Tutorial Contents

This is a copy of tutorial to help non-English speaker using a machine translation.

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Welcome to Kozaneba!

Kozaneba is digital stationery to organize your thought.

You are currently in the tutorial mode. If you do not need tutorial, you can finish the tutorial now.

Kozaneba is digital stationery to organize your thought

To organize your thought, we use Kozane(小札, small plate) and Ba(場, large space).

You may have seen similar methods using sticky notes and a whiteboard. The origin of those methods is before the invention of sticky notes.

Kozaneba is a new member of the method family, which uses digital Kozane and infinite Ba.

*NOTICE* The width of your device is {width} pixels. It is too small than expected. It is better to use another device as wide as possible.

You can open the tutorial

You can open this tutorial dialog by clicking the icon on right-bottom status bar.

https://gyazo.com/afe024068b9f42f1aa04b1fe404daa5d

Let's close and open this dialog.

Let's add some Kozane!

By clicking ADD KOZANE button, Kozaneba makes each line into one kozane and puts all newly added kozane in a group.

https://gyazo.com/cbf3d0f3c616fc2a5575d7d648db6883

Now let's close the tutorial and try to add some kozane!

Let's move Kozane!

You can move a group by dragging it. You can move a kozane out from its belonging group and into another group.

https://gyazo.com/030902caab04818679b6db3e510e570b

Let's scroll and zoom the Ba

With two-finger gestures, you can scroll and zoom the Ba.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvZvZ1jVKrk

If you don't have a touchpad, you can use a wheel to move vertically, shift+wheel to horizontal, and ctrl+wheel to zoom.

If you don't have a wheel, you can use Arrow keys or the WASD keys to move. You can also use the Space key to view the entire content and the B key to zoom in.

Let's click to show context menu

By clicking an object, the menu to handle the object appears.You can delete the clicked object and make the important object bigger.

https://gyazo.com/ded56b27aab3057542d576d46239b559

Automatic font size adjustment

You can convert words, short phrases, or longer sentences into kozane. The font size is automatically adjusted depends on its length.

I recommend using a short, concise expression of your thought.

https://gyazo.com/6c9609965b35a4183d1759cc9b1452d7

Let's ungroup the group!

You can convert a group into individual kozane.

https://gyazo.com/17b9d7a64afb62d61cfcd0f355cda15a

Let's select objects and make them into a group!

You can select multiple objects and make them into a new group.

https://gyazo.com/43fe6d98037a2d91a94618ca3a736978

Let's close and open a group!

You can close the group.

In the process of organizing your thoughts, you will often find some kozane that are not so important. They don't need to be on the screen now, but you don't want to delete them because you might use them later. In such a case, you can make such kozane temporarily invisible by closing the group.

https://gyazo.com/e7bd72693b5259a03de28de403eb992d

Let's edit group title!

You can put a nameplate on a closed group.

If there is no nameplate, the closed group uses all its contents as a nameplate. The nameplate appears as the group title when the group is open. It becomes a new Kozane when the group is ungrouped.

https://gyazo.com/aba547cf9ebab645e0cda2eed939fb89

It's not saved yet!

Notice, the Ba is not saved yet! In typical use cases, Kozaneba automatically saves the Ba to the cloud. Let's see how to enable auto-save on the next page.

https://gyazo.com/6f34fd9f2cda800a56ab77429323d39c

Let's enable auto-save!

To enable auto-save, you need to create a user account. You can sign in using Google integration or create an anonymous account.

https://gyazo.com/57c3ed5edc084a00522b447352d98980

Saved?

https://gyazo.com/06f2ecff545249e4aed63f74a85fb584

Let's open the saved Ba

You may find the URL changed like "/#edit=XXX". You can open the saved Ba by the URL. The URL grants write-permission. Currently, there is no way to share read-only, coming soon.

In the User dialog, you can see all Ba which you have write-permission.

https://gyazo.com/d05e3effdf4935a29d5107386b3758ff

Tutorial Finished🎉

Now you learned how to use Kozaneba! Congratulation!!

You can send any questions and comments from the "Send Feedback" menu. It automatically attaches the Ba data. You can also join and talk in the forum.

Next, on the last page of the tutorial, I recommend some practices.

We need the practice to use stationery effectively

You can use a pencil and a keyboard. You were not born with the ability to use that stationery. The stationery enhances human intelligence more than thinking without it. But to use it effectively, we need practice.

Skills are not acquired by reading a textbook. They are developed by actually using the skill. Here I recommend some practices.

Practice A: In the previous tutorial, I made the contents of the tutorial into kozane. Add your thought as some kozane. And then re-organize them.

Practice B: Read another article and create kozane from it. It should not be an instruction manual for a machine but an article that contains the author's opinion. Add your opinion as kozane. Then organize the whole kozane.

Practice C:Make 100 kozane about what you find fun and what you find interesting. Then organize them.

Some people will feel the practice C is easier than practice B. They are already familiar with expressing their thought. It is another important skill. Some people almost hung up with practice C. They even feel difficult to add their thought in A and B. In that case, try Practice D.

Practice D: Read 3 articles and create kozane from them. Then organize the whole kozane. Choosing articles by the same author is easier than articles by different authors.