Reminds me of the excellent https://museapp.com
Thank you. Yes. Nested boards are all around) Another item to my collection.
Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
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Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you. Please, help me understand you better. Does "levels" mean "depth"? To give the feel how deep in the subject you are? Don't stacked "parents" give that feel?
You might want to checkout the way 'Thebrain' 1) can show related thoughts using layers of transparency. Our brain reads these indirectly and helps providing contexts. 1) https://www.thebrain.com/ * not affiliated in any way
Oh! The Brain. Remember it since like end of 90s I guess) Glad they are still in the game.
Will check closer that transparency feature you talk about.
Thank you!
Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#33I'm confused by your use of "fractal", could you expand a little bit on how your using that word in context here?
Hm. Interesting. Confusion means you had some expectations. Could you please share those first? What did you expect to see after reading "fractal thinking tool"?
Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#34Seems that people interested in this would also like [TreeSheets](https://strlen.com/treesheets/)
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#35I currently use Noteself, a modification of tiddlywiki, for this kind of thing. I really like the concept you've created, but my paranoia / concern is that I can't save / copy / transport the thought-fractal I've created. Noteself saves its status within the browsers local storage as well, but you can save it as an HTML file to make it transportable between browsers, computers, devices. I'm constantly shifting betwee…
Thank you for taking time to check it and for support.
Glad you liked it.
> paranoia / concern is that I can't save / copy / transport the thought-fractal I've created
Yes, it is a great concern and I'm going to add ex/import ASAP.
And yes, accounts and server storage will allow smooth transition between devices. But it's not yet in my priority — ex/import first.
Also adding Noteself to my collection)
Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#36I like the simplicity of your tool as well as the fact that no login is required to use it (although I would appreciate a backup option like saving the localStorage data as a single text file and being able to load it back). A few suggestions about the UI: Cards have no visual cue that they are stacked (I think this came up in some other replies here), so it is impossible to tell how much information can be found und…
Thank you for you time! Glad you liked it)
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> backup option
Yes, it's one of main priorities for me.
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> impossible to tell how much information can be found underneath
"underneath" == "children" of card you going to click, isn't it? Yes, thank you. Didn't get this point from other comments (thought about "breadcrumb" navigation, facepalm.jpg). Thank you for emphasizing it. Got it. Nice example with books. I plan to add at least the number of children, but maybe will find other more elegant ways.
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> I wanted to look up a piece of information that is hidden deep inside or if I wanted to reorganize my notes
Yes, good point. For sure there are different modes of thinking: when you write/brainstorm, read what you've got, and work with it/rearrange/edit. So I want to try and add separate modes of interaction to help with it. For sure "read mode" — compiled text (of current branch, or entire board, when watching from root).
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> global navigation and a search tool
Yes. Search for sure, navigation between boards, clipboard to move stacks around.
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> font-size dependent on the amount of text in a card.
This is a slippery road leading to messy/noisy situation. I tried this approach, not in this project, but earlier in my UX/UI career. I know what you mean — cards can (will) hold a lot of text. I plan to truncate text with ellipses. Will try to find some balanced solution. But yes. Good point.
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> parent card/header(?) should be differentiated much more against its child cards
Hm. Will think about it. Thanks.
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Thank you again for your time and thorough notes!
Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#37I like the fact that one of the features is “flawless”… especially since the description below refers to keyboard shortcuts.
Re: Show HN: Evryca – fractal thinking tool to brainstorm and organize thoughts
#38I like the fact that one of the features is “flawless”… especially since the description below refers to keyboard shortcuts.
Thank you for your comment.
English is not my native language. And I don't get if your comment is sarcasm)
My intention of using word "flawless" was to emphasize that one, being in the flow, can write thoughts not being interrupted by need to use mouse (shortcuts should help here).
Maybe I should use another word here... Could you please advise?
BTW are keyboard shortcuts considered as a "flaw"?