Guilherme Costa

Explain the problem as you see it

When we are building "knowledge nodes", we have at least two conceptual routes:
(1) open up the node and add children directly to it, or
(2) link related nodes to the "knowledge node" and leverage the "references" counter / section

(you can also have a mix, where after linking you go and write/curate the node's children)

when navigating through a list of knowledge nodes, it's useful to see the "full marker node" as a way to see there is more content if you expand the node. AND it's useful to see the reference counter as an indicator there is more content in the "reference section". BUT there isn't a keyboard shortcut to quicly expand the reference panel, you have to click the counter (or zoom in on the node).

Why is this a problem for you?

When navigating, keyboard shortcuts become second nature and allow you enter your flow.

Suggest a solution

A Command Line to "expand reference section" equivalent to clicking the reference counter in the node

Explain the problem as you see it

Sometimes I use aliases to link a subjacent idea to a text, "below" a relevant word. But that word itself is not the link's name (it's just the alias), so when I'm reading again, some other time in the future, I often don't know what that link is about - a quick visual cue would be nice.

Why is this a problem for you?

Not a problem, just something to improve the flow.

Suggest a solution

It would be nice to see where the link will take me when just scanning through the text, hovering the link with the mouse and getting a tooltip with the node's "real" name.

Explain the problem as you see it

I like to have live searches in attached to super tags to leverage the "PARENT" feature and quickly find related nodes.

I don't like the space search nodes take in my tagged content, so I usually hide them inside hidden fields.

But when I want to use them, I have to click two times: once in the field to be shown and then once to expand the search node.

Why is this a problem for you?

Too many clicks break my flow.

Suggest a solution

Allow us to create a live search as a field. This way, when you click to show the field, the live search expands immediatelly

Explain the problem as you see it

As you input information in Tana, your life goes through changes that diminish the importance of some of the dated content (like old projects, people from your old work, etc).

But whenever you want to fill in an instance field or search for nodes from a specific supertag, all your content gets surfaced (unless you create a specific way to remove unwanted content).

Why is this a problem for you?

I like the simplicity of instance fields (for example), but the only way to get rid of dated content is to untag the nodes or build your option field with search nodes.

Suggest a solution

We could have a configuration for nodes to mark them as "archived". By default, archived nodes wouldn't show up in searches, unless you explicitly search for them.

Explain the problem as you see it

A large alternate workspace can make mentions take longer, so I usually keep workspace separate ("allow content" toggled off).

But sometimes I actively want to mention content from the other workspace.

Why is this a problem for you?

When I want to mention content from another workspace with the toggle "allow content" turned off, I have to break my flow, leave the page to find the unique spot where this toggle is located, activate it and come back. Then head there again to turn it off (so it doesn't slow down all my other frequent mentioning activities).

Suggest a solution

Hard way: make the mentions very fast no matter how many nodes you have in your graph

Workaround: create a command that we can activate with a custom shorcut to toggle "allow content" on/off easily

Explain the problem as you see it

Daily, I have a routine when I sift through my tasks for the week, make sure I set the "When" field for all the ones I want to tackle today with the right value (eg Wednesday) and send them to my Daily node.

Why is this a problem for you?

Most of the time, I have several tasks in the view, and selecting them to operate a shortcut is not an easy task. As the screen starts to scroll, Tana loses the selection. It's not fluid.

Suggest a solution

Since I'm using a Cards view Grouped by When, I could make this field a instance of a tag #weekday and use a command for the tag "Remind me today". But the issue is there is no command that I would click on the Cards view that would run with all nodes in the view as context.

Explain the problem as you see it

I'd like to have ability to navigate mouse-free through different day nodes.

Why is this a problem for you?

When trying to get "in the flow", navigation through the app should be second nature and having to let go from keyboard to reach the mouse disrupts that.

Suggest a solution

Add commands for "next day" and "previous day" in the command palette