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Posted by Paul Korm
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tinderbox has multiple views for the same data—outline, map, hyperbolic, etc.
Posted by Lucas
May 8, 2025 at 04:29 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
Tinderbox has multiple views for the same data—outline, map,
>hyperbolic, etc.
I love Tinderbox, which is in a class of its own, but links in map view cannot be viewed as hierarchy in outline view, and hierarchy in outline view is not very visible within a given map view, although of course you can drill down.
Posted by Lucas
May 8, 2025 at 04:52 PM
(I forgot to mention that YouMinds Composer is probably the most robust in terms of multiple views include canvas-type views and outline views. Not my favorite UI, but it still works.)
Posted by MadaboutDana
May 8, 2025 at 05:52 PM
There’s a nice plugin for Obsidian which turns a “canvas” into an outline: Canvas2Document. It turns a complete canvas of linked notes into a single long-form document integrating all cards, notes, images and other content. It’s a really clever piece of programming. However, it’s not quite the same as what you’re talking about.
On the Mac, there are various mindmapping tools that do what you describe, one of the best-known being MindNode (you can view the outline alongside the mindmap). SimpleMind does, too (and so does Xmind, I believe, which is multi-platform). They can all be used as infinite canvases (as can the little-known but rather impressive Tidy Mind, which doesn’t do outlines).
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Cyganet
May 12, 2025 at 08:28 AM
Lucas wrote:
Great list. Meanwhile, the niche that interests me is tools that both
>have an infinite, flexible canvas (not just strict mind-mapping) and
>also have an outline view of the items on the canvas.
Another tool that does this is miMind, which has a freeform layout option and an outline of items even when they are in freeform layout. The outline is searchable. It is also exportable, and the export includes the node contents and notes
https://mimind.cryptobees.com/index.html