move the bubble somewhere else and it doesn't pop back
I'm used to mind manager when you move your ideas somewhere and it stays there, in mindmup it pops back which is quite annoying to me.
This is now available at www.mindmup.com, see an example at:
http://blog.mindmup.com/2013/09/use-shiftdrag-to-manually-position-nodes.html
We’d love to hear your feedback on the solution, please let us know by sending an e-mail to contact@mindmup.com or leaving a comment here.
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Anonymous commented
Hi are you still supporting this product? I wish to use it but the problem with positioning still exists, 4 years later.
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Ryan Good commented
I fully agree. Because of this I am having a hard time linking some related things in a way that doesn't look horrid.
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Dennis commented
This still doesn't work well. If you try and move a node, it usually pops to an arbitrary space that doesn't make symmetrical sense. An auto layout (such as a desktop OS) will snap icons into place relative to others, with equal spacing either horizontally or vertically. Trying to move a node in MindMUP does no such thing - it simply moves nodes to arbitrary/relative positions that don't line up with anything. It's impossible to edit/move nodes around and have them line up nicely.
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Allan Lohse commented
Great i look forward to se and use this new feature :-)
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Allan - the basic version is done but I'm still struggling with making this work on touch devices. I should have a version out next week.
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Allan Lohse commented
When can we expect this feature, to be launched ??
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Christian Wynne commented
yes, the shift+drag option really does need to happen as the connection line (the red line) starts to look very messy when adding more than a handful. if I could manually move the nodes on my screen, this would make it far easier to view and understand.
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Graham Leonard commented
Sounds great developers. Is this far off testing?
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Majk commented
It will be great!
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Dr Evan Mitchell Stark PhD commented
Yes, great you added this idea, because, frankly, I can't use the app as is.
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Dr Evan Mitchell Stark PhD commented
Arsenly is definitely right on all counts. To properly illustrate your concept, you must be able to position nodes anywhere you need them. I like Scapple for this reason, and it not a mind mapping program.
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Anonymous commented
I think it's great. I like the addition of the right-click/top menu to make it easier. This is the one feature that will make Mindmup my favorite: it will open up to a lot of possibilities. Opens up to composing graphically, and having freedom in how you compose your screen, which does wonders for recognition and emphasis of certain nodes over others.
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Arseniy commented
Great you decided to make this one.
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Anonymous commented
Being able to position nodes arbitrarily allows me to do some varieties of sorting and relationship-building a simple hierarchy doesn't. Say for example I'm doing some kind of mindmap of different approaches to a problem (say three basic approaches). I might organise these in three groups. Sometimes there might be points in common that I'd like to put 'in-between' the conceptual clumps that the main body of the approach goes in. Or there might be little footnote notions that occur to me as I explore a concept, and they really need to go in a footnote-y space, off to one side. There are any number of possibilities for adding seperateness and relatedness through the ability to position things around a common object, or further away from one.
A simple hierarchy could certainly *contain* many of these things, but levels things off as being part of a continuous, holistic idea-system. I for one need a it more visual prompting to be able to cognitively shunt things around, and adding control over the 2-D dispersal of ideas (and allowing arbitrary, web-like linking) would really help this.
Maybe what I really want is a drawing program! But I like to use the hierarchy functions (etc) some of the time, too...
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Anonymous commented
add a fully-manual mode that allows me to arrange my own positioning (handy for making 'zones' or whatever), and include the ability to turn off the automatic hierarchical functions altogether so that I can simply draw my own connections (allowing me to do things like outline circular functions etc).
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Arseniy commented
Here some possibilities it adds:
1. Drawing vertical trees.
2. More compact trees. For example it keeps lot of epmty space in some places as is. And the top and down is all empty.
3. Arrange the nods preferable ways. For example http://data2.floomby.com/files/share/30_6_2013/ItlILu8ZK02dw16Q6HGQ.png -
Kshitij Bansal commented
Exporting to JPEG makes the words blurry if the map is big.. To reduce the mindmap's on screen size, the nodes can be shifted to save space and make the map sprawl out lesser.. This would help the JPEG exported to be a bit more clear, as I want to view the mindmaps on my phone, and the only way to do that is through JPEGs...
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Allan Lohse commented
Yes please let us choose between autoposition or manuel position..
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Graham Leonard commented
This also allows maps with a lot of siblings to use a landscape screen better. Basically you can move some nodes left or right beyond their siblings freeing up up-down real estate. You'd also be able to put one node above and one below the hub, again freeing up real estate.
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Annamari Martinviita commented
The automatic layout is very restricting in terms of trying to map complex ideas and their connections. Being able to move and arrange nodes your own way helps to visualise the ideas based on their importance or relevance. For example, sometimes a child node can turn into a new parent node that ends up being more important than the original starting node, and you want to move that into a prominent position in relation to the starting node. Or two nodes that are far removed in the maps could be conceptually close to each other, so you'd want to have them close together. I guess most times you'd want the child nodes to move too.