Stan Blues

Explain the problem as you see it

bullets and vertical lines everywhere does not bode well for reading comprehension and retention

Why is this a problem for you?

This is a knowledge management tool not a task manager. I need to absorb the information written not the bullets and vertical silly guidelines. Main reason i never bothered to use Roam.

Suggest a solution

This is a simple problem to fix and Tana keeps ignoring this feature request. Capacities implemented the ability to remove bullets and vertical visual guidelines recently. Please allow the ability to turn off these features.

Explain the problem as you see it

Tana feels like a task app.

Why is this a problem for you?

I'd like to use Tana as a note taking knowledge management tool. Read information as in any other kind of tool and not be bothered by vertical lines and bullet blocks. Bullet formatting functions as a list in the cognitive part of our brain.

Suggest a solution

Hide vertical lines and bullet blocks in the editor. Every outliner, task note taking app (Notion - excludes them all together, Capacities) has the ability to hide these two features.

Explain the problem as you see it

how many pinned nodes can you have until viewing them becomes impractical? how much scrolling does one have to do after 50 pined nodes after x pinned nodes?

Why is this a problem for you?

I use pinned nodes to created buckets of categories to access quickly. One can created a pinned template as a workspace and drop references in there and categorize for pick access as you see fit. Then, lets assume 2 hierarchical level, categories can then be pinned

Suggest a solution

1. Toggle option in the sidebar for Pinned and Workspace feature
2. Allow hierachical visualization of the Pinned feature - similar to the workspaces toggling

Explain the problem as you see it

Very distracting when reading your notes and seeing all the supertags in every node.

Why is this a problem for you?

Note reading/taking should be the essence of any note app. The ability to organize via supertags is great (if not the most creative of any app); however, I need to see my notes free of clutter. God forbid one adds multiple supertags to a node.

Suggest a solution

The ability to hide node supertags

Explain the problem as you see it

1) Pasting formatted text

2) Node Editing & Formating

• Formatting multiple nodes at once (bold, italics, underline, strikethough, inline code, highlighting, etc)

• allowing inline paragraph manipulation

• the ability to dim bullet points for a more seamless reading experience

3) Regular tables

4) Multi colored text, multi colored highlights

Why is this a problem for you?

I hope this is a problem for everyone.

Suggest a solution

Like Steve Jobs once said:

"One of the things I've always found is that you've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology."

Tana's imprinted some unique concepts that has caught the attention of many. They are powerful enough to get people interested. Now keep people around and offer the basics!