We like to think Wisdomap is already pretty colourful, as software goes.
But we are pleased to launch a new feature today: the ability to selectively colour parts of the notes attached to the nodes on your mind maps.
It's very intuitive to use - simply select the text you want coloured, and then click the new colour palette button to reveal a range of different colours.
We hope this helps you keep your notes vibrant and readable!
We are very pleased to announce that Wisdomap has been selected to attend Venturefest 2010, an exhibition which showcases inspiring science, technology and knowledge entrepreneurs. More information can found at www.venturefestyorkshire.net.
If you are attending make sure you visit our stand - we'd love to have a chat and may well be demoing some cool new features.
We are pleased to announce some useful changes to the right-hand column. You can now embolden, italicize and underline words in the notes section and also create bullet-point lists.
The right-hand column is also now expandable to three widths to maximize the impact of media files and notes to your maps - simply use the arrow icon half way down the column border to toggle between the three widths.
As always, we welcome all feedback on these changes and ideas for future features.
Are you tired of sitting through monotonous Powerpoint presentations? Today we are excited to launch a new and unique premium account feature where mind maps can be used as presentations.
You simply select the order in which the map should unfold, and then use the space key to advance your presentation, revealing nodes and their associated media/notes sequentially. This is a colourful and engaging way to present and structure information and media files.
As ever, we welcome all feedback on current features or future ideas.
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with tutor2u, the UK's leading provider of rapid revision e-learning content and teaching resources, to launch tutor2u-Wisdomap, mind mapping software designed specifically for education.
The Wisdomap student and teacher accounts will now be offered through tutor2u-Wisdomap, and will include all of our innovative educational features, with many more exciting developments to come. This will allow us to focus our educational energies there, while refocussing the core Wisdomap application towards broader commercial uses.
Click here to go to tutor2u-Wisdomap.
We are pleased to announce the introduction of a new visual style for Wisdomap mind maps. Existing and new maps will still use our unique physics-based algorithm by default, which we've called Wisdomap Organic for the beautiful, organic looking maps it creates.
But if you prefer a more conventional looking mind map you can now use the new Wisdomap Classic algorithm, in which nodes branch out horizontally connected by elegant curved lines. The nodes, of course, are still colourful, bold and readable.
As ever, Wisdomap is in active development and we welcome all feedback on any changes we introduce and ideas for future features.
By popular request, mind maps can now be downloaded in JPG format as well as in PNG and PDF format.
As of today, longer nodes in mind maps will break into two or more lines.
This improves readability of the nodes and map as a whole, makes the maps appear more natural, and allows the nodes to be closer together, so that the whole map can be viewed in a smaller window or screen.
Happy New Year from the Wisdomap team!
We hope 2009 will be a great year for Wisdomap and all its users! We're working on some really cool new features to add to the application - keep your eye out for these in the next few months!
By popular request, you can now use special characters and letters with accents in your maps, notes and media files.
We've just created a page for Wisdomap on Facebook. You can become a 'fan' and receive updates about the application.
If you like using Wisdomap please help us spread the word and become a fan of Wisdomap on Facebook by clicking here.
We've tweaked the Wisdomap core to make the text in mind map nodes bolder. This increases the visual impact of mindmaps, and more importantly significantly increases readability, especially in classroom situations where mind maps are displayed on projectors or digital whiteboards.
If you would prefer less bold text in your mind maps, you can revert to the older style using the "use lighter text" option in the preferences section on the manage account page.