Lay out your map, click the balance button, and the software attempts to inject some aesthetic symmetry. That's clever, but what modern office worker doesn't always have a browser open anyhow? I'm not sure if the Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows browser is necessary or just feature creep. One is a built-in Web browser, so users can visit map links to obtain content without having to open another application. Maps are complicated enough, so it is nice of Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows to let users declutter the rest of the software interface as much as possible.

Similarly, you can choose which panels to see in the right-side menus. Map handling is also made simple if you elect to see only the branch you're currently manipulating. In addition it lets better handle complex maps can be viewed easier by using a filtering view. The righthand menu, which can be toggled on/off for extra screen real estate, also provides access to e-commerce and web search functions if you choose to install those. The macro choices are on par with XMind's in assortment and customization. You can configure the ribbon to link with your project's external database, view analysis reports, and configure keyboard macro commands. Important features accessible from the Office-like top ribbon menu include a map index, task tracking, many design features, a built-in spreadsheet application which reminds me of older versions of Excel, review tools, and integration with Microsoft Outlook, Project, and SharePoint.

Dragging-and-dropping the map into the main interface works as you would expect. For simplicity, I tested many of Mindjet MindManager MindManager 2016 for Windows's features by using a sample map that company officials provided. This is very convenient, because I found throughout several days of testing Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows (and the similar Expert Software Applications Mindomo and XMind ($79.00 at XMind) products) that manually creating maps is consistently tedious. Opening the application and clicking New gives you a choice of six blank templates and almost 100 ready-to-go versions. The application's internal help system is good, but it takes several mouse clicks to get there. It would be helpful if there were a direct way to reach this from inside the application. Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows redeems itself with many useful education resources and videos on its website. A video introduction is a nice touch and I hope that Mindjet rebuilds it using HTML5 or just a standard video file format. Many people, including me, do not run Flash because of security concerns. The application attempts to play an introductory video but it requires a Flash player. I then restarted the Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows installation and completed it successfully. That version wouldn't install properly-through no fault of Mindjet-so I continued with version 5, which worked fine. An error message indicated that my Windows 7 Professional platform needed Microsoft.

For all its strengths, Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows did not win the Editors' Choice award in this mind mapping software solution review roundup, which is a designation that went to competitor Expert Software Applications Mindomo (36.00 Per User (for a 6-month-long license) at Mindomo). Custom pricing with priority support was not disclosed for academic, enterprise, government, and non-profit installations.

Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows licenses cost $349 for full versions, an additional $69 for perpetual upgrade licenses (which also apply to the latest Macintosh version 10), or $179 to upgrade from the Windows 20 editions. Mindjet counts New York's Con Edison power utility and Dow Chemical Co. Mindjet MindManager 2016 for Windows is the company's latest version of their mind mapping and concept-mapping software solution.

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