I would like to have the posibility of starting more "rootparents" in the same map
When in planing mode of a structure, I often get the ideas in an unsorted way. To keep them, it would be great to have the possibility to put them on the map immediately including som child nodes and afterward just have to connect them to the main structure in an reasonably way.
you can now add multiple roots, disconnect nodes and float them, and manage multiple maps in the same file on mindmup 2.0.
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M. Porter commented
I do this by creating a 1st level node called "PENDING".
I put things in there (each as a child of that node) that I am not sure of how to place or implement...and then I address them/position them when the place for them becomes clear.
At least half the time I find that I have already created them in the map as the logical progression of things made me think again of the issue. -
Rahi commented
I completely agree with James Hanley's anonymous comment below. Being able to link two separate concepts that share the a common child would be great.
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Michael Delpach commented
A mind-map works with one concept as the root which branches out to children. That's the whole idea and the core concept of a mind-map. If you require more root-parents then you should create a new mind-map. This argument applies for multiple concepts under the same projects too.
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Angela R commented
Just to add another comment to this... It may complicate things, but sometimes separate nodes would be useful in order to place ideas in separate places for then dividing into separate Mindmaps of their own.
The separate nodes would ideally also have the option to be saveable as separate Mindmaps so that when a new idea became large enough, there'd be no need to have several different mindmaps on the same page.
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Greg Hayne commented
Having the ability to start multiple maps on the same screen, "Orphans" as somebody else called it, would be fantastic. Many times when I start a process, the actual "root" is not apparent to me until I have more of the pieces laid out and can shuffle them around a bit.
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Allan Sørensen commented
I think the idea got lost in my use of terms, please forgive me.
I should not have used the word "Rootparent"When you are using MindMup as an initialization tool for a new project, instead of a whiteboard and a load of post-its, I really miss the opportunity to just put a "node" on the MindMup not as a "Parent", Child" but as a "Orphan"! Something that is not connected to or depended on another node.
In the creation of a possible idea of a new project, MindMup in its current state is a showstopper, because you have to consider what to do with your present node, before you can continue.
In the analogue world, you can write a bunch of post-its leave them on the wall, and afterward find the right spot they belong to.
Now, in my dream, I could see these "Orphans", have a different color of the borderline than other nodes, so they are easy to identify. I could even see a warning of the existence of "Orphans" when the user try to save or close the MindUp.
As it is right now we are still using whiteboards an post-its and sending pictures of the board instead of using MindMup.
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Susanne Oberhauser-Hirschoff commented
When I brainstorm as I go I sometimes realize I have several concepts in mind.
In that case I appreciate the ability of freemind or vym to have several (two or three in my case) roots on one sheet.
an acceptable solution would also be to 'switch' a node from left or right branch mode to root mode, so it allows to attach children on both sides
I simply find the pure left branch or right branch layout restricting.
thanks for considering :)
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Gina commented
Maps can be complicated and two big depending on the complexity of the feature you are working with. expanding and going to the set of the nodes that yuo are interested to work is expensive and needs a lot of move and adjustment of the map on the screen. what i want is to have node references, in the sense when i click on that node direct me to another map whose root node is that node reference that i selected. so i work with a subset of the nodes. that make much easier working and concentration, on the other side i do not lose the whole picture.
another thing is that i can not copy and paste maps or branches among different maps.. this is a limitation and more important since saving and having so many version really mess up things sometime. different brain storms different visual presentation of ideas, and at one point you want to merge the best ideas reflected in different maps to a hybrid one. Copy and paste would help very much. -
Alexei Laewski commented
One of the tasks I use Mindmup for is building a business vision for my product (let's say, for a next 1—1.5 years period).
In the root of my vision there are business goals — more than one (actually, 3 or 4).Of course I can have a common root with a name like "business vision 2014" or smth (that is what I actually do) but this looks artificial and breaks my logic a bit.
It's not a showstopper for me, though.
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James Hanley commented
The Anonymous comment was me... missed the login.
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Anonymous commented
What I want to use MindMup for is showing the interconnections between two distinct and different subjects that may share several children. Example: Hazardous Waste regulations have many requirements and I have mapped them out starting from a "Hazardous Waste" root parent. However, many of the exact same requirements I have mapped out for Hazardous Waste are required by our Wastewater Permit. I'd like to be able to start a second root parent called "Wastewater Permit" and then eventually link to the same children at the end of the waste root showing how they are connected together.
This ability would truly make Mind Mup an amazing tool... as it is now I can only map out one idea... this lets me map out many ideas and show how they are all connected to each other highlighting the most important aspects of those ideas!
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Scott - are we talking about line styling then more than multi-root maps?
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Kelsey - how is "one map with many hubs" different for you from a map where there is a higher level hub and the hubs you mention are children of that hub? this is what I fail to understand. There are several technical solutions to this item but to choose the right one I need to understand what people would be able to do differently
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Scott Cosner commented
I think for this you'd need a bit of a restructure on how to handle the other node connection lines and treat them a bit more like the regular lines. An example would be trying to make a map that actually merges or shows the relationship between two maps like comparing and linking a software and hardware stack for web application.
Hardware
+---Web Server
|+--Application Server
||+-Database Server
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||| Software
||+-MySQL Cluster
|+--Tomcat
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Kelsey Tidwell commented
Not to usurp the original poster, but I visualize this concept as being able to have a central node in multiple unconnected instances on the same map, each representing a single distinctive idea. These ideas could be expanded on separately, and later connected on this map or simply deleted as needed.
Basically this would be one map with many hubs. It's the same thing as having multiple maps on the same screen.
If I haven't interpreted Allan's original idea accurately, I hope that he corrects me here for all our benefit. -
Greig Russell commented
I work on projects with multiple loci which each locus has to be developed individually and then the interface between them developed as well.
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Kelsey Tidwell commented
Yes, this is a GREAT idea. And I used to think nobody approached projects as scattered as I do lol. I usually use some form of shotgun assault and then pick out the relevant pellets for development...
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Mike Erickson commented
This would be outstanding! I too think in a very non-linear fashion and would love to see the ability to begin more than one map on the same page, joining them where need be.