WriteMapper
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Guan Xun Chew

WriteMapper 2 - Skyrocket your writing productivity using mind maps 💭

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Get from idea to final draft in no time with WriteMapper: The outlining app that helps anyone with writing deadlines quickly and easily produce text documents using mind maps.

Visually brainstorm your way through writer's block, write distraction-free in the app, then automatically create & export a text document in your file format of choice! 🙌

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Ross Currie
Probably the most innovative writing app I've seen in a long, long time Random thoughts for features I'd want/expect - markdown support for writing? (I'm just so used to writing in markdown these days) - side-by-side preview (I like distraction free, but sometimes I wanna see the full document preview on the side) - consider throwing words on page in toolbar (bottom of page) by default, just so that they're there. - features like typewriter mode (centered vertically), typewriter noises, Hemingway mode (no backspace), etc. are standard in most writing apps these days. On even has ambient background noise option. Most of all, I'd love if I could open a node in a new window, so I could have my main document tree on one monitor, and the node I'm actively editing on another. Same goes for having a live full document preview open on my third monitor.
Guan Xun Chew
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@rossdcurrie Definitely hear you on the ability to open a node's content in a new window. It's a feature that's on our product roadmap scheduled for a future release. We also do plan on adding more modes of writing, supporting Markdown and TeX input in the future. I can't provide you with an ETA on when these features might make it into the app itself, unfortunately, although I too hope it'll be sooner rather than later! Am committed to improving WriteMapper over time, as has been the case since its release about a year and a half ago. You can see the What's New page on our website for a detailed timeline of app updates it's received. Otherwise, thank you for your effort in noting down all your suggestions and ideas! Very much appreciated — will be using these to help improve WriteMapper. Cheers! 😃
David Oudiette
Really cool product, gives a bit more of a visual twist on something like Workflowy. One problem I've encountered so far: sometimes when reorganizing nodes within a parent node, another node at the level of the parent "steals" the node I'm moving (E.g. If I have Animals -> Dogs -> Dog breeds, when moving a dog breed, it might attach to the nearby Animals -> Cats -> Cat breeds). Any way to make that easier?
Guan Xun Chew
Maker
@davidoudiette Currently, the drag and drop mechanism works by trying to detect the position of the node you're dragging around, in order to calculate which node it should attach to. Admittedly, there is some nuance/precision required in getting the node to "snap" to the intended position, and this can sometimes be tricky in the scenario you mentioned. I'm considering adding keyboard shortcuts which move nodes up/down, so that you're not limited to the mouse/finger as an input mechanism for manipulating how nodes are moved. I'm sorry that other than providing you with that information, I'm not able to offer a more immediately usable workaround to help address the issue you're currently facing. Thanks for the kind words and have a great year ahead! :)
David Oudiette
@gx No worries, it's just a nice to have feature. Keyboard shortcuts to move notes around would be a good solution. 😃
Guan Xun Chew
Maker
@davidoudiette I always appreciate receiving direct user feedback. It's what helps me to improve the app. Cheers! :)
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