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1. Increase Thought depth in Instant Activation
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2. Lower the price-point for academic use

   Ultimately, I think TheBrain is overpriced for student-use... The TeamBrain isn't even out of beta-testing, and with the student discount it is priced at $240 a year for the team-based product, or the individual version is $240 up-front and $159 a year.

   I think you folks are missing an opportunity to build a following –a customer base. Many other companies seem to understand that if they can get people hooked on their products while learning in academia they can get them hooked for life.

   Medical school is extremely collaborative -at least mine is. It's not competitive like undergrad when people are fighting to get INTO medical school. We realize we need to be working together to make life a little easier for all of us. We are drinking information from a fire-hose. It was 28.5 credit hours first semester, and ONLY 24 second semester. Our class literally uses GoogleDocs to prepare/collaborate on a study document for every single exam. We have 240 students in our class. At any point prior to an exam up to 50 people are concurrently viewing/editing the study guide, and it is much more complete and accurate than anything one person or a small group of students could have put together.

   I would love the opportunity to work with your company in an educational proof-of-concept/marketing capacity to show how students can collaborate using TheBrain to learn more effectively and become better students who are more prepared to be better professionals during their careers. I can’t get 240 people on board at the $240 a year price-point with only 30 days to convince them TheBrain’s power.

   For students the power is in the ability to explore "TheBrain" like you are exploring your mind. Ultimately, you end up using it like flash-cards while you are exploring. You visualize what you will see when you click on the drug, Miconozole. Then you click on it to see if you were right. It helps you see relationships among topics. For instance, many microbes can get into the CSF. You could find them all by flipping pages... Or in TheBrain, if you click on CSF on any of them it brings CSF to the forefront and everything that gets into CSF around it. Our professors have been teaching this stuff for 20+ years. They get all the relationships and have them mapped out in their minds... We are trying to learn in 2-D. They are asking 3-dimensional questions on exams... You gotta learn in 2-D then page-flip until you tie everything together in 3D...

   As far as I can tell, all other mindmap apps for the iPad, etc. are not mindmaps, they are static, one directional -hierarchical flowcharts or trees marketed as "mindmaps". The true "mindmap" (I think anyway) is TheBrain (probably because I got spoiled by it long ago) because it is dynamic, and a giant web of thoughts in a ball (3 dimensional, not two dimensional).

   I swear one of these days you will be wearing virtual reality goggles and reaching up in the air to grab Miconozole, and when you do you will see everything it treats in the air all around you (in the forefront), and in a 3 dimensional view you will see everything attached to these things Miconozole treats (faded in the background, behind each of them). You will be able to point at one of these things and bend your finger to bring it to the forefront (or grab one of the things Miconozole treats with a clasping motion --or something that catches your eye two levels deep by bending your middle finger). The possibilities are incredible. This will be the company to make it happen if they can hang around long enough for technology to catch up with what they have created. I've been thinking that for 10 years... I don't think any other company "gets it".

   Ultimately, I think TheBrain is overpriced for student-use... The TeamBrain isn't even out of beta-testing, and with the student discount it is priced at $240 a year for the team-based product, or the individual version is $240 up-front and $159 a year.

   I think you folks are missing an opportunity to build a following –a customer base. Many other companies seem to understand that if they can get people hooked on their products while learning in academia they can get them hooked for life.

   Medical school is extremely collaborative -at least mine is. It's not competitive like undergrad when people… more

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3. Add "Copy File Path" shortcut in Attachment right-click menu

   When I need to bring a Brain-resident file into a Gmail email or Facebook, or into anything else where you can't copy/paste the file itself, it's a multi-step process to get the file's full path. There has to be an easier way to get a file's full path into the clipboard, so my suggestion is that a "Copy File Path" selection be added to the menu that appears when you right-click an attachment. Thanks.

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4. Allow importing of data the way humans organize data...

   Humans don't keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

   ---------[COLUMN 1]---------- [COLUMN 2]
   [LINE 1]---Apples
   [LINE 2] ----------------------------Red
   [LINE 3]---Peppers
   [LINE 4] ----------------------------Red
   [LINE 5] ----------------------------Green

   Humans keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

   ---------[COLUMN 1]---------- [COLUMN 2]
   [LINE 1]---Apples------------------ Red
   [LINE 2]---Peppers----------------Red
   [LINE 3]------------------------------Green

   To reformat the data is no trivial task. I don't even mind importing 10 separate times to get 10 separate child thoughts for my 100 parent thoughts, but I certainly don't want to reformat 1000 thoughts because the import outline utility is not robust and has not improved since version 4.5 of the Brain.

