On-line diagramming service Creatley has just released a desktop application running in Adobe Air that mirrors the functions of its browser-based tool.

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For three months, I had a post on this blog’s front page: “Questions about Edraw”. Now, I’m really pleased to say that the questions have been resolved and I have removed that post.

The publishers have released Edraw Max V5.3 and Edraw Mind Map V4.6.

Edraw Mind Map is a very capable, professional-looking application and is free. It makes more than just mind maps. With it, you can produce glossy-looking bubble charts, block 2D diagrams, 3D diagrams and use its smart-looking collection of clipart. There is dynamic help on the right-hand side of the main window, which is a nice touch, but anyone familiar with Visio … (read the full article…)

Cacoo … cacoo. This web app has finally made its way into Mind-Mapping.Org. Cacoo is a neat browser-based diagrammer and it’s free (for now). It has 13 stencil sets with useful images and shapes covering basic shapes, balloons, arrows, office equipment, sitemap symbols, network components, flowchart symbols, office layout, people, smileys, an intiguing freehand wireframe, regular wireframe and UML symbols.
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I have just added an online chart maker and a mind map building component for developers to mind-mapping.org. DIY Chart DIY (Do it yourself) Chart is a web-based tool that lets users make charts from static or dynamic data.  It operates on-line and responds dynamically to changes in the data, without a need to reload the web page.  These are just a few of the chart-styles available: The charts/graphs can be generated using
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These are two new web-based applications I’ve found recently and just added to mind-mapping.org. Web Sequence Diagrams If you use UML Sequence Diagrams, this very easy to use browser-based application makes it really easy to make a diagram from plain text.  You can download the diagram, or share a link to it, and even share a link to the page from which the diagram was made.  There, others can modify
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New at the Master List: SimpleDiagrams. SimpleDiagrams There’s a plethora of diagramming apps – web-based and desktop – I have a couple more waiting to be added.  But SimpleDiagrams is different.  It aims for a neat but definitely hand-drawn look.  It’s written with Adobe Air, so is platform independent, and is a desktop application, unlike most of the newer diagramming apps I’ve seen.  It’s in the early stages of development, and worth
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I’ve done separate posts about two recent findings over the last couple of days: Diagramic and the filling in of a historical entry.  Time now for the remaining new items in Mind-mapping.org: Creately Creatley is a nice on-line diagram-drawing software with mind mapping as one of the type of diagrams supported.  It has a free version, and a Plus version with a rather special subscription scheme: Pay what you think it’s
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It’s been a month since the last update to mind-mapping.org, and the list of items to add has built up more sharply than usual so I decided it was time to clear the decks.  Apart from anything else, iPhone is keeping mindmappers busy with low-cost software to play with and there’s a new and imaginative application appearing every few days it seems. Cohere Cohere is a browser based collaborative visual thinking tool
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Five visual mapping tools have just been added to mind-mapping.org. Aspire Not so much a mind mapping application as a visual way of expressing your goals, Aspire looks like a flexible new approach.  I’m hoping to get some better screenshots for the author.  There are videos at the Aspire site. Instaviz Another iPhone application to join the happy band of those supporting visual thinkers.  I make it six seven at present
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There are four additions to the mind-mapping software database at mind-mapping.org this week:  An on-line diagram drawing service, a text analyzer that produces visualizations of the relationships of terms in a document, a software modelling tool that now has a mind-mapping capability, and an educational graphic organizers site. DrawAnywhere A free on-line diagramming application. LexiMancer A tool for analyzing text and presenting its content in visual form based on word usage.
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