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1. 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 users can capture and insert an image without leaving their train of thought.

   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… more

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2. Enable Dynamic Thought Syncing Between Local Brains

   I love the copy local / web thought URL. However, I would like to extend the capability in this direction a bit further.

   I would like to be able to connect thoughts between two or more brains so that they remain in sync with the following functionality:

   • Sync this thought with another brain bi-directionally (latest version sync whichever thought holds last edited version or content)
   • Sync this thought with another brain uni-directionally (the identical thought in the other brain always acts as a backup)
     • For backup mode, define a number of copies of changed content within the thought
   • Be able to toggle sync frequency (manual, continuous, daily, weekly, etc)
   • These capabilities should scale to any number of brains containing the synced thought
   • The dynamic thought syncing must be driven through the desktop app only to permit local brains that do not have online access to sync thoughts with local brains that do also have online access.
   • Enable thought content granularity to sync only specific thought content from the initial thought in a local brain depending on toggle:
     • Sync all internal thought files
     • Manually select internal attachments to sync between thoughts in local brains
     • Select the [n] most recent files
     • Select files modified in the last [d] days or [m] months
   • All the above functions enabled through a "SyncLync" feature that can be triggered by dragging and dropping a thought between brains or menu command; each opening a dialog box for specific details, like the Event popup for Timeline in TB14. See the corresponding forum post here: https://forums.thebrain.com/post/dynamic-thought-syncing-between-local-brains-13534311

   I love the copy local / web thought URL. However, I would like to extend the capability in this direction a bit further.

   I would like to be able to connect thoughts between two or more brains so that they remain in sync with the following functionality:

   • Sync this thought with another brain bi-directionally (latest version sync whichever thought holds last edited version or content)
   • Sync this thought with another brain uni-directionally (the identical thought in the other brain always acts as a backup)
     • For backup mode, define a number of copies of changed content within the thought
   • Be able… more
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3. I would like the ability to change a group of thoughts to a type or tag. Currently you have to do this one at a time.

   When changing a thought to a type or tag you have to do it individually. It would be good to grab a group of thoughts and allow the ability to change the group to a type or tag.

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4. Make it easier to transfer a thought from one parent to another

   Make it easier to transfer a thought from one parent to another by having the ability to CUT + PASTE rather than the existing COPY+PASTE+UNLINK THOUGHT

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5. Advanced search - find thoughts that have the same relationships with "n" number of other thoughts

   Implement an "Advanced Search" button/capability where more than one thoughts (or fragments of thought names) can be specified. Example:
   The Adv Srch form would open with one entry: a search box for entry of text, a dropdown button labeled "relationship" with values of parent|child|jump, and a button with a + to add an additional search entry line. Any number of search entry lines could be added. The default would be "all" logic in that the search would return all thoughts for which all the search entries are true. Perhaps an "any" option could/should be included.

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6. Enable AI prompts to use content from TheBrain thoughts.

   This would be a GAME CHANGER for me. I understand TheBrain uses an External AI tool to generate its responses and that it does not use the content of the brain as a custom large language model (though that should be a long term aim!). However, it should surely be easy to create a custom prompt that retrieves information from the Brain that can form part of the prompt that is sent externally.
   For example, with AI tools I am currently creating prompts like, "Summarise the following", "Show any common threads in" etc and then I copy paste the content from multiple thoughts and put them in the prompt. With the right prompt this works REALLY well.
   It would be so much more convenient of The Brain did that copy paste function for me. Ideally, the user interface would allow me to select which Thoughts I want to use as input to the prompt and perhaps allow me to edit before submitting.
   I then use the output of the AI to form new Thoughts in TheBrain and start the cycle again.
   The reason this would be a Game Changer is that anyone can use generative AI tools, but competitive advantage today is being smart about how to form your prompts to really leverage the power of the LLMs on offer. I'm increasingly seeing the Brain as a giant and superior way of thinking through what you are trying to get out of the AI and to form superior prompts.

