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  1. open brain file in TheBrain directly from webbrain using File -->Open...

    Synchronization is great, but I'd like to be able to create a local instance of an online brainfile without needing to leave TheBrain's UI. Better yet would be the ability to use TheBrain UI as a read-write-admin client for webbrain hosted brains. (As one would in Lotus Notes)

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  2. Increase the number 3rd party Apps TheBrain can integrate with: Leverage the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) initiative.

    Enable TheBrain to leverage the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) initiative. OSLC aligns w/ the W3C Linked Data initiative.
    The model (designed after the world wide web model) allows OSLC to keep things simple, build on the WWW and accommodate different schemas. Below is a link to the specification.

    http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreSpecification

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  3. Harlan, what do you want TheBrain to BECOME?

    Harlan, what do you want TheBrain to BECOME?

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  4. A toggle function for mini, transparent mode to not always be on top

    Allow users to select whether they want the mini, transparent mode to always be on top.

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  5. Have the thought history synchronize across machines via WebMail as well.

    Everything else seems to synch via WebBrain from machine to machine very well. Being able to see the thought history from one machine to the next would be helpful.

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  6. bulk import contacts and deeper Outlook integration in Brain preferences

    Instead of having to drag/drop every contact from outlook into the brain, having an auto-import contacts function in the brain preferences would be massively helpful.
    This could be configured to be selective from your outlook contact list and also be configured to auto-add new contacts (for instances when a new employee comes on board in your company, etc).

    In fact, this could be massively configured as a great jump off point for new brain users who want to use it to track a large list of customers across several organizations (auto create organizational hierarchies based on contact info/company/names, etc)

    Also…

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  7. Hilight Team Brain when sync updates a change submitted by another editor.

    When I have multiple brains on my top toolbar, It would be useful (in addition to the existing notification flyout) to change the color of a brain that has been remotely synced with changes from outer users, so I know there has been a change since I last viewed that brain.

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  8. bulk modify ease of use

    Once a group of selections are made (list displayed after Crawl and modify) applying a similar function/attribute to that list should be easy.

    examples:
    Dragging the bottom gate from a pinned though to the list should automatically make all thoughts in that list a child of the pinned thought.

    Dragging the color wheel to the list should pop up the color options and apply the selected color to all thoughts.

    Dragging a tag from the tags list should apply that tag to all thoughts.

    Perhsps even the selection header that appears at the top of the list (eg: Selection (156))…

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  9. Hardened Synapses and User Specific Links for collaborative brains

    Think of it in terms of Microsoft Outlook's Calendars feature, but for links and thoughts in the brain.
    Choose to see just your links/thoughts, or any number of other users links/thoughts (permissions based of course).

    Hardened Synapses: Administrator locked thoughts and links to/from specific thoughts. Cannot be forgotten, modified or unlinked from each other.
    Purpose: To create initial brain structure.

    User Specific Links: Users make their own links and associations independent of other users.
    Purpose: Eliminate link overload for huge brains and allow individual users to link only what they want to themselves while still contributing to the brain as…

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  10. Would love to have Contact Info integrated into TheBrain

    It could be in a business card format found under a Tab near the Notes or Thought, Tags, Search etc Tabs.
    Many thoughts are an individual's name who is related to a project or other thoughts. Being able to view their contact information within the TheBrain would prevent opening another program to get the information.
    (For personal and security purposes, this might be an option for private Brains only, not available for the public)

    Once in place, this could create options for syncing among other programs or software's for the future.

    Looking forward to feedback!

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  11. Search feature: Display thoughts connected to ALL thoughts of a given selection.

    I am a radiologist constantly building on my differential diagnosis brain.

    I would like the possibility to select several thoughts in my brain and then having all thoughts displayed that have links, not to just one of the selected thoughts, but to ALL the selected thoughts.

    This can be very usefull in making a differential diagnosis. For instance I could select the thoughts:
    -Liver
    -Mass
    -Imaging property 1 (for instance hypervascular)
    -Imaging property 2 (for instance contrast washout)

    And then have all thoughts (diseases) displayed that are connected to all these thoughts.

    You could also consider making the brain a…

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  12. make it possible to change the thought focus without changing the thought layout

    When I click on a TAG to review all related thoughts, I would like
    the ability to set the focus on one of the thoughts that are displayed
    without that thought taking center stage. That way I can launch files
    attached to a child thought without having the organizational layout change. I find this view extremely useful for project management.

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  13. create a keyboard shortcut for inserting a checkbox in the notes window

    When typing a task list, it would be convenient if you could insert
    a checkbox with a keyboard shortcut so you don't have to remove your hands from the keyboard and grab the mouse to do so.

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  14. multifaceted thoughts - New feature

    from http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=5781324

    With multifaceted thoughts it will be possible to contextualize each thought; type, tags, notes and links could be assigned to a thought in a context, others type, tags, notes and links to an other context, ...

    Multifacettes examples :
    - One facette of the Bouygues Telecom company is to have been my employer, an other is to be my actual ISP and mobile phone furnisher,
    - one facette of me is to be a father, an other is an IT manager, a third one is a genealogist, ...
    - one facette of my sales process is to be…

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  15. Neat, vertical fractions

    The ability to type neat, vertical fractions in thoughts/notes instead of being limited to single-line fractions.

    Single-line fractions: (a + b + c)/(d - e)

    Neat, vertical fractions: The fractions you would type using the 'insert equation' feature in Microsoft Word 2007.

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  16. search through link labels too

    hi , t would be great if a search (small search window in plex) would also look in the link labels to find attached thougts

    reg koen

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  17. Hide / View PRIVATE thougts as selectable menu option with password protection

    hi., i think it would be great if hinding / viewing PRIVATE thougts would be user preference switch or menu (view) option.... and if possible with a password protection ...

    I wanna put some private thougts into my brain but when i demonstrate my brain to other people i do not wanna show these private thougts to everyone when i come accross these thougts ..

    due to the random-3d way PB works you never know where you end-up...

    Adding a password to the selection would make it even better and allows for adding for example sensitive info to thougts ..

    …

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  18. Add find/replace functionality to find/replace words in thougts

    hi , having a find/replace function (from the Edit menu) to search for words and change them in thougts would be really handy !

    Jyust like any word processsor / spreadsheet has..

    thanks Koen

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  19. I am impressed from your last idea about personalbrain, its wonderful, but I would like to see something, that would like to see a lot of pe

    I am impressed from your last idea about personalbrain, its wonderful, but
    I would like to see something, that would like to see a lot of people too.
    It's 3d view, real 3d view, not illusion of that, as example I can offer
    imindmap ( I know that it's your opponent) but they are begin doing 3d
    model of minmaps, I see that it will be wonderful idea for you too, because
    I like your softwear very much, look around, all what we have is 3d
    objects, mind thinking too. and It will be more easy to see our mind…

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  20. Automatic Text replacement (like BlackBerry AutoText) or Text Codes to Expand Abbrieviations in Notes Area

    It would be good to be able to to type an abbreviation in the Notes area which will expand after hitting the space bar to a pre-defined form.

    First, It would be necessary for the PersonalBrain developers to add an official (in the software) Thought Type category like, "AutoForm" or something like it.

    Please note: the long descriptive abbreviations used as an example below are for clarity. They could be as cryptic or as descriptive as desired.

    As an example, the user would

    • Create a Thought abbreviation like, "BidForConstructionBusiness,"

    • Set the Thought Type to "AutoForm" per the above.

    • In the…

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