MARKUSM  Thank you for your interest in my application. MindNode Pro 1.5 will add image support and this will be a free update. You can find more information in this blog entry:

http://www.mindnode.com/2009/09/08/mindnode-pro-1-4/  
(Version 1.4)

MARKUSM  I won't argue that XMind offers much more features than MindNode, but adding every possible feature to the application was not my design goal. I wanted to create a nativ and easy to use application that allows to quickly create mind maps and I think for this use the application works great.

Markus  
(Version 1.3)

MARKUSM  Please excuse me for taking so long to reply to your comment.

I'm currently working on the cross connection support and I hope to release it in the next revision of the application.

What exactly do you mean with drawing options? The ability to add a drawable canvas to the application? This something I don't actively consider at the moment.

Markus  
(Version 1.1)

MARKUSM  Thank you for your feedback. I had planned to include this feature in 1.1, but due to some difficulties implementing it, I pushed it back to 1.2. If you like, please contact me at support@mindnode.com and I'll send you an email when I release this feature.  
(Version 1.1)

MARKUSM  Thank you for your very nice review of my application. I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on how to improve MindNode. Please contact me via markus >AT< mindnode (.) com

Thank you!  
(Version 1.1.1)

MARKUSM  I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you.

Sadly this is currently not very easy to accomplish. You can use cut and paste to achieve this, but this is not a very ideal solution. I'm aware of this issue and I'm working on improving it.  
(Version 1.0.1)

MARKUSM  I think you will be fine using Tiger till Apple ships 10.6. Apple always tries to target the previous and the current releases of its operating system for its major consumer applications. Other developers normally try to do the same.

Leopard really changed a lot for developers. ObjC 2.0, Garbage Collection, Core Animation, many new default user interface elements, a set of standard icons are only a few things that make life as a developer a lot easier. Especially as a small developer it's really hard to resists. I understand that by focusing on Leopard I decrease my target audience by quite a bit, but on the other side it helps me to be more productive and focus on improving my "product".  
(Version 0.9.14)

MARKUSM  Dear Musubana,

I can understand where you anger is coming from. Tiger is a very solid operating system and I realize that not everybody wants to upgrade to Leopard.

I originally started developing MindNode as a little application for myself to learn Objective C 2.0 and play around with Core Animation. But the project grew and I saw that my approach to mindmapping was something also other people enjoyed. I thought a lot about making the application work on Tiger, but removing all the ObjC 2.0 code and making the application work in non-garbage-collected mode would have required a lot of time and I preferred to spend this time tweaking the application. I think the Screenshots don't show the real strength of the application: the interaction and the process of creating a mind map with it. This is really were it shines and achieving the same level of polish would have required considerable more time on Leopard.

My answer is probably not what you wanted to hear, but please feel free to drop me an email or contact me on iChat/Skype (The nicks are available on my website).

Kind regards,

Markus  
(Version 0.9.14)