Freemind

Posted by jaslar
Oct 1, 2007 at 03:53 AM

I’m a former KAMAS user, too. These days, Freemind is definitely part of my tool chest. I’m in the Linux world, not Windows, but have admired Freemind as truly cross-platform.

The current best-of-class in Linux is Notecase Pro (http://www.virtual-sky.com/index.php)—a two pane outliner with word count, spell check, and the ability to input and output to a variety of file formats.

On occasion, I still miss a single pane outliner, and the pickings are slim in Linux. The best I’ve found there is Tkoutline (http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net/wiki/).

But as so many postings prove here, the best tool really depends on what you’re looking for it to do. For me, outlining always been a writing tool. And for that, Freemind is a fantastic broad planning tool—not quite so convenient as a producer of text.