   This would be a GAME CHANGER for me. I understand TheBrain uses an External AI tool to generate its responses and that it does not use the content of the brain as a custom large language model (though that should be a long term aim!). However, it should surely be easy to create a custom prompt that retrieves information from the Brain that can form part of the prompt that is sent externally.
   For example, with AI tools I am currently creating prompts like, "Summarise the following", "Show any common threads in" etc and then I copy paste the content… more

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7. Bring thebrain 14 timeline back

   To the TheBrain Team,

   Please restore the classic TheBrain 14 bottom timeline view (or provide an option to enable it in TheBrain 15). Many of us relied on that persistent timeline for fast, visual navigation of our work over time, and the current alternatives do not offer the same clarity or efficiency. Bringing this timeline back, even as an optional legacy view, would preserve long‑established workflows and significantly improve usability for long‑time users.

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8. Local AI option PER brain

   I use TheBrain for work and at home on the same laptop. We are allowed to also use our business laptop for private aspects.

   In this scenario I want to be able to use e.g. ChatGPT for my private brain, however for my work brain I have to truly make sure, I will only use local AI endpoints.

   Thus, for me it would be a real advantage to define the local AI use on a "per Brain" level. Ideally I would have a switch per Brain like [Cloud AI] / [Local AI] / [No AI]

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9. 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...

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   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… more

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10. Open notes in separate window from plex

    I would like the option of opening the notes section in a separate window on my second screen instead of having it attached to the side of the plex in the same window.

    This is somewhat possible now with opening a second window of the brain and maximizing the notes on there, but when I navigate to a different thought, I then have to navigate on both windows separately, which is a pain. I have not found any way or information about splitting the two otherwise.

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11. Search for Duplicates including type

    In the search for duplicates, offer the option to search only for duplicates that have the same name AND the same type.

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12. Friendlier match indications when searching notes & PDFs

    After searching a note or PDF and matching some items, when clicking the next or previous match arrows, display the current match number next to the total matches count so that you can see where you are in the list of matches.

    Display the matching item positions in the file as highlight lines on the scroll bar (and ideally allow clicking on a highlight line in the scrollbar to go to that match)

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13. adding BrainBox to the right click Context menu on web browsers

    I think adding BrainBox to the right click Context menu on web browsers would be a great and much needed improvement.

    Often times I search and find a link I want to add to Brainbox, but don't want to open the URL. I'm well aware of drag and drop, but that does no good when you use apps in full screen, I'm also aware you can Alt+Tab to TheBrain while in full screen while dragging the link, but if you have a lot of apps open, this is not feasible.

    Adding BrainBox to the apps area (See SingleFile) of the Context Menu would allow for quick and easy adding to Brainbox without having to go through other steps.

    https://forums.thebrain.com/post/add-brainbox-to-browser-right-click-context-menu-10256-10588656?pid=1311969084

    I think adding BrainBox to the right click Context menu on web browsers would be a great and much needed improvement.

    Often times I search and find a link I want to add to Brainbox, but don't want to open the URL. I'm well aware of drag and drop, but that does no good when you use apps in full screen, I'm also aware you can Alt+Tab to TheBrain while in full screen while dragging the link, but if you have a lot of apps open, this is not feasible.

    Adding BrainBox to the apps area (See SingleFile) of the… more

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14. 建议：节点可以软回车，可以做格式编辑，节点直接当成笔记区，删除现有笔记区

    建议：节点可以软回车，可以做格式编辑，节点直接当成笔记区，删除现有笔记区，删除Ai功能，删除其它多余冗余功能

    专注做一个连接多张思维导图，让思维一体化的软件

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15. Deep linking

    One of the interesting features of Obsidian (and some other stuff) is the ability to deep-link to specific paragraphs of notes. I can write a note and link a statement to a paragraph in another note. Or, even transclude that other-note paragraph into the note I am writing.

    In addition to this, other aspects of deep linking needed in TheBrain include:

    ~ Section anchors that would correspond with the existing section headers used in the TOC
    ~ Bookmarks that could be placed at the paragraph level
    ~ Transclusions (amazing!)

    Please add these deep linking features to TheBrain? For me it's a superpower, linking ideas across notes.

