TheBrain v10 Alpha is available

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 27, 2018 at 06:27 PM

Even if they plan to do it, I don’t expect that this will be in an Alpha version. This kind of integrations usually require a pretty solid foundation, else some nasty things can happen.

As written elsewhere, I upgraded to Brain 9 and am very pleased with it. I like how it is mostly target-agnostic; I can add files, as attachments or shortcuts, URLs including specific Google contacts, though not Google mails—the latter seems to be related to the way that Google handles its own mail URLs, rather than a limitation of TheBrain.

I tried with Outlook and indeed it is not possible to drag-n-drop mails directly to the plex. However, one may drag-n-drop a mail to the Windows desktop, thus creating an independent .msg file; this can then be dragged to the plex creating a thought. As it’s stored as an attachment, the original .msg can then be deleted.

I wonder whether drag-n-drop not working directly has to do with TheBrain or with Outlook itself, as in the case of Google mail. I understand that it used to work with TheBrain 8, but this have been with a previous version of Outlook too? As I don’t regularly use Outlook, I am not aware of the evolution of its features—and quirks.

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Doesn’t look as if they’ve added the one feature I’m looking for: the
>ability to drag an email from Outlook into the Plex to create a thought.
>Version 8 could do this. I find the inability to do so has significantly
>reduced the amount of work I want to do in TheBrain.