I found your map examples on the internet in a mind map software survey. They were almost exactly what I was looking for. The look of hand drawn maps are great.

However, after signing up I was flabbergasted to open the application and see this huge, ugly, Microsoft-type ribbon header with ridiculously huge icons. The light blue text on the lighter blue header, along with the low contrast icons make Mapmyself impossible to read and look at.

My suggestion is to [very quickly] dump the ribbon interface, DRASTICALLY reduce the overall size of the header, change the color to gray, replace all the icons with smaller, higher contrast ones.

I've been trying to figure out how to set this up all morning. I really like the look and the visual impact--much more my style than the bubble type mind mapping tools I've seen. I'm trying the free version with thoughts of upgrading in the near future, but I can't figure out how to even get a map started.

Very frustrating. If I didn't like it so much, I would have given up hours ago.

A simple step-by-step installation guide or instructional video would be awesome. The basics. System requirements, installing Silver-whatever, getting started.

Great look--I hope I can use it!