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Posted by Jon Polish
May 31, 2013 at 04:06 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>If I remember correctly, my problem with TheBrain was that individual
>items can’t be permanently pinned to a board. When you click on an item,
>all the related items dynamically rearrange themselves on the screen,
>which I find problematic because I want to remember the spatial
>co-ordinates of where things are.
>
>The advantage of TheBrain over a standard mind mapper seems to be that
>it can zoom (hoist). However, what I like about Freeplane is that one
>can have a one-page total overview of a mind map when it’s unfolded,
>which doesn’t seem to be possible with TheBrain.
In terms of pinning, TheBrain does pin thoughts for quick access. I’m not sure this is what you have in mind.
There are other ways to view your plex. The standard view reminds me of Brainstorm in that you are always hoisting and only see siblings and the immediate parent(s) and children. You can also choose outline view and extended view. which can be customized to what you want
Jon
Posted by Garland Coulson
May 31, 2013 at 11:53 PM
I think I have had the same dream for years. :) I looked at some of the corkboard software I use but it doesn’t run the files I add - just downloads them. If anyone finds or develops such a solution, I would be interested in it as well.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 1, 2013 at 12:16 AM
Dr Andus,
Check out this video tutorial of how to use TheBrain’s expanded views, which may be what you’re looking for:
http://www.thebrain.com/support/tutorials/display-options/expand/
Steve
Dr Andus wrote:
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>>You are describing TheBrain almost perfectly. You should really give it
>>a try. I use it much the way you are describing as a dashboard for my
>>office work. The only slight issue you might have with it is that the
>>“outline” view is a little lightweight.
>
>Steve, thanks for the suggestion. I’ve tried TheBrain repeatedly over
>the years but somehow I never figured out what I could use it for. It
>hasn’t occurred to me to use it as a dashboard.
>
>If I remember correctly, my problem with TheBrain was that individual
>items can’t be permanently pinned to a board. When you click on an item,
>all the related items dynamically rearrange themselves on the screen,
>which I find problematic because I want to remember the spatial
>co-ordinates of where things are.
>
>The advantage of TheBrain over a standard mind mapper seems to be that
>it can zoom (hoist). However, what I like about Freeplane is that one
>can have a one-page total overview of a mind map when it’s unfolded,
>which doesn’t seem to be possible with TheBrain.
>
>Is there such a thing as a zoomable/hoistable standard mind map? I’d
>love it if Freeplane would work like WorkFlowy, so that by clicking or
>double-clicking on a node you zoom into that branch but still have
>breadcrumbs to go back home in one go or gradually.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 1, 2013 at 04:59 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Dr Andus,
>
>Check out this video tutorial of how to use TheBrain’s expanded views,
>which may be what you’re looking for:
>
>http://www.thebrain.com/support/tutorials/display-options/expand/
Yes, thanks for that. That’s exactly what I was wondering about.
Is there a way to display items in a custom-order (i.e. other than alphabetical order) in the outline or expanded view?
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 1, 2013 at 05:55 PM
You can select from a list of options as to how the child thoughts are sorted beneath a parent thought in TheBrain. These are by:
Name
Date Created On
Date Last Active
Date Last Modified
Type
The only way to organize them otherwise is to sort by Name and then number them in the order you prefer, which is okay for a small list that you don’t change, but is not practical for a changing or long list. For example, I use numbers to keep the months of the year in proper order in my Day Book section.
One possibly reasonable work around would be to make use of the thought typing. If you are not otherwise using types to classify your thoughts, you could create a series of types simply as numbers, then assign a number type to each thought in the order you want them to appear, as you can sort by type. Since you can only assign one type to a thought, this would not work if you also wanted to use typing for real classification.
Steve