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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 28, 2008
- Total Downloads: 61,490
- Downloads last week: 409
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 17 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Like all mind maps, FreeMind gives you the flexibility to organize thoughts on a page as they connect to each other and to the larger picture. After all, not all minds reason in subheadings and bullet points. You shape, place, and name that master idea (the root node), then create child or sibling spokes that relate to it.
FreeMind encompasses a fine range of features, including scads of icons and color formatting options to help you visually organize concepts. It also supports hyperlinks, which allow you to link Web sites and even documents to a map. In addition, you'll be able to export your landscape of thoughts in a variety of formats, including HTML, PDF, and JPEG. As flexible as it lets your mind be, FreeMind works within an older-style logical structure that could get frustrating for some. For instance, you must insert nodes by hand or using a hot key; you can't click and drag to create them (a shame).
It's evident how mind maps like FreeMind can hasten note-taking, or help you visualize a project, paper, or process. However, a revamped interface with more intuitive drag-and-drop functionality and versioning for collaborators wouldn't hurt, either.
Publisher's description
From FreeMind Team :FreeMind is intended for editing Mind maps, XML/HTML documents, and directory trees. In future, even network-structures will be supported such as Topic Maps (ISO). All this data is represented to the user as a Mind map. This is achived with a modular design, which makes it possible to easily write modules, only designing the model of the problem (the data structure), without caring for the visual representation at all. Currently a Mind Mapping and a File Mode are implemented. Version 0.8.1 is a bug-fixing release.
What's new in this version:
Version 0.8.1 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 17 votes
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Version: FreeMind 0.8.1
"Easy to use, but didn't save my hard work. Buggy"
Pros: Easy to use, straight forward.
CleanCons: Still Buggy.
I saved my two hours worth of mapping. Reloaded it and it was fine. Next time I went back on the computer to load the file. Everything was completely wiped! No wonder why it's free wareSummary: It works sometimes. Doesn't save and my wipe all your work due to a bug. Until then it's not reliable.
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Version: FreeMind 0.8.1
"A very usable and simple program, easy to use."
Pros: - Simple
- Nice interface, possible to customize almost everything
- Fast to start up and to use
- Uses keystrokes, you can work very fast
- Customizable with iconsCons: Could be a little more space for notes
Notes could have it's own keystroke
I would like to see a background picture, like a desktop imageSummary: I have tried Personal Brain, and I think this is a better program since it does everything that the Brain does but faster. And it's simple - just as I like it, and easy to use, thanks to the keystrokes.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FreeMind 0.8.1
Pros: I've used it before and it was nice to be able to reorganized my notes.
Cons: There are still bugs that prevent me from using it now.
Summary: It was installed on my computer and worked fine. I was able to do what I needed to with it. Then it quit working. So I uninstalled it and started al over. It has never worked for me since. I am able to open the program up, but I can save anything an... read more >>
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Version: FreeMind 0.8.1
Pros: I have fleshed out quite a few novels and short stories using this program. This is one of those that I carry over from computer to computer.
Cons: I don't know about this verison, but with the others, you can one have 1 map going. I would like to be about to do more & be able to add smaller maps on the same page. If it does this, I haven't been able to figure it out.
Summary: Over all - a program worth having.
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