FreeMind Project History

05.08.2000

Fourth release (0.1.0) New orientation: FreeMind is now a generic editor for tree structured data. Modular design, many bug fixes. Implemented modes: MindMap, File(experimental).

17.07.2000

Posting of the new website with better design and more information.

09.07.2000

Third release (0.0.3) Hyperlinking between Mind maps, more than one Mind map opened at the same time. Basic printing functionality, internationalization, properties files.

27.06.2000

Second release (0.0.2) Automatically resizing Mind map, better node editor, better node-positioning algorithm.

06.-07.2000

Designing of a XML-Format together with Jost Schenck which will be compatible with MyMap.

18.06.2000

First release (0.0.1), running program with a nice view (Mind map style).

25.05.2000

Program is running the first time.

07.05.2000

Starting of project FreeMind, initially with a JTree as view.

04.-05.2000

Design discussions with Richard Krutisch, evaluation of the failures of MindMapRK (eg. no Model-View division).

09.1999-04.2000

First ideas and evaluation of other Mind mapping programs.