TheBrain 9 New Features and Benefits Overview

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1 TheBrain 9 New Features and Benefits Overview TheBrain 9 has been re-engineered frm the grund up and prvides enhanced capabilities in all aspects f the sftware. Frm the frnt-end user interface t the back-end data strage, literally everything is new and imprved. TheBrain 9 is all-new and rebuilt frm the grund up.

2 User Interface Cntent-Fcused, Streamlined Design With TheBrain 9, we have eliminated unnecessary steps t make getting everything yu want dne faster and easier. The user interface gets ut f yur way s yu can see mre f yur cntent withut distractins Yur Infrmatin First TheBrain 9 is cmpletely fcused n yur infrmatin shwcased the plex and the cntent areas The plex area cntains all yur Thughts and Links The cntent area shws yur ntes and attachments. Other elements such as prperties, search, tags, types and reprts appear autmatically when needed. Less clutter: TheBrain 9 uses 60% less space fr user interface gadgets (buttns, menus, tlbars, etcetera) cmpared t TheBrain 8. See mre f yur stuff and eliminate distractins with TheBrain 9 TheBrain 9 s UI (left) fcuses n yur cntent and uses 60% less space than TheBrain 8 (right).

3 UI Innvatins Thught and Link Ppups The new Thught prperties ppup gives yu fast access t the name, label, clrs, icn, type and tags and disappears when yu re nt using it. The new Link prperties ppup des the same fr links. Prperties ppups appear in-cntext allwing yu t make changes withut shifting fcus Single click prperties access Just click the fcused thught t instantly access its prperties. Or Alt/Optin+click n any Thught r Link t ppup prperties. Nw yu dn t need t activate a thught t make changes t it. Thught and Link ppups enable fast, in-place editing f prperties in just ne click. Smart Splitter TheBrain 9 s new smart-splitter lets yu switch between a stacked and a sideby-side layut f yur plex and cntent at will. Shift t a plex-nly r cntent-nly view with a single click. Eliminates time spent fiddling with the tls windws t try and ptimize yur wrkspace. The smart splitter s cntrls: Maximize Cntent, Maximize Plex and Rtate Layut

4 Next-Generatin Plex The plex is the heart and sul f TheBrain and it is slicker and mre pwerful than ever befre. Silky smth 60 frames per secnd animatin (mre than duble the frame rate f TheBrain 8). Easing animatins prvide a mre natural mtin t all bjects, allwing yur eye t track changes better. Smart highlighting and fading TheBrain 9 uses fading and highlighting much mre extensively s yu can intuit what is happening mre easily. The surce thught is highlighted as ther thughts fade ut as a link is created. There is magic in the details. We lavished attentin n the details f every aspect f the plex s lk and mvement. Frm the way the highlights arund gates grw and shrink when yu tuch them t the newly animated past thught list, it s all refined and plished like never befre. New resizing UI Change the height f Thughts in any f three cnvenient methds: the simple tlbar pp-up, Cmd/Ctrl and the muse wheel, r with multi-tuch gestures. Enhanced pins and past thught list display makes them easier t read and clearly demarcated. Type and tag ppup navigatrs let yu activate any type r tag in just tw clicks. Private thughts are nw mre easily identified using in-plex icns

5 Imprved multi-thught actins Select thughts by hlding dwn Ctrl/Cmd and dragging. Actins n multiple thughts are perfrmed all at nce instead f serially, making them faster and mre respnsive. Selecting Thughts using Ctrl/Cmd+drag.

6 Multi-Brain Interface Nw yu can pen multiple brains at nce t see and d mre faster. Tabbed interface lets yu switch instantly between brains. Flat tabs int their wn dedicated windw r and merge tabs int ne windw with a simple drag and drp. TheBrain 9 uses tabbed windws t allw fr multiple Brains Open different brains in each tab. With TheBrain 9, switching between yur pen Brains is instantaneus. There is n limit t the number f Brains yu can pen at nce. Open the same brain in multiple tabs t view and edit multiple areas at a time. Yu can nw view different areas f yur brain at the same time, even utilizing different layuts in each tab. Changes made in ne tab are autmatically rendered t ther tabs viewing that Brain. The uses f this feature are many. Yu ll wnder hw yu did withut it. Fr example, yu can even use it t keep yur favrite thught pen all the time n a secnd screen. All yur tabs and their states are autmatically saved and restred when yu quit and restart.

