First, kudos on adding the ability to create properties for a topic and then to use those properties in formulas. Unfortunately, the cake is only half baked - making this feature all but worthless for anything but the simplest maps.
What is required before this is TRULY useful is some type of inheritance of properties (similar to the "topic style"). For example, if I have 50 identical topics (WBS tasks, for instance) - and then realize that I need to add a new property (.ie, "budget") to each topic, I currently need to manually edit all 50 topics. I should be able to set up a "master" topic style including properties - adding the master to my map to create dependent topics. If I change the "master" topic then all topics based on the master will change automatically (.ie, automatically inherit the master's properties).
With this feature, MM goes to a new level of modeling and manipulation of nodes. One can start work defining topics (objects) without worrying about the details of each topics. This fits more into the standard MM theme of brainstorm first, refine and organize later. Think of the possibilities!?
Come on Mindjet, please finish the cake.
Bob
What is required before this is TRULY useful is some type of inheritance of properties (similar to the "topic style"). For example, if I have 50 identical topics (WBS tasks, for instance) - and then realize that I need to add a new property (.ie, "budget") to each topic, I currently need to manually edit all 50 topics. I should be able to set up a "master" topic style including properties - adding the master to my map to create dependent topics. If I change the "master" topic then all topics based on the master will change automatically (.ie, automatically inherit the master's properties).
With this feature, MM goes to a new level of modeling and manipulation of nodes. One can start work defining topics (objects) without worrying about the details of each topics. This fits more into the standard MM theme of brainstorm first, refine and organize later. Think of the possibilities!?
Come on Mindjet, please finish the cake.
Bob