TheBrain 9 -- First Look Preview

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Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 25, 2015 at 08:28 PM

TheBrain company has posted a first look preview of the next release—version 9. The preview is available for active subscribers—explained here:

http://www.thebrain.com/products/thebrain/thebrain9

Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 25, 2015 at 08:54 PM

Initial impressions

Java is gone. The UI on OS X is Cocoa-like but it does not seem to be using Apple’s design kits. Interface is crisp and modern.

The preview is lacking some features (search is limited, no reports, no templates) but the basics are all there enough to get a feeling for what the product might become.

Built-in web-browser is a nice addition. Thoughts with web links open the link in the sidebar (or bottom bar, depending on your preference) and it’s easy to drag out new notes from the web content.

A new “mind map” view seems to be similar to the normal view but elongated. Maybe the developers have something in mind for the future?

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 26, 2015 at 11:59 AM

Thanks for pointing this out, Paul.

I am so looking forward to this new version. For the website it looks like they’ve improved many of the areas where I had issues with TheBrain. Being able to open more than one Brain at the same time is huge. Better notes is also huge for me. And just better all-around performance will make me more confident using TheBrain.

I’m not sure I want to even try out the preview, because it might just make using the current version feel like a drudge.

Thanks, again!

Steve Z.

Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 26, 2015 at 12:28 PM

I erroneously wrote that “Report” was not yet in the preview—it is.

Steve—I’ve used the preview for a couple of days and find it to be generally stable on OS X. There are many options not present from earlier versions of TheBrain, but they have the big stuff. Of course, it’s an alpha and things crash.

Posted by Hugh
Dec 27, 2015 at 12:09 PM

Thanks for this.

I’m especially pleased that Java has been written out.

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