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We’re very happy to bring you the newest iteration of MindMeister! This is by far our largest and most substantial product redesign since our launch in early 2007. Many of you have already added your thoughts about the new design over on our Facebook community, as well as on Twitter. If you haven’t done so already, please join us, and let us know what you think, good or bad!
In addition to a fresh visual makeover, we’ve also added a number of new features based on extensive customer feedback and requests, as well as our own usability studies.
Top Ten New Features of MindMeister 6.0:
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1. Completely redesigned UI Focus on ease of use, simplicity, friendliness and consistency with client apps (iOS, Android), using latest HTML5 and CSS3 technology. |
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2. Share via link Ability to share maps quickly via unique links that can be shared via email / IM / Twitter, using the new mm.tt URL shortener. |
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3. Export to .docx / .pptx New, highly customizable export functions to MS Word and PowerPoint, including features such as title pages, table of contents and image export. |
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4. Seamless zooming, auto-fit map Up to 20 zoom levels for smooth and high performance zooming, option to fit embedded maps to frame size. |
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5. New map themes 12 gorgeous new map themes including gradients, shadows, and background-images. |
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6. Keep-aligned feature Optimize the space usage of maps by keeping them aligned at all times – no more gaps between branches, no more endless repositioning. |
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7. Map drawing enhancements Beziér connections now have adjustable axes and live line drawing when dragging. |
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8. Import multiple files via drag & drop You can now upload your entire maps library (MindManager or Freemind) in one swift operation. |
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9. Midas Touch feature Users of the new Business plan can turn other users into Pro users by just sharing a map with them – they will be able to enjoy all Pro features such as attachments and images, plus the map won’t count towards their free maps limit. |
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10. About 200 further enhancements Multiple team admins, forced SSL setting, map list filters, new combined settings dialog, auto-number subnodes, fast map loading and display, show/hide scrollbars setting, key shortcuts for dialogs, new share dialog with tokenizer, import zip files, faster offline mode, rewritten Twitter tools, improved map filtering, better public maps view and search, export directly from map list, ability to change payment info, view billing history, completely rewritten online help, and many more. |
As with any new design implementation, we’ve undergone extensive beta testing, but we’re still looking to you to let us know about any issues you may experience with the new MindMeister. Likewise, stay tuned, as we’ll soon be releasing a new series of tutorials, helping you to get the very best out of the new MindMeister experience.
Welcome to the future of collaboration!
With this new version, how do I find out who made what change in my map? earlier version used to have this feature. I couldn\’t find it in new version.
Hi Sonal. You can always view who made what changes by entering the History View mode. This icon is now located in the footer of your map, all the way to the left side. For even further clarification, you can choose to toggle the \”Highlight Nodes\” option, which will assign a unique color to each collaborator.
Hi,
I can\’t export my map on word format ? It doesn\’t work ! ?
Best regards.
Christopher
Hi Christopher. Can you tell us which browser you\’re using? I just checked it here on our end with the latest versions of Firefox, Safari, and Chrome and seems to be working. Thanks for your input!
Hi,
New new UI looks much better. Congrats!
One question still: in the old version I could color the background of an idea. I cannot find any button to do this in the new UI. Is this still possible and if, how?
Cheers
Lütze
Hi Lütze. Yes, this feature has made it\’s return, please see our Facebook post about this feature: http://on.fb.me/pw79vh
I have taken my entire life to a new level because of Mindmeister. I am pretty psyched about the new advances (also I like blueprint schemes)
Well done, guys!
The new interface looks amazing…
I was taking advantage of some of the new features without realizing there had been this major upgrade!
But somehow, I knew I was having a much better experience. (And it was pretty good, before.)
Kudos!
Bolaji.
On the share menu the list of current collaborators is only showing half the people and there\’s no way to see or edit their permissions. Is there something I\’ve missed?
Any chance you\’ll add the ability to export and import OPML? It would really help to integrate with tools like iThoughtsHD on the iPad and Scrivener.
Keep up the great work.
Best online mindmap! I tried them all from chrome store and internet. Maybe not advanced like xmind, but online.
Only high price stop me using it, 5$/month (60$/year) too much. Maybe some discount for one year subscription?
People, this is an AWESOME update! Very responsive, and the new features just make it so much more useable. Add in the huge performance improvements to the iOS version, and you\’ve got yourself a sweet package all around. Keep up the great work!
