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  1. Drag and Drop Outlook email into TheBrain as a thought

    In earlier versions of TheBrain on Mac (and windows) it was possible to drag an email from Outlook onto the TheBrain plex and it would create a Thought with the email as a link. So one could then click on the thought and open the email in outlook enabling immediate replies. It would be great if this were possible along with pasting into the thought notes the content of the email so it could be edited, hashtags added and comments added etc. Along with adding tasks so that the email can be researched, replied to, added to project thoughts etc.

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  2. Fix LaTex.

    Fix LaTex. It does not work and you know it does not work. It has been a Forum topic for years. And, it cannot be that hard to fix. This has been a problem since I first used theBrain many, many years ago. I am still a theBrain customer. I love everything about theBrain except, because of LaTex, I am continually going to something else (Obsidian is becoming my go to Note manager). I love theBrain and keep my subscription hoping that someday I will be able to use theBrain to manage my math notes.

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  3. Better documentation for Reports in TheBrain 15 - need better examples for the new Report UI

    The way of creating Reports has radically changed. Need more examples or assistance with how to create complex Reports. Currently not reflected in tutorials or documentation.

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  4. Please restore the horizontal time line in V15

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  5. Hello TheBrain team, I’m actively using the AI assistant integration with TheBrain and finding it very helpful for analysis, suggestions, a

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  6. additional integration of the free version of the Mistral-Vibe AI (fast) Chat-Software, GDPR-compliant

    We need and use alternatives to ChatGPT and Anthropic (BigTech models) in Europe, which is why I suggest integrating Mistral-Vibe with TheBrain.
    https://mistral.ai/products/vibe/
    The French product Mistral-Vibe is GDPR-compliant and offers a wide range of user features even in the free version (custom agents, reminder function, connectors, libraries, etc.) for organizing projects in Mistral. This approach seems to align very well with TheBrain.
    It is likely slightly inferior to ChatGPT and Anthropic in terms of model performance. However, for the average user, the functionality is more than sufficient and satisfying, and it is one of the fastest AI chat programs…

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  7. Extra white-space in Attachment display

    In Compact Attachment Display mode, it reduces the attachment display size so you can see more file names and more of each file name. There is still extra white-space between the file names, leading to a smaller number of files being displayed

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  8. I can get the name title of youtube website with last version of TheBrain, but when I update to the most new one ,this function go disapper

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  9. Viewing Images in notes independenly

    I like to collect screenshots in my notes. Which is useful because it allows me to comment individual shots in one note. All is well and works fine - but I sometimes run into readability problems when TB isn't fullscreen or my notes panes it too small. It would be great if the context menu for images had an option to quickly zoom them out, show them in original size.

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  10. Manually set thought creation date

    When creating a new thought, or pasting an older thought after copying, it would be massively liberating for workflow to be able to set a toggle to manually define thought date.

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  11. Display Tag Names Above Thoughts in Plex

    Display tags above thoughts in the plex for cleaner visibility and improved reading ease.
    -- Apply both in desktop and in web client

    Discussion & Demo Video
    -- https://forums.thebrain.com/post/feature-request-display-tag-names-above-active-thought-13845814

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  12. Export Files to Single Folder

    When explorting files to folders, it would be great to have a checkbox in the dialogue, in additional to "selected files", for "export to a single folder".

    Often when I store files, like papers from a conference, in my megabrain, I store as individual thoughts with one file per thought and the thought reflecting the filename. However, when I export a selection, 99+% of the time, I want to export into a single folder. I can't recall ever wanting to export those conference papers for example into 150 folders each with one file.

    I've always just naturally had to select…

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  13. Restore Built In Screenshot Capture in v15

    Several longtime users miss the old built in screenshot / Insert Image workflow.

    The current OS screenshot method works, but it does not feel equal for heavy screenshot users. What used to be one smooth action inside TheBrain now takes more clicks and keypresses, sometimes turning into three or four steps depending on the user’s setup.

    For users who capture images while thinking, writing, researching, or building notes, those extra steps break their flow and slow down a workflow they had built into TheBrain for years.

    Please consider restoring a direct built in screenshot capture option in TheBrain 15, so…

    8 votes
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  14. Restore Built In Screenshot / Insert Image Workflow in V15

    Several longtime users miss the old built in screenshot / Insert Image workflow.

    The current OS screenshot method works, but it does not feel equal for heavy screenshot users. What used to be one smooth action inside TheBrain now takes more clicks and keypresses, sometimes turning into three or four steps depending on the user’s setup.

    For users who capture images while thinking, writing, researching, or building notes, those extra steps break their flow and slow down a workflow they had built into TheBrain for years.

    Please consider restoring a direct built in screenshot capture option in TheBrain 15, so…

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  15. I have a wealth of "Google Alerts". can I bring them into a new Brain?

    I have a wealth of "Google Alerts" (over 6000 of them).

    Can I import them into a new Brain?

    I'd like to be able to sort and categorize them, and access/use them for content creation ideas.

    Many of them have multiple links to different media sources.
    The ideal new thought would include:
    1. Alert name/Type (e.g.: Shopping Tips)
    2. Alert Date (yyyy/mm/dd)
    3. Alert Title (Initial Cap text)
    4. Alert Link (url)
    5. Alert Media Name (Name/abbreviation of Media Source))
    6. Alert Description (1-2 lines of text or summary text)

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  16. Restore Missing Underline on Notes Editor Toolbar

    Please restore the missing underline option on the notes editor toolbar:
    * Bold
    * Italic
    * Underline << Missing
    * Strikethrough

    Learn More:

    https://bra.in/5jXQKy

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  17. Allow embedding attached images in the Note

    Say I create a thought for the new microwave I just bought. I drag a photo into the thought as an attachment, along with a PDF receipt and maybe an email or two. Now, within the note, I'd like to see the photo, not just in the list of attachments. At one point, I would just create a Markdown link to the image like this:

    ![](my-new-microwave.jpg)

    That worked for a while, but doesn't now. When I add that markup, the brackets end up escaped, .e.g:

    `!\[\](my-new-microwave.jpg)`

    Currently, the only way I know how to it is to drag/paste a copy…

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  18. Option to sort the search results according to date accessed etc.

    At the moment I am not sure how the search results that the search/create field returns are sorted. To me the search order does not make much sense and the thought that I search is somewhere in the middle hidden between thoughts that are not relevant.
    It would be nice to be able to choose the sort order according to date accessed or alphabetically. Additional options could be relevant for other users.

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  19. Implement the possibility for choosing how report results are sorted

    At the moment it is not clear to me how the thoughts in the result for reports are ordered.
    I would like to be able to sort them alphabetically, or according to date created/modified/accessed.

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  20. report results should not have a 1000-hits limit but should show all results

    In TB 14 the reports do not have a limit: all thoughts fulfilling the search criteria are shown.

    In TB 15 there is a limit and only 1000 results are shown and it is not clear what criterion is for choosing which thoughts are displayed.

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