![]() ![]() The way MindNode 5 works with drag and drop makes clear how mind mapping apps were made for this feature. This option existed in MindNode 4, but it suffered from pre-iOS 11 workflows of using share sheets or file pickers to import content from external sources. Just drop it on the open canvas, and later on you can pick it up and attach it to an existing node, or line, or do whatever works best for you. The flexibility of MindNode's panels means that when you want to focus entirely on your mind map, you can either shrink extraneous panels, or hide them entirely.īecause it's so easy to drag and drop content, even after it's already in your map, you don't need to know exactly where a new item fits in your map's structure before you drop it. In my use this detail has proven a key point in the panels' success. As I mentioned, MindNode's two main panels are adjustable – they can be resized to a few set levels by dragging the grabber at the top of each panel. Thanks to the icons I'm never confused about which menu I'm accessing – the actions panel feels like it works for me, rather than me having to work to find what I need. ![]() Even the one seemingly random icon – a circle containing three dots – is perfect because of what it represents: a random assortment of controls that don't quite fit in any other category. The note screen is represented by a note, stickers and photos by a standard place photo, styles by a paintbrush (as popularly seen in iWork), and on the pairings go. Icons in the panel clearly represent certain things, with little ambiguity, and controls housed in each menu are a natural fit with the icon that represents them. Replacing MindNode 4's fixed navigation bar and optional sidebar are a pair of adjustable panels: a main actions panel and an outline panel. While your mind map itself will look the same (outside of some theme tweaks), the assortment of tools at your disposal have been reorganized and presented in a markedly better format. MindNode 5 differs from its predecessor not just when selecting documents, but when viewing them too. Perhaps it's still just too soon to judge the document browser's long-term success, but it's disappointing to see so little movement among apps to this point. I understand why this change would take some time to implement, but we now sit almost six months past WWDC, when developers first gained access to iOS 11 APIs – I would have expected more apps to be on board by now. Outside of Apple's iWork suite, MindNode is the first major app I've noticed that adopts iOS 11's document browser, which is a little surprising. Left to right: Document browser main view, Quick Entry mode, and Settings. ![]()
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