Mind Map UI Feedback

Discussions focus on user feedback, suggestions, and critiques for the interface of a visual mind mapping or spatial canvas tool, including zoom, animations, information density, and comparisons to Notion, Miro, and Figma.

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anindha Sep 10, 2025 View on HN

Looks very powerful. Would you consider other interfaces apart from a table? I would love to use this with something that looked like Notion.

pandatigox Nov 13, 2022 View on HN

Hi sorry for the late reply! If you're still checking this, then a UI like this might be useful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ah9CtlaEs

walterbell Aug 22, 2014 View on HN

Quick feedback:- couldn't find the "share button" after long-pressing a board- breadcrumbs at top of page are useful, might be useful if long-press on a parent or grandparent breadcrumb brought up a list of peers- could there be an option to disable transition animation? Rollover on selection of item is good, but the whole-page zoom animation makes me dizzy.- need template support to reuse "forms" created by drawing linesOverall feels promising. Scapple a

oliverbusch93 Dec 16, 2022 View on HN

Similar but I would rather go with a 2D environment where people can zoom in/out and navigate like it was a huge miro board

airstrike Apr 28, 2020 View on HN

Really great stuff. Would appreciate a "full-screen" mode so I can more easily browse around the schema

jillesvangurp Jul 26, 2024 View on HN

Looks pretty interesting. A Figma style zoom in and out could help give you the big overview. I always get lost in the gazillions of tabs in IDEs. Stuff like this allows people to use their spatial memory, which is underutilized in a lot of tools.

canercandan Dec 10, 2017 View on HN

Sounds like the UI and the underlying mind map presentation are very different from the one illustrated in the youtube video.

geepytee May 31, 2024 View on HN

I like it! Would like to have some sort of map/visualization of what topics i've explored for when diving into parallel sessions. Right now the UI only supports diving into one branch at the time.

entropie Aug 18, 2024 View on HN

TBH, besides displaying connections its not really interactive. No click, no scroll.

PunchyHamster Nov 17, 2025 View on HN

Feels like some UI designers are using those lists as idea board...