    (Linking and transclusion are different animals but they go together, in my opinion, so if we have one I would want to have the other.)

    Deep linking would also be a candidate feature for Cerebro.

    One of the interesting features of Obsidian (and some other stuff) is the ability to deep-link to specific paragraphs of notes. I can write a note and link a statement to a paragraph in another note. Or, even transclude that other-note paragraph into the note I am writing.

    In addition to this, other aspects of deep linking needed in TheBrain include:

    ~ Section anchors that would correspond with the existing section headers used in the TOC
    ~ Bookmarks that could be placed at the paragraph level
    ~ Transclusions (amazing!)

    Please add these deep linking features to TheBrain? For me it's… more

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16. Adding a set of more meaningful export options (visuals, presentation, interoperabiity)

    I wish all the work I put up and all the great results I can achieve with TheBrain could be exported in some more meaningful (presentational, interoperable) formats.

    I am thinking of things like OPML, multi-thought PDFs including image references to the plex, visuals of the Plex – also local areals, and more linear ones like mind-/concept maps), ways to have slides as output etc.

    I am sure others will have some more ideas.

    But I feel the current set of export options of TheBrain makes it a very "mute" endpoint of knowledge processes in a lot of scenarios.

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17. reminders iOS/android/mobile

    I would love to use the reminder feature more - but I tend to use iOS (mobile) for this kind of thing and desktop brain reminders don't work unless I am at the computer on thebrain.....

    Until now, google cal integration and reminders have been different - so something were I can get my brain notifications on iOS. In app push server support, maybe?

    Also option for daily reminder email with todays/upcomming reminders would be good.

    It would help my ASD/ADHD brain a load!

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18. Multiline-Thoughts

    i often have very long thoughts... not single words or short phrases
    but i want to see the whole thought and not look at the markdown notes...
    please alow header text to be split into multiple lines within one thought

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19. BrainBox full text capture local-only (not via WebBrain)

    I use the BrainBox Safari and Chrome extensions a lot on macOS. In TheBrain 15 BrainBox is working better than ever. But, I rarely use WebBrain. To get a full-text capture (not just the URL) I have to (1) create a new thought on the desktop Brain, (2) wait for a sync, (3) wait for WebBrain to sync, (4) capture the page with the BrainBox extension, (5) from the BrainBox dialog in the broswer select the full text capture option, (6) select the thought I want the capture to be a child of (and hope that the indexing is finished), (7) add the BrainBox capture as a child, (8) go back to The Brain on the desktop and wait for the sync.

    This is eight steps that should be two steps if we could do a full-text capture to a thought directly on the desktop from the broswer to TheBrain 15.

    Again, I am not looking for links captured, and I am not looking to create PDF attachments, I want the very usefu full-text capture that BrainBox provides, but without all the work to get the thought back onto the desktop app.

    I use the BrainBox Safari and Chrome extensions a lot on macOS. In TheBrain 15 BrainBox is working better than ever. But, I rarely use WebBrain. To get a full-text capture (not just the URL) I have to (1) create a new thought on the desktop Brain, (2) wait for a sync, (3) wait for WebBrain to sync, (4) capture the page with the BrainBox extension, (5) from the BrainBox dialog in the broswer select the full text capture option, (6) select the thought I want the capture to be a child of (and hope that the indexing is finished),… more

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20. New Calendar Function

    I would actually like to plot out when I created thoughts. It would be a different perspective on my thought creations. I don't need it to connect to an actual calendar item like Google Calendar, I just want to see a dot on a timeline that shows me what thoughts I created on a specific date.

    That way, if I know I was working on a project back in April, I can slide the slider to April, then see a set of dots for each thought I created in April. Have it zoom into the day, hour, minute or as granular as you think would be a good use of the code.

    I would actually like to plot out when I created thoughts. It would be a different perspective on my thought creations. I don't need it to connect to an actual calendar item like Google Calendar, I just want to see a dot on a timeline that shows me what thoughts I created on a specific date.

    That way, if I know I was working on a project back in April, I can slide the slider to April, then see a set of dots for each thought I created in April. Have it zoom into the day, hour, minute or as… more

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