MindMeister updates: navigation improvements across the board

Mark Jack
Mark Jack MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 9 Beginner
in MindMeister Announcements & Updates

Excited to share a bunch of updates coming to MindMeister to make organizing and recalling your maps much simpler. These updates are rolling out to all accounts in the coming weeks 👀

  • With a brand new Home area, you can now jump straight into your work—whether it’s creating a new mind map or picking up where you left off. You’ll see which maps are shared with your team, and which are private or only shared with you.
  • An updated sidebar shows your team front and center, with quick access for Team Admins to invite new members. We've also removed Recents and Public from the sidebar: Home now serves the same purpose as Recents, and you can access the MindMeister Universe from the templates gallery instead.
  • Elsewhere, one-click favoriting and cleaner bulk actions make organizing maps a breeze. Likewise, you won’t miss the search bar — it’s front and center. 
  • The eagle-eyed will notice that we’ve unsquashed the images in grid view, and, for now, we’ve removed in-app notifications. They will be back before you know it, way better than before. We’re hard at work making them more useful.

Take a quick tour of the new navigation, or read more in the Help Center. Once you’ve given these updates a try, please do drop any feedback via this quick survey.

Have a great day!

Comments

  • Marlene Heinen
    Marlene Heinen DE Business Posts: 58 Star Contributor

    Hi,
    I have already a question :-). In Home there is a button "Blank Map" . Is that map private or team on default?
    We have here one team "Company", so nearly everything is public as soon as it is a team map. I have the feeling, already team maps are often createt by mistake.

  • Oliver Wich
    Oliver Wich MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 89 Star Contributor

    Amazing!
    Quick Question: What does thet mean?
    What would be the workflow if a user wants to keep his private maps? Put them in the Trash → leave the team and reactive them? Of Export them all → delete them und import them again in the private account?

    Would really appreciate some help because i have team members coming and leaving more often lately.

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  • Cornelia Patscheider
    Cornelia Patscheider Admin, Moderator, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,363 Community Admin
    https://community.meister.co/discussion/comment/12423#Comment_12423


    Hi @Marlene Heinen , regarding your question "What is the default?": If you have access to private mind maps — you’re a paid MindMeister customer — all mind maps created in Home or in My maps are private by default. Only mind maps created in Team maps are Team maps.

  • Cornelia Patscheider
    Cornelia Patscheider Admin, Moderator, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,363 Community Admin

    https://community.meister.co/discussion/comment/12424#Comment_12424


    Hi @Oliver Wich ,

    first of all, I want to assure that there are no changes when it comes to offboarding , or a team member leaving the team, just because of the new Home. You can still apply the same workflow as you used before.


    Specifically, there are three options to offboard a team member:

    • Option 1: "Disable" a users account:
      • Inactive users are completely restricted from accessing cannot access any area or content in MeisterTask or MindMeister, including their own Private Projects.
      • This option is ideal for offboarding team members.
      • Use this option when: An employee has left the company and you want to prevent them from accessing MeisterTask, MindMeister, or their Account.
      • How to: Open the "My Team" page in Account, click the three dots next to the users name, select "Disable".
    • Option 2: Disable a users access for one tool only:
      • Use this option when:
        • You want to prevent a user accessing any content in MeisterTask or/and MindMeister.
        • You want to keep their account active.
        • The user requires access to the Account area.
      • It is best used for: Team Admins who don’t need access to projects or notes.
        Temporarily limiting a user’s access without fully deactivating their account.
      • How to: Open the "My Team" page in Account. Search for the user, and click on the colorful logos to disable access.
    • Option 3: Remove” a user:
      • Use this option when:
        • The user is permanently leaving the team, but may continue using MeisterTask or MindMeister outside your team with the same email address. Removing a team member will completely separate their account from your team.
        • You want to completely remove the user from your team while preserving their access to any projects or notes they have joined.
      • It is best used for: Users who no longer need team affiliation, but want to keep access to projects and notes, e.g., a former colleague who left your company but continues working on your project as a freelancer with the same email address.
      • How to: Open the "My Team" page in Account, click the three dots next to the users name, select "Remove".

    Regarding your question: What would be the workflow if a user wants to keep his private maps?

    • If the "old" team member has been removed from the team or has created a new account, then the Content Manager of the mind map will have to invite the "old" team member to the private mind maps again.
      • Just for context: A user does not own his private mind maps. The team owns all mind maps. Therefore, if a user leaves your team, or they account is disabled, then the private mind maps will remain with the team. Here is more infos available.
    • Alternatively, your suggestions about exporting all mind maps, deleting them and importing them into the new account should work as well.

    I hope this info helps.

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  • Jared Crabtree
    Jared Crabtree EN Pro Posts: 2 Beginner

    I would like to provide feedback on the removal of thumbnail previews on the mindmap browser. 

    I find it much harder to navigate without a preview of the mindmaps. The generic icons are not helpful. Mindmapping is a visual exercise, and this eliminates a useful visual aspect. Combing through lists of mindmaps and having to rely on only the title of the mindmap to find what I'm looking for is painful.


    if I should provide this feedback elsewhere, please let me know. I was directed here from the MindMeister chatbot.


    Thanks

  • Cornelia Patscheider
    Cornelia Patscheider Admin, Moderator, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,363 Community Admin

    Hi @Jared Crabtree,

    thank you so much for the feedback! Actually, the MindMeister team has prepared a survey to collect feedback:

    👉 Please do drop any feedback via this quick survey

    Have a great day!

  • Oliver Wich
    Oliver Wich MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 89 Star Contributor

    Absolutely correct - the "visually remembering" part ot completely lost ✅
    Why don't you build a switch, where the user can decide what kind of preview he wants to see😊 Solution for everyone😍

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  • Cornelia Patscheider
    Cornelia Patscheider Admin, Moderator, MeisterLobster, EN Business Posts: 1,363 Community Admin

    Thanks @Oliver Wich , please please also fill out the survey, if you haven't done so. Very valuable feedback ;)

    And yes, as a mind map enthusiast, I totally agree with you, a switch would be a great idea!

  • Jared Crabtree
    Jared Crabtree EN Pro Posts: 2 Beginner

    Feedback has been provided through the survey. Thank you.

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