Thoughtex, by Joseph Cooney, is a really cool mind mapping application built in Windows Presentation Foundation that incorporates Yahoo search and rich text editing with typical mind mapping features to create a pretty cool rich desktop application.

I keep being impressed by how easy WPF applications are to install. I know Adobe focused on this for a long time, and it paid off very well for them. Microsoft has finally gotten it right, and WPF apps are easy to get from the web to your desktop. The Thoughtex UI is solid, if not spectacular. You can see little bits of WPF in parts of the interface and the install size is tiny (less than 2 megs).

When creating new topics, Thoughtex goes out and grabs information about what you’ve just written from Yahoo Web Services. That info shows in the right hand column and you can drag it from there to create a link embedded right in your mind map. You can also embed images and format the text inside the mind map to your liking. I’ve been constantly on the lookout for a good mind mapping application and Web Worker Daily covered a bunch web based apps. Thoughtex, though it isn’t web based, might be the end of my search.

Thanks to Glavs Blog for the info, which I found while perusing items for my linkblog.

[tags]Thoughtex, Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF[/tags]

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