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The best tool I've ever used for this no longer exists, as far as I'm aware. It was circa 1991, a spectacular lightweight Macintosh application called "Inspirat

The best tool I've ever used for this no longer exists, as far as I'm aware. It was circa 1991, a spectacular lightweight Macintosh application called "Inspiration." There currently exists software in the same lane with the same name - but if there's any blood relation between the two, the current bears little resemblance to its progenitor. I will mangle the terminology since it's been so long, but the basic idea was that on an infinite canvas you would create nodes representing concepts; these nodes were just UI "bubble" objects, like the ovals you might find in slide deck software. Relationships could be added after the fact by linking these nodes, and there was a fast way to create linked "sub-nodes" from an existing node. Also, very strong UI for arranging the node diagram. Maybe the big problem with mind mapping tools these days is feature creep. A complex UI with too many options will absolutely get in the way of the thought process it serves.

personjerry 4y ago
Not mine, I am not affiliated with this tool, but I thought along the same lines as you and found this tool, could you give it a try and let me know what you think? https://kinopio.club/ https://kinopio.club/
- dageshi 4y ago
  That looks like it's worth trying out, also I like the pricing model, god damn am I sick of monthly subscription.
  - efnx 4y ago
    But it looks like it is monthly (or yearly with a two month discount).
    - dageshi 4y ago
      I think a yearly price of $60 is reasonable for a tool like this.
      - nomoreusernames 4y ago
- jjslocum3 4y ago
  Very interesting, and does capture some of the transparency of Inspiration, in the sense that using the tool doesn't interfere with the process. Thanks for sharing this!
shrubble 4y ago
The software is still around and old vintage software sites have the earlier versions that you can run in a MacOS8 emulator. I last played with version 6 I think about 4 years ago; at that time you could have both an outline view and a mind map and switch between them.
homarp 4y ago
a review of Inspiration: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Inspiration_30_visual_thinking_software_for_M_20170827_0685 https://archive.org/details/TNM_Inspiration_30_visual_thinki... Inspiration : the thought processor Authors: Donald Helfgott, Mona Helfgott, made by Ceres Software, Inc History of the company: https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Inspiration_Software https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Inspiration_Software

personjerry 4y ago

Not mine, I am not affiliated with this tool, but I thought along the same lines as you and found this tool, could you give it a try and let me know what you think? https://kinopio.club/ https://kinopio.club/

dageshi 4y ago
That looks like it's worth trying out, also I like the pricing model, god damn am I sick of monthly subscription.
- efnx 4y ago
  But it looks like it is monthly (or yearly with a two month discount).
  - dageshi 4y ago
    I think a yearly price of $60 is reasonable for a tool like this.
    - nomoreusernames 4y ago
jjslocum3 4y ago
Very interesting, and does capture some of the transparency of Inspiration, in the sense that using the tool doesn't interfere with the process. Thanks for sharing this!

shrubble 4y ago

The software is still around and old vintage software sites have the earlier versions that you can run in a MacOS8 emulator. I last played with version 6 I think about 4 years ago; at that time you could have both an outline view and a mind map and switch between them.

homarp 4y ago

a review of Inspiration: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Inspiration_30_visual_thinking_software_for_M_20170827_0685 https://archive.org/details/TNM_Inspiration_30_visual_thinki... Inspiration : the thought processor Authors: Donald Helfgott, Mona Helfgott, made by Ceres Software, Inc History of the company: https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Inspiration_Software https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Inspiration_Software