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Archive for April, 2006

Should expand/collapse cause a Save dialog?

Posted: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 @ 8:00 am in , , , , | 14 Comments »

A smooth user experience is the result of relentless attention to many small details. Here’s one that’s being discussed right now at Mindjet: When you open a map in MindManager 6, and expand or collapse some topics in order to see what’s there, and you close the map again, you get a "Save changes?" dialog. We’re […]

Mapping Contest/Mapping the World Cup

Posted: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 @ 7:00 am in , | 2 Comments »

Some pretty cool things launched yesterday in the wonderful world of Mindjet. First, Mindjet’s own Gaelen O’Connell and the founders of Note Talkers have orchestrated a really nice competition for everyone and anyone who takes notes (excluding judges and employees of the sponsoring organizations), with a prize package worth nearly $1200. The contest is being done in collaboration with Note […]

Why Is Mindjet Interested in Web 2.0?

Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2006 @ 1:57 pm in , , | No Comments »

Great question.
Why is the company that makes everyone’s favorite desktop productivity application so interested in what’s happening with Web 2.0?  Isn’t MindManager a desktop application and the web, well, the web?  It’s all about XML. 
When Mindjet re-engineered MindManager for Version X5 in 2003, it built it upon a new XML foundation.  This meant that […]

Mindjet Technical Documentation Wins Awards

Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2006 @ 10:46 am in | 1 Comment »

During a recent technical communications competition, two Mindjet entries were honored for the quality of their work. Mindjet MindManager 6 Online Help received a Distinguished Technical Communication Award, while the MindManager Pro 6 Large-Scale Deployment Guide received an award of Merit. The competition is sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication (STC) Willamette Valley Chapter […]

The State of Web 2.0

Posted: Monday, April 3rd, 2006 @ 7:28 am in , , | No Comments »

Now that Web 2.0 has made the cover of Newsweek, bloggers are debating over the term Web 2.0 and what it actually stands for. While some argue that “The new Internet ‘boom’ doesn’t live up to its name,”  put the “boom” in quotation-marks, and suggest that Web 2.0 is just a silly label that some self-proclaimed thought […]