MindMeister updates: map out your ideas even faster

Org chart list layout issue: Unable to apply to multiple nodes!

Appears to be a regression. Please fix ASAP.

Hi,

I’m having an issue with the pop-up window as well. The problem occurs when you zoom in too much—the pop-up window goes off the screen. Sometimes, it plays hide-and-seek with you! You move up to see the full pop-up menu, and when you close and reopen it, it pops up underneath, forcing you to move down this time.

I wouldn’t say it makes the product unusable, but it’s definitely very annoying.

Haha...

Hi Mark,

I know, I’m facing the same issue. However, I believe this isn’t something new; previous versions seem to have had this issue as well.

Hi @Mark Mosher,

Oh, I see. To be honest, I’ve had issues with that pop-up window for as long as I can remember. However, the ones you mentioned might be new—I’ve lost track at this point.

That said, other software like Photoshop, SolidWorks, Autodesk, etc., handle these situations using sidebar tabs, making them more predictable to control and render. Additionally, they don’t obstruct the view, unlike the case that @Tatsuhito Koya shared earlier.

Besides, sidebar tabs offer much more advanced control. With a pop-up menu, you are more restricted. How many buttons can you fit into that thing before customers like me start complaining that it’s too complicated and obstructing my view?

By no means am I suggesting switching to sidebar menus; I’m just sharing how others have solved similar issues in this thread.

As a senior software engineer, I believe that pop-ups are something that makes people excited to open their wallet, but they are a nightmare for developers to improve and maintain. Features like this can break every time there’s a major UI upgrade.

To be honest, I’m very happy that I’m not the one responsible for maintaining it—it’s definitely not fun to manage.

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Hi @Mark Jack ,

Thanks for the update and happy that you guys are starting to consider our suggestions. I think the backlash of user feedback might prompt you guys to re-think things before going LIVE and facing the same iteration of responses.

Further to my initial post, another important functionality was sharing links with external parties.

when sharing a link with an external party, they now require an account to view / edit. This is terrible, we only want them to create an account if we want them to collaborate, as some of our mindmaps are shared with entities who just need to view it.

Publishing the mindmap is NOT the solution! It will be "publicly accessible" and "indexed by search engines" as detailed in your article here

https://support.mindmeister.com/hc/en-us/articles/5115583082130-Publish-or-Embed-a-Mind-Map

We can't expect all our customers to create accounts with you guys jsut to view a mindmap of the solution we are providing them with. (no "exporting" is not counted and is for the final document)

I love @Dil Dissanayake's comment to death. I am a hardcore believer in mind mapping and have hundreds of mind maps. I literally create a mind map for every single thing I’ve learned in the past three years, and I recently started to open-source my entire knowledge to the world. I’m calling it 'open-sourcing my brain—you can clone it if you want'. However, not everything can be open-sourced. Especially when I was in my previous company, this was a huge obstacle for me when collaborating with colleagues. You guys are obviously leaving a lot of money on the table by forcing users to buy the software just to view maps beyond the specified limits.

Believe me, when power users like me—who use these tools as trainers to document and share corporate private information—get restricted, we just stop using the tool for private stuff. On the contrary, if you empower us, we create so much documentation that some big boss will open his big fat pocket and buy more licenses.

Of course, the number of mind maps you can view should be unlimited. An even better business model would be to make public mind maps unlimited and place limits on private ones, just like the business models of package managers such as npm.

Definitely, you should target network effects. This product naturally benefits from network effects, so your focus should be on reducing resistance and making collaboration easier for everyone to dominate the market further.

Thank you for acknowledging the problem @Cornelia Patscheider . So is your team going to fix this soon?.In my opinion its a serious UX issue for people presenting and Brain storming. It even blocks off content when we expand nodes.

I am hoping this will have a speedy resolution.. If you can let us know by when this would be resolved it would be great!

Thank You

Hi @Cornelia Patscheider

Last year, I was on the Basic plan, and I remember I wasn't able to share maps. This year, I upgraded to the PRO plan, but I haven't tried sharing a private map since the upgrade because I assumed it wouldn't work. Let me give it a try now. If it works, my customer satisfaction will definitely go up by a few stars! 😄

By the way, I’m okay with the floating toolbar. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I think there’s room for improvement.

However, the Ctrl+F issue is driving me crazy! Oh, and I just remembered — is there any update on that?

For the love of god:

The new list layout in org charts is a welcome return, however, there's a critical missing feature from previous versions.

It is no longer possible to apply the list layout to multiple nodes simultaneously. This was a simple process before and is now extremely tedious having to apply the layout to each node individually.

This needs to be addressed urgently as it significantly impacts efficiency and workflow.