Changelog

Heuristica is moving to a new, calmer design. The old neobrutalist style, with its heavy borders and bold colors, got hard to balance on busier pages, so I am switching to something simpler to build on and maintain. A full redesign takes time, so the two styles will live side by side for a bit. Most of the product is already updated, with concept maps, mind maps, chats, and the marketing pages still to come. Things may look a little inconsistent while I finish, but it is temporary. Reach out any time with thoughts or feature ideas.

The Web Clips page now includes a bookmarklet you can drag to your bookmarks bar. Once it is installed, save the page you are reading to your Heuristica library in one click, without copying and pasting links.

Flashcard decks now show stats on how you are doing. See how many cards you have reviewed, what you have learned, and what still needs work, so you know where to focus next.

We refreshed the styling on the concept map pages to make them easier to read and nicer to browse. Take a look at the food chain and water cycle maps to see the new design.

Concept maps and mind maps can now be played back as a fullscreen slide deck. Open a map and start the presentation to walk through it one node at a time, with each slide showing the node title, its type, and any details. Move between slides with the arrow keys or on-screen controls, and switch to fullscreen for talks, study sessions, or screen sharing.

Web Clips let you save any webpage straight into your Heuristica library as clean, readable content. Paste a link on the Web Clips page, or install the bookmarklet by dragging it to your bookmarks bar and clip the page you are reading in one click. YouTube videos work too, so you can save a video and keep its transcript alongside your other material.

Once a page is saved, you can turn it into study materials without leaving the clip. Generate flashcards, quizzes, study notes, a summary, a concept map, or a mind map from it, and every resource you create stays linked back to the original clip.

You can now pick the language you want to use when generating a mind map. Set your preferred language and Heuristica will create nodes, expansions, and follow-up suggestions in that language.

Mind maps now have an outline view that lets you edit the entire structure as plain text. Add new nodes, remove existing ones, or rearrange branches by changing lines and indentation, then switch back to the visual view to see your edits reflected in the map.

You can now generate study materials straight from a mind map. Pick a node or the full map and turn it into flashcards, quizzes, or other decks without leaving the editor.

When you expand a node with AI, you can now choose the kind of expansion you want. Pick Topics for related subtopics, Ideas for fresh angles on the subject, or Questions to surface things worth exploring further.