TheBrain 9 reaches its beta phase

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Oct 29, 2016 at 09:51 AM

Just my 2 cents here:

I switched to TheBrain v9 four weeks ago and I do not regret it. It was a bit risky but I have no issues. I don’t miss the calendar to my own surprise. I am using MindManager for reminders instead.

Further, TheBrain v9 has a
- much faster and very reliable sync process
- very fast indexing system and search engine
- nice GUI which looks exactly the same on macOS and Win

The notes editor is ok and you have to get used to it. It is based on HTML and CSS and I am sure that we can create our own notes template in the near future. You can open the same brain in several tabs what is very useful.

The development process of v9 was slow at the beginning but there are updates every two to three days in the meantime. The slow process has one big advantage: TheBrain v9 is very stable now and the developers are really listening to the feedbacks of the beta testers and do fix critical issues within a few days.

The long development time proofs that the company is really keen on keeping the product alive. Such a huge technology change has a big impact and bears a big risk for the company as they have written v9 completely from scratch. This investment is very wise as TheBrain v9 is based on proven and reliable technologies (C++, HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript etc.).

All the best,
Dominik