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TheBrain v. Obsidian as of May 2021
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Posted by Graham Rhind
May 6, 2021 at 12:21 PM
I’m afraid The Brain 12 is forcing me in the other direction - I’m currently moving all my data out of The Brain into other programs and will cancel my subscription.
The developers have never cared about backwards compatibility, are happy to drop one useful feature for every one the introduce, and don’t care for users who don’t work the way they think we should. They dropped export to a website around version 7; it took them a long time to get a usable notes editor after they dropped the html editor around version 9; and now with version 12 I cannot have more than a few attachments to any note without the whole thing grinding to a virtual halt. If I were to continue using it I would have to run three versions (6, 11 and 12) in parallel, and, much as I admire the software, I’m getting weary of being surprised with each new release into changing procedures and moving data. And I’m paying a subscription to give myself that extra work.
Nope, enough it enough for me. I can see the attraction for most people, but for me it doesn’t work any more.
Graham
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 6, 2021 at 04:46 PM
Graham Rhind wrote:
>and now with version 12 I cannot have more than a few attachments to any
>note without the whole thing grinding to a virtual halt.
I would personally attribute this to the beta state of the software. Is TheBrain perhaps indexing the content of the attachments? I would be very surprised for such a function to not be swift in the final version, as the developers seem to invest a lot on the software’s scalability.
That said, I do miss the web publishing.
Posted by Graham Rhind
May 6, 2021 at 05:23 PM
I reported this after the first beta release. It’s still an issue in the release I tested today. They would have to change their strategy (of reading attachments into the notes, instead of just listing the directory, as with previous versions) with version 12 to resolve this and, given their history, I don’t think that’s going to happen. They seem determined to keep the attachments as part of the note even though many people have reported problems with this (and it is a real barrier to productivity to have to scroll though lists of attachments to see a note).
Frankly, I wasn’t willing to wait and see because I have too much data that needs exporting.
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Graham Rhind wrote:
>>and now with version 12 I cannot have more than a few attachments to
>any
>>note without the whole thing grinding to a virtual halt.
>
>I would personally attribute this to the beta state of the software. Is
>TheBrain perhaps indexing the content of the attachments? I would be
>very surprised for such a function to not be swift in the final version,
>as the developers seem to invest a lot on the software’s scalability.
>
>That said, I do miss the web publishing.
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
May 6, 2021 at 07:04 PM
I have tried to move to Obsidian / Roam / Mem but then quickly decided to continue with TheBrain. I have been using it since 1999 and the main brain file has 13600 thoughts.
Files are not imported - I just add them as a link. This approach does not increase the size of a brain file and the tool is fast and runs without any issues.
You can change this under Preferences (TheBrain 12): Options -> Preferences -> Behavior (tab) -> Content (section) -> At “On drag and drop files:” choose “Link to dropped files”.
Kind regards,
Dominik
Graham Rhind wrote:
>(...) and now with version 12 I cannot have more than a few attachments to any
>note without the whole thing grinding to a virtual halt.
Posted by TempusFugit
May 7, 2021 at 06:08 AM
Yes, I stopped all Internalizing of files into “Thoughts” some time back in order to maximize options.
I keep only symlinks in a related “Thought”. -TF