMind is open source and little more affordable (like free) versus MindManager.

By: Harrowdrive

Harrowdrive — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:16:14 +0000

I use freemind and I love it. It’s a breeze to naviagte without touching the keyboard whih is the no1 feature for me.

By: Ray Le Couteur

Ray Le Couteur — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:02:18 +0000

“Okay, I’ve tried FreeMind and I didn’t like it. I was spoiled already by MindManager from MindJet.”

Quite the opposite of me then – I tried Mindmanager and never really got into it. I find Freemind faster and more intuitive – I use it almost as much as my word processor. It organises my world!

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:31:12 +0000

I definitely second the suggestion of using FreeMind (actually, this would be the 3rd, since Grigor recommended it to begin with).

One neat use of FreeMind: mapping your career networking. You can keep track of referrers this way. It gets a bit out of hand after a while, but it’s neat to see how the branches grow.