7 Mind Map View The all-new mind map view cmbines TheBrain s dynamic recnfiguratin with a hrizntally expanding symmetrical layut. The mind map view allws switching the fcused Thught withut changing the layut fr when yu want t view and alter varius pieces f cntent while keeping the view mstly static. Traditinal mind map layuts can be created instantly frm any Thught. The new mind map view lays ut yur Thughts as a centered hrizntal hierarchy and lets yu switch fcus withut changing the view. Native Lk and Feel The Windws and Mac have each been designed specifically fr their hst platfrm. Buttns, menus, windws and all the ther cntrls yu are used t wrk exactly like yu expect them t. TheBrain 9 fits in beautifully with yur ther applicatins. Windws, buttns, edit bxes, and ther cntrls feel just right. OS level features such as dictatin and pen input just wrk.

8 Effrtless Beautiful Ntes TheBrain 9 s ntes editr is designed t let yu quickly capture yur ideas while freeing yu frm the need t think abut and manage the minutia f hw it is frmatted. At the same time, it keeps it lking gd and enables pwerful features that just aren t available with ther nte-taking applicatins. TheBrain 9 s ntes editr creates beautifully frmatted cntent with minimal effrt.

9 Style Based Frmatting Styles are defined Brain-wide s can cntrl the lk f all the ntes in yur Brain at nce. Built-in templates prvide well-designed lks in mdern and classical themes. Ntes fllws the respnsive web design apprach s whatever yu create will lk gd whether it is viewed n a 30 mnitr r yur 4 phne. The size f text can be zmed in and ut by scaling the size f the fnt r by resizing the ntes area itself. This makes everything easier t read and lets yu adjust yur ntes t yur needs quickly. Style templates in TheBrain 9 let yu easily switch lks. One-Click Links Links frm ntes can be made t URLs n the Web r t ther Thughts. Links in TheBrain 9 s ntes are easy t fllw by clicking their autmatically created icn. Easy Thught Links N mre accidentally fllwing a link when yu are trying t edit the text and n mre wndering hw t fllw a link. Links t ther thughts can be created in multiple ways. Drag and drp a Thught int the ntes editr fr an instant link. Cpy and pasting a Thught int ntes als creates a link. Links can als be inserted via a cmmand. Live links keep the name f yur Thught in ntes updated when the cnnected thught is renamed.

10 Easy Web Links When a Web link is inserted int ntes whether by typing it ut, pasting it ff the clipbard r by dragging it in frm a brwser, it s identified and prcessed autmatically Autmatic title retrieval replaces the URL with the title f the page it links t. Hassle Free Images Paste images frm virtually any surce int ntes Links t images n the Web, image files, and actual image data are all handled autmatically. Images are dwnladed and saved them t the lcal thught s they will always be available. Instant Vide Embedding Vides frm YuTube and Vime are embedded int ntes in a playable frm autmatically. YuTube and Vime vides can be embedded int ntes with a simple cpy and paste.

11 Thughts and Attachments Thughts Thughts can nw be assigned bth a fregrund and backgrund clr Attachments Flders are nw fully supprted as attachments, including the ability t sync their cntent acrss devices View attachments directly TheBrain. Built in brwser lets yu see and use web attachments withut needing t pen an external brwser. Dcument preview enables viewing mst attachments in the cntent area immediately. Featured cntent shws the first attachment immediately withut the need t click. Cmbined with cntent updating n hver, this lets yu view images and dcuments withut even a single click. Built-in Web Brwser allws viewing web pages. Dcument preview als allws viewing many file types withut the need t pen a separate applicatin.

12 Faster and Mre Reliable TheBrain 9's cde is far mre efficient and leverages the latest technlgies t bring yu the ultimate in speed and reliability. Faster Applicatin startup is 400% faster. In TheBrain 9, it takes just 2 secnds frm when yu launch the app t viewing yur last thught. (TheBrain 8 takes 8 secnds n the same hardware.) Clse and pen brains instantly. Instant activatin that s mre instant Mre Efficient TheBrain 8 s instant activate feature is really fast. TheBrain 9 s is even faster. Yu might nt ntice this if yur Brain has fewer than 10,000 thughts, but it s nice t knw it s there fr when the time cmes. Even with a Brain f ver a millin thughts, instant activatin respnds in a fractin f a secnd. Uses less memry. TheBrain 9 uses 50% less memry than TheBrain 8, leaving mre free fr yur ther applicatins. Mre available memry als generally lets yur cmputer functin better and with fewer pauses. Cnsumes less CPU. Mre Reliable CPU usage is mre than 90% lwer while idle (as measured n Windws hardware). Integrated search f file attachments uses the OS s indexing t avid redundant indexing f cntent and take advantage f the ptimized OS level index management. Less CPU usage mean lnger battery life fr yur prtable. TheBrain 9 uses a cmpletely revamped database architecture The design f the database has been ptimized fr imprved perfrmance and mre rbust strage. TheBrain 9 uses a prven database engine that is much mre hardened and battle-tested than that used by TheBrain 8.