Mindomo

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Main purpose

Mindomo allows you to visually plan, organize and track your projects.

Mindomo is Flash-based mind map editor which can be used in online and offline (desktop) mode.

Useful information

If you just wanna see how Mindomo works, you can try demo version of an application which can be used without registration. However, in order to save created mind map or share it with others, you will have to register with a new username and password or login with existed Google or Yahoo account. Mindomo comes in three different versions: basic (free), premium and team. It has Office 2007 alike interface with a number of different functionalites for creating and editing mind maps. For those who are not familiar with this kind of interface or do not have an idea how to create a mind map, there is a very detail screenshot tour. Besides, you have also an option to search for most recent, most viewed and top rated mind maps or maps which were made in a specific language. Finally, this application can be used for time schedule and project management purposes.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• mouse and keyboard shorcuts
• number of multimedia items which can be attached to every node
• interactive and familiar interface

Cons

• account security issues in free version
• only seven private maps in basic version

Reference

• http://www.mindomo.com

Tool accessibility test (15 June 2010)

Server Response Time test performed from Seattle, WA / Munich, Germany / Brisbane, Australia : 1.255 sec / 0.407 sec / 2.211 sec

Server Response Time Scale: Less than 0,1 = Optimal; 0,1 - 1 = Acceptable; 1 - 4 = Noticable but tolerable delay; 4 - 8 = Bearly tolerant delay

This tool has help included on the tool's webpage (link): http://www.mindomo.com/help/welcome.htm;jsessionid=931CBCA82881F7B2FD8FA7277C2659FC

There is no possiblity of changing the type or size of fonts in the tool (it can be done only as a browser functionality).