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  1. I'd like to suggest another level of permission for Team Brain, which I'm considering for a client as an organizational learning tool.

    I don't want anybody to be able to change everything, either intentionally or accidentally.

    But I want everyone to be able to contribute.

    Would a drafter / commenter permission be possible? Where a user could add a thought, but not delete other thoughts? Writer / Administers could edit and add the though.

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  2. Custom Instructions are like standing instructions to the AI tool that apply to every prompt. OpenAI calls them Custom Instructions, you might use a different name like default or something. For me I would dictate a style of response and the use of bullets.

    https://forums.thebrain.com/post/split-out-prompt-field-for-ai-note-generation-and-have-custom-instructions-9812-13184515?trail=15

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  3. I am not comfortable with the work flow of BrainBox. I suggest having two right click options (or left click options), one for Add to Brainbox and one for Select Parent thought. This allows the user to chose AT THE TIME OF ACTION, rather than having had to remember to set the setting on the last usage. I do not want Vulcan to open if possible, I would just want a search box, but understand if that can't happen. When using the Extension, I don't want to "be in The Brain", I want to be moving on to the next…

    2 votes
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  4. I have typed thoughts that are Categories or Focus areas that I search for often and would like thoughts with Types set to get stronger weighting in the search algorithm.

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  5. Currently the only outlining features available in notes are
    1. Create structured or unstructured notes
    2. You can move a line up & down using keyboard shortcuts

    Assume My outline looks like
    This is Root
    -------Parent A
    ------------Child A1
    ------------Child A2
    ------------Child A3
    -------Parent B
    1. If I were to move Parent B up , the expected B should be 
    This is Root
    ---------Parent B
    ---------Parent A
    -------------Child A1
    -------------Child A2
    -------------Child A3
    But the behaviour in notes in 

    This is Root
    ------Parent A
    ----------Child A1
    ----------Child A2
    ------Parent B
    ----------Child A3
    2. Same for Indenting & Outdenting of nodes…

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  6. When using the Redo function in the AI assitant of the notes editor it would be helpful to have access to the last prompt entered. Often a Redo implies a change or refinement of the last prompt. Currently one has to reenter the complete previous prompt (and to remember the exact previous wording).

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  7. I'd like to be able to create a new orphan thought from an entry in brain box rather than adding it as a child to something else and then having to unlink it.

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  8. To be able to scroll in hovering notes when you point a a thought

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  9. Virtually all of the major notetaking apps, and also a number of apps in beta allow information to seamlessly pass between Readwise and the notetaking app itself. It's an automatic transition. It would be incredible if could use this into the brain.

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  10. To keep up with something that is out there, and where The Brain could leap forward into a new paradigm.

    Create a "Skill Tree" view, which resembles skill trees that can be built in video games.

    Add some graphics options such as thought shapes and zero text options.

    We already have the option to modify the plex to have interesting backgrounds, so that isn't needed.

    Being able to toggle text on and off, replacing it with an image. If you had the ability to use .png files for the images, then you could actually end up with very dynamic looking…

    2 votes
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  11. In addition to the essential Two Factor Authentication capability implemented, we should have management of Brain installations available from account settings. This particular admin capability should also specifically require 2FA to open and then allow remote management / remote delete of brains / remote un-installation etc.

    The use-case example is installing TheBrain on additional devices for use with online or local brains but in case of loss of tablet or a device, TheBrain should be able to be managed remotely from the user account so that should TheBrain be opened by a third party on a lost device, the software…

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  12. I would like the abiilty to create a report of past events.

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  13. This functionality would be allow for recurring tasks or scheduled tasks to appear when needed, and stay in the To Do list until clicked/completed. This is a standard feature of all task management software such as apple reminders.

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  14. The iOS To Do List doesn't presently allow sorting by Name or Date Modified like the Mac/Windows version of the To Do List does. It's not even clear what sorting logic the iOS list is currently using ... it seems to put modified thoughts at the bottom, but there are confusing inconsistencies. At the very least, it seems like the iOS To Do List should be sorted by Date Modified by default (with To Dos from the last modified notes at the top).

    Better still would be to allow for a user-controlled sorting choice, either by Name or Date Modified.

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  15. I have several thoughts with several tags and the desktop plex becomes crowded. I would like the option to display the tags and type of a though in the notes and not show on the plex below the thought. I know this works in the web and app version, but I would like it in the desktop version also.

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  16. At the moment the biggest unit on the screen when you max zoom out is year. Should be at least century! I understand that most of the people are rarely need more than a year of navigation, but for historical events it would be so nice to have at least an option to have several centuries on screen!

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  17. When items in a Table of Contents wrap to two or more lines, it can be difficult to distinguish between the different items in the list.

    I suggest adding formatting that makes it easier to see where each new item begins. I've attached a few possibilities.

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  18. Currently when you fold a heading the information under it is hidden (standard behavior).

    However, when you navigate away from the thought and then activate it again, all headings are expanded. It would be nice if the fold status of headings is saved with the note it retains fold status after navigating away.

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  19. Make the lines of a YouTube video's table of contents “clickable/usable”
    Just as an example:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTSRx78Aac8
    When you click on this link, you will see a YouTube video – like millions of others. Then click on “More” and you will (hopefully) see a few lines that represent the content of the video (like a table of contents) and the corresponding time code at the beginning of each line.
    This makes it easy to jump to a specific point in a longer video.
    I would be delighted if theBrain would one day retain these links when I insert text like this…

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  20. It would be helpful to add the usual "X" button for "Close Window" to the pop-up windows of the commands "Add Attachment/Add from Brainbox..." and "Add Attachmen/Add File from Template...". I know, one can use ESC, but having a "X" button for closing a window is an almost universal standard that everybody knows.

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