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[geirhi]

Hi,

I use Evernote in business and for private use.

Will you integrate a mindmapping - functionality in the near future? I need a simple, cross-platform, planning/mindmapping ...

thanks,

Geir H

[jefito]

I would guess that the answer is no, at least for the short term. Evernote is primarily a cross-platform note capture and storage mechanism, with facilities for note taking. It's not meant to be a replacement for dedicated to-do lists, project planners or mind-mappers.

~Jeff

[engberg]

You can use a third-party Mindmapping application, and then drag the map files into Evernote if you have a Premium subscription. Then you can double-click to open them again in that application.

[Network-Ninjaneer]

Can you add an option to create mind maps and flow charts? I love evernote and have copied many a whiteboard session to my notes but I would really like to use it to study with as well. I would like to use evernote to document a protocol's process so that I can create study guides for myself to go back and review later while I ride the bus or take a flight.

[BurgersNFries]

I'm pretty sure this isn't going to happen. However, you can use the mindmap of your choice & put the file in Evernote. Double click the icon in the note in order to invoke the mindmap app & open the file.

[jefito]

This has been requested, possibly not in the scope of what Evernote is aiming to provide (but hey, you never know).

[hherbzilla]

I use MindManager and will often paste an image of my map into Evernote.

I'm pretty sure this isn't going to happen. However, you can use the mindmap of your choice & put the file in Evernote. Double click the icon in the note in order to invoke the mindmap app & open the file.

[dlu]

Thanks for your suggestion! I haven't seen that on our upcoming list, but its been noted.

[Owyn]

MindMeister user and education blogger Will Richardson recently posted a screencast about his usage of MindMeister in combination with one of our personal favorites, Evernote.

http://www.mindmeister.com/blog/2011/09 ... -evernote/
https://www.mindmeister.com/pricing

[gbarry]

Nice. I've been looking at "mind patterning" or thought pattern, or whatever you call these apps, for awhile now and just have never taken the dive. Is Mind Meister worth a try?

BTW, posted this to our internal news to show other Evernote Employees. To give props where props be due, I mention it's from the forum and username with a h/t (hat tip).

[Owyn]

Probably. I watched the demo and read through their site. The Free Basic account let's you set up 3 mindmaps. Implementing the new forum might be a good test case for you.

I am planning to check it out, but, am currently a bit backlogged on testing new things. :?

PS: The generic term is "mind mapping".

[BurgersNFries]

Another one is Edraw. I don't know how good it is for mind mapping, since I don't do that. But it's a free app & I use it in place of Visio for dataflows.

[s2sailor]

Mind maps are one of those things that I find cool but can never really find a good reason to use them. Regardless, I've checked out a few. A very good free, open source one for Windows is FreeMind: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/in ... /Main_Page

For the Ipad, iThoughtsHD is very well done: http://www.ithoughts...HD/Welcome.html

[jsfirth48]

Copy an Evernote note URL; paste into a Mind Map and a link is established, it even shows as the Evernote icon. Cool!

[Gresh]

I am a frequent user of Mindjet's Mind Manager and Thinking Place for Android. I use it to analyse the complexity of a problem and then form the structure from which I can export to Word and then fill out the document with the detail. Being a visiual learner, seeing concepts in pictures really works for me.

A big feature of these tools for me would be to export to Evernote as either a Notebook or a series of tagged up notes in an existing notebook. They currently only seem to be able to import as images or attached files at the moment. Deconstructing a mind map in this way would be a quick way of creating multiple notes with a common structure that then could be shared with collaborators to fill in the details. I think this is a feature for the developers of Mind Mapping tools as Evernote already looks as if it provides more than enough means for Third Party systems to send notes to it.

Hoping that one of the Mind Map producers will come up with it soon then my use of Evernote and Mindmapping (especially on the mobile) will go up rapidly.

[mshparber]

Hi,
Is there an intention to add mind-mapping capabilities to Evernote?
It would be so cool to use mapping for brainstorming and also to see some notes connected as a mind map!
Thank you very much!
Michael Shparber

[BurgersNFries]

AFAIK, no. EN normally prefers to not reinvent the wheel. But you can add your mind mapping files, created by the mind mapping software of your choice, to Evernote.

[Wern]

As Burgers already said, probably not. Above all, EN wants to do one thing well: storing and retrieving information fast. There may be an "add-on" or "extension" sometime in the future for this, but not soon and nothing certain at this point in time.
Wern

[scq7]

I use Evernote (Android) as my sole note management application.

I use Thinking Space Pro (Android) for mindmaps.

I would like to be able to link my Thinking Space Pro mindmaps to notes that I establish in Evernote

(i.e. the ability to launch a Thinking Space Pro file directly from an Evernote note)

Currently when I attempt to do this I receive a message stating 'no activity found to handle this action'.

Any ideas? :-)

[Grimmknuckle]

Hi,
Is there an intention to add mind-mapping capabilities to Evernote?
It would be so cool to use mapping for brainstorming and also to see some notes connected as a mind map!
Thank you very much!
Michael Shparber

You might want to try Mindjet. I found it earlier today in the Evernote Trunk. I have been testing it out and it seems like a good mind mapping tool with a nice Evernote export button. When you export a mind map you are given the option of how you want to save it. You can save it as a text outline or an image. I found what worked best for me was to do two exports in each format and then merge the notes. It's not the best solution in the world, but it is a nice easy way to store your mind maps in Evernote.
http://www.evernote....ult&source=home