Indigrid

Posted by Sharknader
Jan 2, 2018 at 07:18 PM

Mark, I wanted to post this given all the negative feedback you received for the application. I’ve played around with it for a bit and actually tried using the application for its intended purpose, namely to use it as a canvass to explore a particular problem. For that purpose, it works great. It’s a great brainstorming application for people who tend to think in outlines as opposed to mind maps. I find mindmaps overwhelming quickly, but as a long-time user of Workflowy and Dynalist, being limited to a particular outline part at a time is restricting in terms of trying to keep all related concepts in focus. There are of course workarounds in those apps, but none as elegant as quickly opening a sub-item in a new side-by-side column. My only gripe is that I wish I could start a new column from any sub-item (even before it has any children).

But overall, I have a very positive impression of this application and view it as a quick mind-mapping tool for people inclined to outlines. It’s like Drafts for iOS. You need to get your thoughts out but not quite sure where, but you don’t expect to store your data in the app once you have a cohesive idea/solution.