BrainBox

Make a note in TheBrain about something on the web

BrainBox: Quick Note-Taking for TheBrain Users

BrainBox is a Chrome extension that enhances note-taking for users of TheBrain, a powerful mind-mapping and knowledge management tool. With BrainBox, users can easily capture web pages and save them into TheBrain for future reference. This extension allows you to not only bookmark URLs and titles but also to clip and store the actual content from the pages you visit. You can choose to send this information directly to a specific thought, create a new thought on-the-fly, or append it to an existing thought's note. By simplifying the process of collecting web-based information, BrainBox streamlines the workflow for research, learning, and staying organized.

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By: TheBrain Technologies

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 4.23

(13)

Version: 3.0.3 (Last updated: 2024-07-24)

Creation date: 2019-01-31

Permissions:

activeTab
cookies
scripting

Host permissions:

https://*.thebrain.com/*

Size: 500.74K

Email: su*****@thebrain.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 13,266 ▲ 12

Other rankings

#1704 in Tools ▲ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Comprehensive mindmap/thought organizer
Allows renaming of emails before saving
Recent updates improved functionality for sending web content directly to thoughts
Considered good for productivity
Overall positive user experience despite some issues

Cons

Frequent re-login required, which frustrates users
Incompatibility with password managers
Slow performance noted by several users
Poor design concerning user credentials and login process
Sync issues between online version and folder

Most mentioned

Frequent need to re-login
Overall effectiveness as a productivity tool
Comprehensive nature as a mind-mapping and thought organization tool
Issues with syncing and password manager compatibility
Positive feedback on recent updates

User reviews

I like the improvements where I can re-name my emails before saving into BrainBox online. However, I'm unable to sync the online version of BrainBox with the BrainBox folder (just noticed this today).

Jose Mora, 2024-06-08

Recent update resolved all the log out/in issues. And now I can send web content directly to a specific thought in any Brain. This is an amazing tool for fast web capture and organization.

George Scudder, 2024-03-13

Since the recent update, I'm having to log in several times each day, and it does not work with my password manager. Should have a setting to "stay logged in". Other than that, great extension and works with the 14 beta of TheBrain.

Russ Parman, 2023-12-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

BrainBox requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains: thebrain.com

Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of BrainBox. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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