It was a little bit quiet on this blog in the last months. But finally we are on our way to 1.0 with some new features we introduced in the current build #26.
As maybe some of you have noticed, there have been some troubles and infrastructure changes to Mind42 during the last months. We moved our database as well as the webserver. Honestly we didn’t only do this because of we needed the infrastructure for build #26 features, but because we had to due to some failures on the old server. By now all this should be over. New database and webserver - New service monitoring - New features. So here we go:
New map dialog: Our new mind map dialog got much clearer, features a preview of the map (available after saving your mind map), and also the open and delete buttons aren’t so close to each other. We hope you like it.
Image/PDF export: We finally rolled out an image and PDF export option, which was one of the most demanded features overall. Now you can embed mind maps into your documents sing the PNG export, or print them using the PDF export. If the results aren’t as expected just write us a mail so we can optimize this.
The whole rest: Due to the new server Mind42 now should be faster an more reliable than before. As always we’ve also fixed some bugs, and last but not least: We’ve added an offset reset button within the settings dialog. Sometimes moving a nodes offset (dragging the move icon) gets confused with reordering a node (dragging the node). Therefor there have been cases with unusable maps due to immense offsets. If you ever have this problem you now can use the reset offsets button.
With this release we finally are on our way to 1.0, and we would be pleased about every bug report, so that we can finally remove the nearly one year old beta tag of Mind42.
I tried to use the “to do list” attachment and cannot figure out how to get it to let me add text. It shows a blank box with drop down arrows, but nothing seemed to happen when I tried to add anything. Also, finding the place to ask questions was a bit difficult, I finally saw the blog link at the very bottom of the page in tiny print.
Comment by C Graham on Mon, 28.04.2008 - 14:39
Hi! Actually we currently have 3 places for questions and feedback. This blog, the Mind42 Google Group and the email address mind42@irian.at which could have been found on the contact page. Concerning the todo attachment: Actually it should look like in this screenhots: http://sschuster.net/wordpress/wp-content/2008/04/todoAttachment.jpg
There you can enter your text and click the “disk” icon to save the todo. If this looks differently in your browser or you have other problems please contact me at mind42@irian.at
Comment by Stefan Schuster on Mon, 28.04.2008 - 15:06
how do I delete my account?
Comment by real_tt on Sun, 18.05.2008 - 23:13
@real_tt: Currently that’s only possible by writing a mail to mind42@irian.at - In the next release we’ll have a self-service account deletion as well.
Comment by Stefan Schuster on Mon, 19.05.2008 - 15:42
So, trying out collaborating on a middle-size mindmap with a remote friend resulted into following observations:
1) the remote friend was not able to edit the map despite his edit rights
2) any change made and saved by me after the remote friend opened the map was lost
3) not every save resulted in a revision; as a consequence, I have lost a hour of work
4) exporting the mindmaps does not export the notes, too (at least with the rtf format)
Comment by Jaro on Thu, 26.06.2008 - 0:25
Oops, I forgot one: restoring older revision does not work, returning a coomunication error.
Comment by Jaro on Thu, 26.06.2008 - 0:27