There are some useful comments about bubble.us here: Mind Mapping Software - Fast, Free, Simple, Online.

The reviewer Dane Morgan says “But most of all I like that the maps it produces look like mind maps look in my mind.”  I would add that it’s also able to produce concept maps of a sort - a network rather than a hierarchy.

I’ve added the link to the bubbl.us review entry in the database and it will appear on the site soon.

Vic

Updated - typo correction

This weekend’s new entry to Mind-mapping.org is WiseMapping, another web-based, on-line mind mapping tool.

This is in a very early stage of development, so it would be premature to make any judgement, but it shows no distinguishing features yet.  It promises linking of documents to a map and sharing finished maps, but does not make clear if collaborative working will be supported.

I’ll be tracking progress from time to time and will keep the entry up to date.

Vic

WiseMapping guys, if you’d like to give me a heads up on the introduction of new features that would be great! V

Mindomo - the web-based mind mapping service that has been on www.mind-mapping.org since early May - just announced that they are out of Beta and publicly available. 

And it’s still free (with ads) for up to 7 maps. 

There’s a US$6/month ‘Premium’ version, that:

1. Is advertisement-free
2. Has a secure connection (https) to their server [important if you're using this for business]
3. Can export maps in Mindjet’s MindManager™ format  [no FreeMind :-(]
4. Offers encrypted map storage
5. Ensures priority E-mail support

Vic

There are two new entries in the list:

ImaginationCubed: This is collaborative hand-drawing web-based software from G.E. that could conceivably be used for mind mapping.  It is flexible but, as it’s not mindmaps-aware, it is cumbersome for mind mapping.

WriteMaps: This is a web-based, on-line tool for planning web site maps (not mind maps).  It allows only a strict hierarchy.  Unlike some on-line diagramming software it makes good use of a large screen working area.  It works with Firefox only, at present.

As this shows hierarchical maps and can also display the planned web site as an outline, I felt it just about made the cut for inclusion.

Vic

There’s a new on-line concept mapping tool - Glinkr.  It’s a little cumbersome to use at present, but these are early days and there’s no reason to think it won’t improve.  But I have a 24″ screen because I do a lot of mind mapping, modelling and diagramming, and this product confined me to one small rectangle when editing the map.  I hope they’ll open up the workspace soon.

With luck, you should be able to see a map I made of the many on-line mind-mapping, concept mapping and related diagramming sites here: http://www.glinkr.net/map/spot/177/

The links are hard to get at, but are in there.

This will go into mind-mapping.org in a day or so.

http://www.mind-mapping.org
The master list of mind mapping &
information management software

In case it doesn’t show if you visit their site, this is what I made:

After fussing over the new blog, I had time to catch up with some of the new entries I’ve been accumulating recently (more to come).  The current trend is still mainly for on-line, browser based services.

Cumulate Draw  -=-  Free on-line diagrammer.  Could be used for mindmaps but not designed for that.  A poor-man’s MS Visio, perhaps?

SproutLiner  -=-  Free on-line outliner.  No security for your outlines (no log in) if you use an easily-guessable name.  I have not tested simultaneous multi-user access but it does not appear to be designed for real-time collaboration.

Flowchart.com  -=-  Free on-line diagramming tool.

WikiMindMap  -=-  You can’t build your own mind maps with this tool (unless you do it by building a MediaWiki), but you can choose from the millions of topics covered in many Wikis.  I think this is an intriguing tool, but one of the great values of mind mapping is the process - the thinking you do as you build the mind map. I believe WikiMindMap should be seen as a quick way to grasp the structure of wiki articles rather than as a mind mapping tool.

ThinkFold  -=-  On-line collaborative outlining service.

MAK (MindMap and Knowledgemanager)  -=-  Knowledge Content Management System - seems dormant.

InfiView  -=-  Not a mind mapper or other form of tool for graphical information management, but a development environment for such products.

Projekt S60  -=-  Outliner for Symbian-based mobile phones.

InfoRapid Cardfile System  -=-  A kind of outliner.

Vic
http://www.mind-mapping.org
The master list of mind mapping &
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