Feature Request: FreeMind read/write compatibility

[Graham Foster]

Freemind (or its newest version Freeplane) are excellent multiplatform
mind manager tools (open source). I find the I normally start brain-
storming with a mind mapping tool and then it slowly becomes a
structured todo list.

MLO now imports Mindmanager XML files - would it be simple to add
import (and export) to the open sorce .mm (Freemind) format of files.
These are also XML but the tags are different as far as I can see.
This was we get an alternative presentation and editing format too

Thanks
Graham

[Andrey]

I will consider this.

A.

[george]

Has there been any progress on this feature request.?  It is insane how awesome it is to see my MLO outline visualized in Freeplane. Mindjet is uber expensive. I used an old version  Mindjet trial to export then import into Freeplane.

It would be great to export directly Freeplane/Freemind.

[robisme (Olivier R)]

And how great would it be to implement not only import/export, but also sync!...

Olivier

[george]

Didn't think of sync. That would be just amazing. Freeplane/Freemind is crazy great for a freeware. MLO has a lot of potential but acts like an aloof genius. 

Guess It is what it is. 

(MLO website has no About Us section. No info about management and leadership, no Meet the team section and no info about company location. There is one picture of the mysterious genius founder Andrey Tkachuk in the the blog entry.  They might as well be KGB/FSB (kidding.hope not true) and we trust them with our life. Compare this to Todoist. They have pictures of the team and and seem receptive and warm and their website is great. But Todoist can't do what MLO does.  I know some of this may be cosmetic but I wouldn't mind if MLO projected a bit more cheery vibe. MLO, please smile :)

[Joel Azaria]

It's not cosmetic at all imo but rather indicative.

MLO development happens in a vacuum.  The team shares no details, no roadmap, no indication of features expected or whether user requests have been addressed.  Nothing.  Even dev participation in this "forum" is extremely stunted - limited to select comments from tech support and cherry-picked replies from Andrey to sometimes one or two comments in  thread whilst remaining "blind" to the rest.

Even in the most recent app release (Android v2) I'm pretty sure nothing was known about by the beta testers until they actually got an executable in their hands to test.  Prior to that, as I understand it, the beta team had no idea what they were going to receive.  They had a couple of screenshots that were posted in the public forums - as much as anyone else who reads this list.

So no, it's not cosmetic in the least.  MLO is a unique tool and in much time searching I haven't found yet a tool that can replace it completely.  I guess the dev team know that so there's no reason for them to take the user base seriously.  I guess they don't realize that if they actually expanded the user base the android app wouldn't have to be $25 to be profitable.  Or they just don't care.

[george]

I tried out the password manager Codebook from Zetetic. Seems like a small org may be somewhat comparable to MLO. The way they interact with users/potential users is really nice. Devs and the top guy all contribute on their products forum. There are pictures of the team. It is rather refreshing and welcoming. Website is neat and uncomplicated.

I was also surprised by the $25 price tag for V2. Once worked for an org where our unsaid motto was "we make it hard for people to buy our awesome product". At least that is what we thought it was based on how the company operated. 

Looks like MLO is not interested in volume. 

MLO, we need you..there is nobody like you around...we like you..

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