Do more with the thought appearances.
Hi,
Being a veteran mindmap builder I like to put lots of colours in my brains. Especially the text colours of thoughts I like to differentiate a lot (as well as the background colours).
A couple of things bother me on that level:
First: The labels can't have the colour of the thought (...or a different colour)
Second: In the notes area of a thought, it's name and label are not inheriting the allocated colours of the thought text.
This would greatly enhance the unity feeling of the whole. You can choose for hero icons in the note but it not being able to follow the colour logic of the thought itself... makes no sense to me.
Third: Furthermore it would be much more visually attractive if the text of each thought could have a free font choice (in part or totally) and/or size, which would make it possible to focus attention on certain important aspects of a brain.
I hope a lot of people are going to see the potentials of this "reshaping" of thoughts...
Regards,
Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc Luypaert
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A week ago I posted https://forums.thebrain.com/post/relative-size-of-txt-in-expanded-view-not-consistent-and-readable-13892341 that is related to this voting topic. In short I want to see the txt-size of Thoughts/Labels/Child-thoughts and Parent thoughts adjustable in the settings of the plex.
Now that we can dedicate a whole 4K-screen to the plex (with the newly implemented multiple screen compatibility) the need to have these customizable sized thoughts independently from each other is more than ever needed.
I would even suggest to put in the option to see one (or even more) level(s) up and down the hierarchy of thoughts since the plex now allows us to see enough detail on a separate screen with enough resolution. Of course if you don't need more levels (because you don't have that much resolution/screens available) just switch it down/off. So if you see the benefits of more levels and adjustable thought sizes (which fits in the context of do more with the thought appearances, VOTE for it!
Regards, Jean-Marc -
#Harlan, Thanks for pointing to the historical context that I wasn't aware of. I totally understand your observation, but if the background was a problem why not just keep the text colours (or put an option in the settings that lets you choose what to keep in the note area)? To me this feels like you threw away the baby with the bathwater.
The same goes with the possibility to use different fonts and sizes... not everybody will need/like this... just put in a setting on/off.
I totally understand that not everybody that uses TheBrain is a mindmap fanatic, but "qui peut le plus peut le moins" (He who can do the most can do the least) as Aristoteles once said.Regards, Jean-Marc
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For what it's worth, this was already implemented in early versions of the new web client and later reverted based on user feedback.
We had added matching background and foreground colors for thought names (especially at the top of the content area above the notes). However, it was removed because it significantly improved the overall UI, and we received no negative feedback after the change.
The original reasons for adding it were exactly the same as what you described. In practice though, it felt clunky: each thought name appeared in a rounded rectangle with its own background color sitting on top of the content area’s page color (which rarely matches the plex background). This made the name stand out awkwardly, like it was tacked on rather than integrated.
