Beta of TheBrain 7.0 released

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Oct 4, 2011 at 06:33 AM

@Steve Z.,

You perfectly describe how I am using TheBrain and where the weak points are.

I have been using TheBrain since 1999 (version: 1.73) . That was a great discovery then for me because I had serious problems with the strict hierarchical approach of the Windows Explorer. Then, after version 3 I stopped using TheBrain because the company focused on companies and stopped the development of the desktop edition. ADM was its follower of choice and I still miss it… you know the story. After the vanishing of ADM in China, I switched to UltraRecall because I wanted to continue with a free form hierarchical database (I don’t consider UR as an outliner while ADM was the perfect outlining tool). Then, suddenly and without forewarning, PersonalBrain 4.0 appeared back on the market. What a surprise and what a disappointment: They ported the app from C++ to Java what is basically not a bad idea because now TheBrain runs on Win, MacOSX and Linux. But it was slow. To make the story shorter: I waited up to version 6 until I switched back from UR and crimping around to TheBrain and I am fully satisfied now. Version 7 now feels like the version 1.73 back in 1999.

My tool journey looks like this: TheBrain (1999) -> ADM -> [CRIMPING] -> UR -> [CRIMPING] -> TheBrain (2011)

Yes, the notes editor is not state of the art and has never been. But is good enough for jotting notes and logs. When I need more I just attach a Word file to a thought and I have the editor available I most familiar with.

What I am missing:
Export of selected thoughts to a structured Word document including the thought titles and the associated notes. It is available but not useful.

Dominik