Mindjet, publishers of MindManager software, have released a new browser-based viewer at a price you can't argue with - it's free. As I have received many requests for more sample maps, here are a couple for you to browse with the new viewer. You need to be using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer for the Viewer to work. It will download an ActiveX control to your browser, and you can then navigate around the map, opening and closing topics just like MindManager.
Here is an example of a Tunnel Timeline map. Click the thumbnail to see a full-sized static image, or click the link below it to browse this map dynamically in the new viewer. This map shows how a small project plan can be laid out with the next actions towards the edges of the map, and the outcomes near the centre. The Tunnel Timeline layout is explained in detail here.
Browse interactively with the MindManager Viewer
Here is the Map Markers example map again from the previous post. Click the thumbnail for a regular image, or click the link below it to browse this map dynamically in the Viewer.
Browse interactively with the MindManager Viewer
When you click the viewer link, a new browser window will open, and you will be prompted for permission to download and install the MindManager Viewer control in your browser. You can then navigate, pan and zoom the map just like you can in MindManager itself. If you have MindManager X5, you can even open a copy by clicking Menu > Open map in new window in the Viewer, or save a copy with Menu > Save a Copy.
The MindManager Viewer is a beta version and is published by Mindjet. If you have any issues with the Viewer, please send them to Mindjet and not to me :-) If you are not using Internet Explorer 5.5, you can still view full-sized versions of the maps as an image in your web browser by clicking on the thumbnails.
Update - how the viewer page works
I have had several requests for information on how to make the Viewer appear in a separate window. I don't claim to have done it in the best way, but this how I made it work in TypePad:
1. I created a small HTML page called "mapviewer.html" and uploaded it to TypePad. It contains:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML> <HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR>
<script language="JavaScript">
function getmap() {
var s_ret;
s_ret = '<OBJECT codeBase="http://www.mindjet.com/viewer/eng/MjMmViewer.cab"';
s_ret = s_ret + ' height="100%" width="100%" classid=clsid:4C57C98A-E582-46E4-8FD8-5EBDC94CEA39>';
s_ret = s_ret + ' <PARAM NAME="Image" VALUE="';
var URL = location.href.split("?");
if(URL[1]) {
s_ret = s_ret + URL[1];
}
else {
s_ret = s_ret + 'http://www.mindjet.com/doc_eng/Welcome_to_Mindjet_MindManager_Viewer.mmap';
}
return s_ret + '">';
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<script language="JavaScript">document.write(getmap());</Script>
</BODY>
</HTML>
2. I then call it from the blog page with:
<a href="http://duffill.blogs.com/beyond_crayons/files/mapviewer.html?gyronix-map-markers.mmap" target="mapviewer" alt="Requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or later to view interactively">Browse interactively with the <strong>MindManager Viewer</strong></a>
This opens the viewer in a new page, without needing to create a separate page for every map you want to view. Tip: if you are not seeing all the text above, this is because TypePad is truncating rather than wrapping unbroken lines. Select & copy the text somewhere else and you will see it all.
Thanks a lot for this solution, I just tested it in my twoday weblog and it works just fine.
Posted by: Andreas Weinberger | September 08, 2005 at 09:13 PM
Hello Nick,
Very decent effort on the viewer. Is there a firefox version?
I also noticed on your map that you use noun-first descriptions of projects/tasks. For example, "Marketing Plan ready to deply". I have been trying to put the verb first as I was told that it then implies an action. So I would have said "Prepare the marketing plan for deployment". In your case is it a matter of habit, personal preference, or is there some other reason for stating the tasks as you do?
Posted by: Slawek Rogulski | September 15, 2005 at 01:43 AM
Slawek
There is no Firefox version of the MindManager viewer.
Describing outcomes instead of tasks is a goal-focused way of working. Tasks are not very motivational, whereas visualising the outcome is. It also helps when planning backwards from the final end-status. Most people tend to plan forwards in terms of tasks.
Posted by: Nick | September 16, 2005 at 09:47 AM
The new Mindsystems ThemeReader works with the MindManager Viewer so that you can create and view Thematic based mind maps of your documents without having the full MindManager product installed. Of course, if you want to change the thematic mind map you need to have the full version but for those that just want to view their documents thematic content within a mind map the Mindsystems ThemeReader is a great tool. You can try it for free for 21 days.
http://www.mindsystems.com.au/products/themereader/
Posted by: Arnold Villeneuve | February 02, 2007 at 03:17 PM