Re: [Gzz-commits] gzz/Documentation/misc/mindmap tech.rst .cvsignore

[Benja Fallenstein]

Asko Soukka wrote:
> +Probably there is no the one and only right way to create mind maps, but
> +I still try to name some requirements for ideal mind map manipulation 
> +intarface on the basis of my own mind map drawing customs.
> +
> +- highly mobile
> +- direct maniplation interface
> +- pen as primary input device: free drawing should be possible,
> +  though text input needs character recognition
> +- pen needs touchscreen or digital drawing tablet, in terms of direct
> +  manipulation, the earlier is of course better
> +- since A4 the most popular paper size for writing notes and also for
> +  drawing mind maps (AFAIK), it could be recommendes size also for
> +  mindmap tool (although, this depends a lot of different needs of 
> +  different user, a small PDA with soft drawing-tablet-case could also
> +  good)
> +- also mouse could be used as later manipulation of mind map associations, 
> +  and keyboard for adding larger amounts of text

Can you explain more (maybe with examples) what you want mind map 
drawing to be like and what the end results should be? It seems like you 
want a spatial model, where you have an euclidean area and position 
things at given coordinates. This is something I have no interest in 
using-- because the biggest problem I have with paper mindmaps is 
running out of space, and I don't want to use a computer just to have 
the same problems (Ted, approx.: 'Using a computer to simulate paper is 
like tearing the wings of a Boeing 747 and using it as a bus on a 
highway,' and: '[zzstructure allows] unlimited growth in unexpected 
directions'-- this is (part of) why I'm into Gzz). But there may still 
be a possibility for cooperation... (as I'm also interested in 
zzstructure-based mind maps, except that my intent is to get rid of what 
I perceive as the paper-induced limitations of traditional mind maps: 
hierarchy, running out of space, unconnectedness of different mindmaps.)

- Benja