February 24, 2008 at 10:18 pm
The last version of MindNode got downloaded 3600+ times and the amount of feedback has been overwhelming. Many changes in this release are requests from users and I’d like to thank everybody who contacted me. Due to this high amount of requests, I wasn’t able to declare this release RC 1. It will follow sometime this week.
PLEASE contact me if you experience a crash or a serious bug! Thank you!
Core Version
- (New) Export mind map as OPML file (You can import this file into outlining applications like OmniOutliner).
- (New) Paste and Match Style support when pasting nodes (font, font attributes, stroke width, stroke color, stroke style).
- (Update) Center root node is cleverer about what node to center. It also selects the centered node.
- (Update) Changes to the way spotlight meta data is handled.
- (Fix) The toolbar per default displays toolbar item titles.
- (Fix) The toolbar item to delete nodes is disabled when editing a node title or if there is no active selection.
- (Fix) Menu items in the Nodes-menu are disabled when editing a node title.
- (Fix) Stroke width is applied correctly during pasting.
- (Fix) Supernodes are selected after deleting nodes.
February 17, 2008 at 10:14 pm
This release took a lot longer than expected. I spent a lot if time rewriting the way mirrored nodes are drawn when editing the title, but in the end I had to revert back to the original code due to problems with the applications architecture. On the bright side, this release fixes a bug that was on my todo list for what must have been ages. When editing a node title the text sometimes jumped around. This issue should be fixed in this release.
Please note that this is the last 0.9.x release. The next release will be 1.0 RC 1.
Core Version
- (New) New Appcast feed when enabling developer features.
- (Update) Tweaked keyboard navigation.
- (Fix) Jump to next or previous word when editing the title.
- (Fix) Inspector Stroke Color Well and multiple Selection.
- (Fix) Deleting a root node caused all reverse drawn nodes to mirror.
- (Fix) Wrong distance between nodes when pasting.
- (Fix) Jumping text when editing the title.
February 15, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I just released InfiniteCanvas 1.3.3. This is a minor release that improves compatibility with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard).
January 28, 2008 at 1:15 am
Core Version
- (New) Autosaving (Enabled by default)
- (New) Print Toolbar Item
- (New) Crash Reporter
- (Fix) Undo Bug when removing inverse nodes.
- (Fix) Positioning Bug when creating subnodes of a supernode with a very long text.
- (Update) Slightly improved Positioning algorithm.
- (Update) Inspector Icons
Pro Version (Contact me for instructions)
- (New) Pro Version Support
- (New) Reconnecting of Nodes
- (New) Drag and Drop of Strings
January 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm
MindNode is no longer marked as beta.
(New) iChat Theater support
(New) Menu items for sending support emails and visiting the website.
(Update) Inspector is now using RMInspector. The Icons are NOT final.
(Update) Root nodes are now drawn as rounded rects.
(Fix) Bug when trying to create a subnode of a node with an empty title.
(Fix) Mirroring bug when creating root node subnodes.
(Fix) A bug caused deleted nodes to reappear when loading from persistant store.
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January 7, 2008 at 11:10 pm
That’s it. MindNode is feature complete for the 1.0 release.
Release Notes
(New) Copy and Paste Support
(New) “Past and Match Style” for text
(New) Menu validation
(New) Root nodes draw a white background. This should make it easier to select nodes when they are lying on top of each other.
(Update) Intro dialog.
(Fix) Hit testing.
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January 6, 2008 at 11:10 am
Have you ever noticed that there is a short delay (about a second) when entering the “edit text mode” in Finder, Mail or iTunes? When clicking on an unselected item for the first time, a selection event occurs. When waiting a short period (don’t double click) and clicking again on the text (!), after about a second the text field to edit the text appears.
I’m planning to integrate this behavior into my own application (at this stage I’m not sure if this will replace the double-clicking) and I tried to find an answer to why this delay happens, but so far my search only turned up very wage answers. Through my own testing I found out that it feels “wrong” when the text field appears immediately. A result of being “trained” by Apple that it should appear after about a second?
January 2, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I spent a lot of time thinking about my application over Christmas and I decided to changed my initial plans a little bit. I’ve already spent so much time developing it and now the time has come to get it into the hands of more people to collect more feedback. I also realized that in it’s current state it’s too early to release it as a commercial product and it’s probably best to start with a freeware application. So this is what I’ll do:
MindNode 1.0 will be released as a freeware application at the end of January. It will contain all the feature that are in the current beta build, except the reconnecting of nodes. Following this release I’ll start improving the core application and incorporate user feedback.
MindNode Pro will be a commercial version of MindNode that will be released a few months after the release of the free version. Both versions will share the same core code and a simple serial key will unlock the pro features. I don’t like buying software that I wasn’t able to test and therefore there will be a 15-30 day trail period of MindNode Pro. After this period MindNode will revert back to the free version and the user will be able to access every mind map he created with the pro version - no user should be punished by being locked out of information because he decided the application isn’t worth the price.
This leaves 2 questions to be answers: how much will the pro version cost and what features am I planing for this version? I haven’t settled on a price, but it will be very competitive. The features will depend on feedback gathered from users of the free version. Reconnecting will be among those features and I’m also thinking about providing new export formats and the ability to drop files and hyperlinks onto the mind map. But as I said before: those features will be based on feedback and so please let me know what you would like to see.
December 31, 2007 at 7:57 pm
The last update of the year.
ReleaseNotes
(Update) New Intro dialog.
(Update) Improvements when mirroring nodes.
(Update) Branch colors get darken when a color is already in use.
(Removed) Reconnecting of nodes (watch a future blog entry for announcements).
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December 29, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Release Notes
(New) Change the node color directly with the color panel.
(New) Completly new selection indicator. Please provide feedback!
(Update) Improvements to the way title editing is displayed.
(Update) Not selected subnodes are no longer deleted.
(Update) Branch Drawing.
(Fix) Reconnecting and branch thickness.
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