Fab series of upgrades and the auto map layout really makes all my maps look so much better – good job guys.
The old \”Task\’s\” overview on the front page is gone and I can\’t find it anywhere?
Thanks for this update. I think MindMeister is still crispy and offers a clear and great balance between functionality and a lean interface.
One question: I cannot find my account history anymore. Is the whole concept of x new users will bring you x months gone? IMHO, this was a great option!
Best regards, Marcel de Leeuwe
It is awkward to have the print functions buried under the share icon. When I send map to others, they cannot find the print function. It would be better to have a print icon or button at the top in the tool bar.
Tried out the new MM the other day when It first went live. Looking forward to checking out all it has to offer. Seriously the best mind mapping tool. Don;t know what I would do without it.
Dear mindmeister folks: why do I need 3 clicks from your homepage before I can login with google apps?
Love the new look and all the features, which I caught ahead of your blog post. When I went looking for map themes, I couldn\’t find it as part of the properties and it didn\’t strike me to look behind the icon that typically denotes \”share\”.
Isn\’t theme really a property of the map? I think it is a little confusing! Kudos on the UI and feature enhancements though. Nice!!!
Our thinking here was to keep the properties dialogue box as minimal as possible. If you look closely, you can even find the option to toggle it closed (top right corner). For sharing, we\’ve chosen to use a \”broadcast\” type icon, and use the \”Map Options\” icon to denote additional features, including themes.
Love what you\’ve done with the place, but bummed to find out after being a fairly long term customer, that you don\’t expose the 2 features I\’ve wanted the most to personal accounts – export to Word and PPT.
Hi Brad. Not quite following you here. We now offer the ability to export to MS Word and PowerPoint: http://bit.ly/oKwHcJ, as mentioned as item #3 in the post.
Fabulous! Excellent! You clearly did market and usability research! Thank you!
…Now can I have an equally solid iPad app? 🙂
— Damn Users are Never Satisfied
Great improvements, thank you! I like the new look and feel, hiding the properties box helps a lot to get a better overview. Just great!
I look forward to exploring the updated MindMeister. However, I have one concern.
When you have the item on 200 more improvements, and at the end of it there\’s a link saying \”learn more,\” please don\’t have that link go to a generic sign-in or registration page. It should go to a page where there is, as the link says, more to learn.
I found this annoying trying to get more information when linking from the announcement email, so I went to your blog, and had the same issue.
Mindmeister is simply a great app. Congratulations!
Where are my old maps?
I\’m really looking forward to checking out the new features. I wish, though, that you used Google+ — I don\’t use Facebook anymore.
MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT: export to Word and PowerPoint are not available in the \”personal\” plan. Since I only use Mindmeister in connection with my consulting, this greatly reduces its utility as, 9 times out of ten, I have to export maps for use in other documents or files. Kicking the two most popular export file formats up a notch to the next pricing category is a non-trivial price increase. The RTF export function has always been disappointing, so excluding Word export from the base plan is a well calculated price increase for a longtime customer like me.
is there a way to filter items on the maps by flags or icons?
Hi Cris. Unfortunately, no.
Wow, so many great improvements!
However, I just can\’t believe I\’m the only one who doesn\’t want a strikethrough font as a font option. Nobody else wants to be able to cross out possibilities after brainstorming, but still be able to easily see the idea?
That one little point aside, I think this is tremendous step forward for Mindmeister. Congratulations!
Hi Jeff, and thanks for getting in touch! Re: Strikethrough….an interesting option. We\’ve found that many of our users prefer to use our History View feature to review previous ideas. Again, and interesting proposition, and something that wouldn\’t be too difficult to implement. I can\’t make any promises, but I\’ll definitely raise the idea for future developments. Thanks again for your feedback.
MindMeister is awesome, this new update is ridiculously good. So much easier to use now and it just LOOKS better and makes brainstorming and organizing so much more enjoyable. I promote MindMeister on my site, in fact as the only mind mapping tool that I would recommend without hesitation. Thank you for all your work and effort and for making this a reality, it was worth it!
Dan, What I meant was that I have to further upgrade to get the features.
Brad
Dear MindMeister Team
Is the integration between One Point Project Manager and MindMeister still available?
How does it work?
Tks,
Egon Hannes
[email protected]