Improved readability: Children automatic colors and different sizes
In order to make the Mind maps more readable I would recommend to add automatic colors to every new node departing from the central topic.
This is currently doable manually but it requires extra time (especially on big maps), while adding automatic random colors to any new "parent node" and respective children would make jotting new ideas faster and more understandable at a glance.
On a similar note I would also suggest to increase the size of the central node and the parent nodes. The original mind map theory states in fact that it's important to add some visual clues to the hierarchy of topics to better understand connections between concepts.
This is my clumsy attempt to show visually what I mean:
http://i5.minus.com/ib28Lgy1zJi7mk.png
MindMup now makes it easier to manage large maps with a new theme, called Productivity, which automates font sizing and colors for children and branches. Here’s a demo of how it works: https://youtu.be/BtDtAWPJUhA
To activate the theme, just select “View > Map Theme > Productivity” from the application menu.
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Mukesh commented
I like the way coggle (an online mind mapping tool) supports auto-colorization as soon as node is added to its parent. It would be great if the same is implemented in MindMup!
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Jack commented
I'm grateful that this is being worked on but I've read and experimented with the CSS samples and I can't find anything that let's me set the color for a node (not level) and then have that color automatically cascade to all children/grandchildren. Guidance here or more CSS examples would be greatly appreciated.
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rosanne commented
+1, love the program for it's automatic feeling when working with keybord mainly. Automatic coloring per daughter node would give it more clarity.
preferable, every group a different color, and every daughter a color more fade than it's mother. -
HP commented
+1 To enhance visual navigation by adding child auto color with reduced color saturation for each child level.
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kabookie commented
Agree with Stefan, same color but reduced saturation. Also like the idea of the central note being largest, although the shrinkage does not have to continue past that.
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Anonymous commented
Would be nice if you could somehow open up the algorithm for the display of nodes (color, emphasis) and then users could insert their own text-defined algorithm... and if one looks good you could even adopt it as an option. Let some talented users come up with some implementations that we could all benefit from.
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Stefan Kachaunov commented
Just from a design perspective, it could be cool if it carried over the same color, but with reduced saturation for every sub level. This would give a sense of depth visually, and save you the time to re-paint the nodes.
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Ramesh commented
Simply carrying the properties of the node to the child when creating it should do this and would be absolutely great feature.Also the color node didn't change back to grey every time after using it ,but remained on the last used color would be help full to do this manually ...