Markus Müller, the developer of the MindNode mind mapping program for the Mac OS X, recently announced that he has developed a version of it for the iPhone and iPod Touch. MindNode (touch) is currently undergoing private beta testing, but he has revealed these details so far about its capabilities:
- You can create new nodes directly on the canvas. I presume this means you can do so without having to click on a toolbar icon.
- You will be able to freely position nodes on the canvas. I think this is essential. I’ve played with several iPhone and iPod Touch mapping applications that don’t enable this, and it feels like I’m mapping with one arm tied behind my back!
- Full cut, copy and paste support (this is, after all, an iPhone 3.0 compatible application).
- Multiple main nodes – this is a capability we haven’t seen before on this platform – very interesting!
- Export maps from MindNode (touch) to the native MindNode file format.
- Export as a FreeMind document, OPML (formatted) outline, text outline and PNG image format via email.
- Import maps from MindNode Pro to the iPhone/iPod Touch version; Marcus reports that this will be restricted to documents with less than 100 nodes initially.
It will be interesting to see how this application evolves. I need to contact Marcus to see if I can get in on the private beta test – but first I need to solve the issues I’ve been having upgrading my iPod Touch to version 3.0!
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