From 1e8a8c2d885f54652f977bd5bb1be10b4de995af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tconfrey Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:59:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] copy update --- _posts/2024-06-12-BrainTool-1-0.md | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2024-06-12-BrainTool-1-0.md b/_posts/2024-06-12-BrainTool-1-0.md index 365a7cd..7482ecc 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-06-12-BrainTool-1-0.md +++ b/_posts/2024-06-12-BrainTool-1-0.md @@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ image: "../../../site/CollatoralMaterial/TabGroups.png" After a hiatus BrainTool is under development once again, just in time to meet a Google deadline to get the 1.0 release up on the Chrome and Edge App Stores. Lets look at what happened, whats new in the release, why you should give it a try and how much it'll cost you. -It seems like a good occasion to pick up the pen again and post an update. - ## A Catch-Up If you haven't been following along, the early BrainTool story is [here]({{ site.baseurl }}{% post_url 2021-01-14-First-Two-Thousand-BrainTool-Users %}). In summary, I built it for personal use during a Summer sabbatical, put it online, got a good press review and suddenly had two thousand users. I've always wanted to craft my own, personally-created, widely-used, piece of software - the idea that my code is out there in daily use by real people has kind of a great American novel appeal to me. So I decided to invest some time trying to evolve BrainTool into something that a lot of people would use to solve the common problem of keeping track of their online stuff. @@ -25,12 +23,12 @@ Then in August '22 Alex died; tragically, unexpectedly and way too young. At the Fast forward to today. I recently transitioned back to focusing on BrainTool. At some point Google announced a June deadline to move to their new "MV3" browser infrastructure. So since I free'd up, I've been working on that MV3 migration, collaborating with a set of early adopters, and burning down my BrainTool 1.0 checklist. -It's been satisfying to bring Alex's designs to life, but I miss working with him 😢. BrainTool 1.0 isn't yet everything I want it to be, but I like how its evolving and the migration deadline has caught up with me. +It's been satisfying to bring Alex's designs to life, but I miss working with him 😢. BrainTool 1.0 isn't yet everything I want it to be, but I like how its evolving and the migration deadline is here. ## The 1.0 Vision BrainTool encourages you to assign a topic to any web page or online resource you want to save, keep track of, or come back to. The Bookmarker tool makes it trivial to categorize tabs by topic, and the Topic Manager allows you to intuitively organize, annotate and edit your evolving hierarchy of topics. -In 1.0 Topics present themselves as BrainTool controlled tabgroups in your browser - webpages saved under a given topic become tabs in a named browser tabgroup. +In 1.0 Topics present themselves as BrainTool controlled tabgroups in your browser. Webpages saved under a given topic become tabs in a named browser tabgroup. ![TabGroups](../../../site/CollatoralMaterial/TabGroups.png) @@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ As part of my initial run at BrainTool I did some research on pricing models for I'd love to be able to go fulltime evolving Braintool supported by its sales, but I'd prefer to have a million free users than a few thousand high paying ones. So this new version is unrestricted but has $1/10/20 monthly/ yearly/ permanent 'Supporter' tiers*. ## A Call to Arms -I like the way BrainTool is evolving and as you can see if you scroll through the reviews ([here](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/braintool-beyond-bookmark/fialfmcgpibjgdoeodaondepigiiddio/reviews) & [here](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/braintool-beyond-bookma/igibjpnabjgljgnfajjpapocagidmeol)) it really resonates with some people. Its not for everyone but maybe it will resonate with you. Give it a try, pass it along. Give me [feedback](mailto:braintool.extension@gmail.com). +I like the way BrainTool is evolving and, as you can see if you scroll through the reviews ([here](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/braintool-beyond-bookmark/fialfmcgpibjgdoeodaondepigiiddio/reviews) & [here](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/braintool-beyond-bookma/igibjpnabjgljgnfajjpapocagidmeol)), it really resonates with some people. Its not for everyone but maybe it will resonate with you. Give it a try, pass it along. Give me [feedback](mailto:braintool.extension@gmail.com).