   I'd love to be wrong about this. This is a big reason I stopped using the brain many years ago.

   Humans don't keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

   ---------[COLUMN 1]---------- [COLUMN 2]
   [LINE 1]---Apples
   [LINE 2] ----------------------------Red
   [LINE 3]---Peppers
   [LINE 4] ----------------------------Red
   [LINE 5] ----------------------------Green

   Humans keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

   ---------[COLUMN 1]---------- [COLUMN 2]
   [LINE 1]---Apples------------------ Red
   [LINE 2]---Peppers----------------Red
   [LINE 3]------------------------------Green

   To reformat the data is no trivial task. I don't even mind importing 10 separate times to get 10 separate child thoughts for my 100 parent thoughts, but I certainly don't want to reformat 1000 thoughts because the import outline utility is not robust and has not improved since version 4.5 of the Brain.

   I'd… more

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5. Allow importing data the way humans organize data

   Humans don't keep their data in excel like this:

                [COLUMN 1]     [COLUMN 2]
   

   [LINE 1] Apples
   [LINE 2] Red
   [LINE 3] Peppers
   [LINE 4] Red
   [LINE 5] Green

   Humans keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

                [COLUMN 1]     [COLUMN 2]
   

   [LINE 1] Apples Red
   [LINE 2] Peppers Red
   [LINE 3] Green

   To reformat the data is no trivial task. I don't even mind importing 10 separate times to get 10 separate child thoughts for my 100 parent thoughts, but I certainly don't want to reformat 1000 thoughts because the import outline utility is not robust and has not improved since version 4.5 of the Brain.

   I'd love to be wrong about this. This is a big reason I stopped using the brain many years ago.

   Humans don't keep their data in excel like this:

                [COLUMN 1]     [COLUMN 2]
   

   [LINE 1] Apples
   [LINE 2] Red
   [LINE 3] Peppers
   [LINE 4] Red
   [LINE 5] Green

   Humans keep their data in spreadsheets like this:

                [COLUMN 1]     [COLUMN 2]
   

   [LINE 1] Apples Red
   [LINE 2] Peppers Red
   [LINE 3] Green

   To reformat the data is no trivial task. I don't even mind importing 10 separate times to get 10 separate child thoughts for my 100 parent thoughts, but I certainly don't want to reformat 1000 thoughts because the import outline utility is not robust and has not improved since… more

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6. Stop duplicating child thoughts on initial import of data

   Import:
   1. The following cannot be imported without creating duplicate “Red” thoughts which are not associated with each other.

   Foods
   [TAB]Apples
   [TAB][TAB]Red
   [TAB]Peppers
   [TAB][TAB]Green
   [TAB][TAB]Red

   BUT, now that red is in the database the following import prompts you to associate red with either of the 2 existing "red" thoughts:

   Radishes
   [Tab]Red

   Is there a way to get it to prompt the same question when the thoughts are imported all at once? The work around is to create a “Colors” thought and put to child-thoughts in it, one for “Red” and one for “Green”. Then when you import it will ask you if you want to associate "Red" with the existing "Red" thought, and you can tell it to always... but this is NOOO good for mass amounts of information with many different colors.

   Import:
   1. The following cannot be imported without creating duplicate “Red” thoughts which are not associated with each other.

   Foods
   [TAB]Apples
   [TAB][TAB]Red
   [TAB]Peppers
   [TAB][TAB]Green
   [TAB][TAB]Red

   BUT, now that red is in the database the following import prompts you to associate red with either of the 2 existing "red" thoughts:

   Radishes
   [Tab]Red

   Is there a way to get it to prompt the same question when the thoughts are imported all at once? The work around is to create a “Colors” thought and put to child-thoughts in it, one for “Red” and one for “Green”. Then when you import it will ask… more

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7. Create a flag to skip synch attempts of large files (over 50MB)

   When you place a large file (over 50MB) and also use the online synch feature, you get an error that the file is too large every time the product attempts to synch the brain online.

   I want to keep the file in the thought folder, but skip any attempt to uploading it.

   I'd like some sort of flag or file attribute that I can set that will avoid any attempts to synch this file OR suppress the error after I acknowledge it the first time.

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8. Allow superscript and subscript formats in thoughts/nodes

   It would make it easier and neater for scientific/mathematical-type thoughts to be input.

