New Linux User » mindmapping http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser Linux Tips - Information for Using Linux Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A day with Vym mindmapping tool http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/a-day-with-vym-mindmapping-tool/ http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/a-day-with-vym-mindmapping-tool/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:04:35 +0000 Clair Ching http://www.newlinuxuser.com/a-day-with-vym-mindmapping-tool/ Post from: New Linux User

]]> I’ve been looking for tools to help me think about my work. Apart from a text file with the outline of ideas that I have, I want to check out mindmapping tools as well. I saw a package named Vym and tried it out. Even if it’s just been a day, I wasn’t happy with it. I’d stick with Freemind. Why? Here are the reasons why:

  • The menu of Freemind seems more intuitive than that of Vym. What are xlinks? It’s not easy for a first time user. In Freemind you create branches/nodes easily and you could easily remove them too. I got confused with the terms in Vym.
  • The Vym note editor gets me confused about what I should do. I want to create a mindmap. I couldn’t easily find out how to use the note editor though it is potentially very useful for stuff like adding very long descriptive text about various items I need to discuss.
  • They could both export their files to OpenOffice.org though. So that’s one thing that Vym has going for it. It could make your mindmap into a presentation without you having to fiddle around with the outline itself.

Maybe I got a little too impatient with Vym. But reading about it makes me think that Vym is a useful app but maybe it’s not for me.

Have you tried using Vym? What’s your verdict?

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