4 Web Client Update: Feedback
12.09.24: Matt recommended submitting my requests to UserVoice
02.24.25: 2 of these requests submitted to UserVoice
I don't know if I'm in the minority on this, but I was surprised to see the "home" thought link removed from the name of the brain in the upper left corner, and replaced with a "home icon" to the right of the search box.
While the icon is attractive and helpful for the reader in finding their way back home, the current location is, IMHO, non-intuitive since the vast majority of web sites display their "home" link either in the upper left corner of the page, or in the left-hand end of the web site menu.
In light of this, would it be possible to move the home thought icon so that it sits between the brain name and the thought types icon? I believe this would be more intuitive for the public reader, and it would reduce any confusion (friction) associated with navigating the already unusual interface of TheBrain.
Similarly, I would like to see the pin icon moved back to it's previous location, immediately to the right of the tags icon. It appeals to my sense of aesthetics and organization to have all 4 of the icons located together, at the left-hand end of the toolbar. This also balances nicely with the 4 icons on the right-hand end of the toolbar.
One final question about the sidebar in hidden plex view. Would it be possible to move the jump thoughts ABOVE the parent thoughts and siblings?
- Since jump thoughts have a relationship with the active thought (and the siblings don't), I've never understood why the siblings are featured at the top of the sidebar menu.
- For further detail, see the following 2 forum thread that followed the initial release of the "no plex" in Vulcan where this side menu display issue was discussed:
Thanks in advance for your consideration of this additional web client feedback.