   No format (like it is now): C6H12O6 & 2x^3 + 3x^2 + 2x - 1
   With superscript/subscript format: (How it works in Microsoft Word 2007)

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9. additional thoughts shapes

   It would be perfect, it we could add additional thought shapes than the current squared default shape. So It will help thought stand out better. such as oval, rounded, cloud-shape or no shape at all

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10. special formatting to thoughts

    I would like to be able to apply special formatting to a thoughts such as Bold, Italic, Underline as well as different colours to a word or group of words within a thought rather than having this default formatting. E.g. let us say I have a thought named Most common Syndromes then I would love the formatting to appear in Bold and in red within the thoughts so it makes stand out more from the rest and will help remember information like catch eye effect or buzz word when the brain is large. Right now, only the branches can change colours or the full text changes colour instead of a single word or group of words. This feature would also be great during presentation.

    I would like to be able to apply special formatting to a thoughts such as Bold, Italic, Underline as well as different colours to a word or group of words within a thought rather than having this default formatting. E.g. let us say I have a thought named Most common Syndromes then I would love the formatting to appear in Bold and in red within the thoughts so it makes stand out more from the rest and will help remember information like catch eye effect or buzz word when the brain is large. Right now, only the branches can change… more

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11. Customisable tool bar for Mac OS/PC

    The tool bar is not customisable. I would love to be able to have some
    buttons from the tabs in my tool bar than the pre-defined ones for
    increased speed.

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12. The special characters tab for Mac OSX

    The special characters tab is not present within your application for
    Mac OS. This special characters which is present in the edit tab should be available and is available in all Mac OS designed applications since the tab is not an optional feature for all Mac OSX whether from Apple or private retailers. This special character tab allows me to increase speed in note-taking whether during lectures or
    studying/revising as well as many other things.

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13. Mac trackpad gestures abilites

    It would be good to have mac gestures abilities integrated such pinch, swipe, etc

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14. integration with iPhoto and other photo software

    It would be great to have an integration with iPhoto for Macs.

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15. automatic colouring of the branches

    It will be good to have a feature that allows one to have different colours for branches automatically rather than doing it manually. This will help increase efficiency and speed as well as emphasise important points

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16. Extend text formatting options with LaTeX

    For those unfamiliar, LaTeX is a very flexible typesetting language that allows full control of anything from simple formatting to the proper display of complex formulas.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX and http://www.latex-project.org/

    I think adding the ability to parse and display LaTeX code could greatly enhance functionality without really increasing complexity of the user interface. This is a great program to store and represent just about any idea that can easily be expressed in text. I am however, sorely missing two features:
    -The ability to input cleanly formatted formulas.
    -The ability quickly draw small pictures/graphs/schematics withing the program to add them directly into the thought structure.

    Providing functionality in this regard would probably help quite a few people from engineering/science/math fields. Extending at least the text formatting options through LaTeX (or something similar) would probably help more than just people from those fields.

    For those unfamiliar, LaTeX is a very flexible typesetting language that allows full control of anything from simple formatting to the proper display of complex formulas.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX and http://www.latex-project.org/

    I think adding the ability to parse and display LaTeX code could greatly enhance functionality without really increasing complexity of the user interface. This is a great program to store and represent just about any idea that can easily be expressed in text. I am however, sorely missing two features:
    -The ability to input cleanly formatted formulas.
    -The ability quickly draw small pictures/graphs/schematics withing the program to add them directly… more

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17. Cloud Services defaul thought sort order

    Provide the equivalent of Options | Arrange Thoughts by... | Name; Type; etc.
    I need sorting by Name in the Plex.

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18. Interact with Daylite

    As a Mac-based small business manager, I can't be alone in using Marketcircle's excellent Daylite contact/task management database alongside TheBrain. It would be fantastic if TheBrain could link to individual objects (contacts, tasks, notes, projects, opportunities) in Dayllite, just as it can in DevonThink, which I also use for deep storage. At the moment the best I can do is link to open Daylite and then search for the object I need.

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19. On and off line usage please release TheBrain software IPad apps
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20. When using the Calendar, single instances of a reoccurring event should be able to be marked complete.

    When using the Calendar where I have set an Event to be reoccurring
    forever, I would like to be able to mark the current instance of that
    event as completed so a strike through line appears through the event
    that has been completed but not affecting the later events that haven't
    occurred as yet. This would be very helpful as you can get a instant
    indication when looking at the Calendar that an event has been done
    otherwise you have to go drilling into the event to see if it has been
    done. I tend to use this to show reoccurring payments and I don't always
    remember if someone has paid or if I have paid a bill etc.

    When using the Calendar where I have set an Event to be reoccurring
    forever, I would like to be able to mark the current instance of that
    event as completed so a strike through line appears through the event
    that has been completed but not affecting the later events that haven't
    occurred as yet. This would be very helpful as you can get a instant
    indication when looking at the Calendar that an event has been done
    otherwise you have to go drilling into the event to see if it has been
    done. I tend to use this to show… more

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